Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

You ensure quality in the factory and are responsible for meeting quality targets. You are fully responsible for the people, machinery and the identification and elimination of quality losses and problems in the department. You grow your team’s capabilities and coordinates departmental activities in accordance with corporate standards, local requirements and ISO standards. In this role, you report directly to the plant manager with dotted line responsibility to corporate quality.

How you will contribute

You will ensure that all quality objectives, goals and targets in the factory (including regional and global commitments) are met. You will develop and track your department’s budget and eliminate losses. With your team, you will conduct regular plan-do-act-check assessments to plan how targets will be met, executing the plan and periodically checking and taking action to stay on track. In addition, you will ensure that there is strict adherence with all appropriate laws, food safety quality standards and consumer requirements of all manufactured products and manage crisis situations internally and externally in ways that support the company’s image, policies and business. As a people leader, you are responsible for recruitment and structuring of the department to ensure there are sufficient resources to deliver on plant objectives, set and assess performance goals, and coach and mentor team members.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

Relevant experience (operations, quality and/or R&D)Project management and managing multiple prioritiesCommercial strategy process, product/package development process, food safety, plant commercialization, ingredient and package technology and training and coaching technical materialCommunicating effectively and leading cross-functional teamsStatistical processes and problem-solving techniquesWorking with external manufacturing suppliers to ensure compliance to our policies and procedures and technical vendors to support complianceWorking with customers on quality related issues

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

The base salary range for this position is $95,100 to $110,967; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget.  In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results   

In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays, and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.” 

What extra ingredients you will bring:

·       Ability to work in a team environment with a professional and optimistic attitude.

·       Ability to organize, motivate and coach the core team on desired outcomes, driving the Quality culture agenda on the production floor.

·       Ability to lead a team of Quality technicians that audit the manufacturing lines to ensure all the Quality and Food Safety requirements are compliant during production.

·       Assist in ordering supplies 

·       Able to work independently with limited supervision.

·       Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma tools to address quality losses.

·       Proactive to investigate, act and make decisions without being prompted.

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

·       Flexibility in scheduling. May be required to support sporadically on weekends and off-hours to connect with the core team and the Quality technicians.

·       Advanced computer skills, work proficiently with Microsoft Office and excellent MS Excel skills.

·       SAP knowledge is preferred.

·       Assist through the different quality audits

·       Conduct GMP and food safety inspections and management team. 

·       Maintain the pathogen environmental monitoring program. 

·       Manage of the hold and release program of finished product and ingredients/packaging material.  

·       Support the review of COAs and the release of ingredients and packaging material.

·       Prepare hold reports and root cause analysis. 

·       Review all lab results for issues and completion and maintain the trackers.

·       Estimate supply costs for budget purposes. 

·       Manage reporting and communication of weekly KPIs, and KAIs, scheduling, and process logs 

·       Maintain product quality forms and documents. 

·       Support lab staffing needs as support and back-up, including planning weekly assignments, arranging temps when needed, troubleshooting and maintaining lab equipment. 

·       General plant support for new products and R&D trials. 

·       General plant troubleshooting including investigation of complaint reports, consumer complaints, participate in sanitation alerts and root cause analysis. 

Supervise Quality Technicians (hourly

Education / Certifications:

Post-secondary degree in a science related field, Food Science, Engineering, Chemistry, Microbiology preferred.

Job specific requirements: Onsite

Travel requirements: Less than 5%

Work schedule: Night Shift

Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and  Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.  

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

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Job Type

Regular

Supply Chain Quality Assurance

Product Quality, Safety and Compliance