**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.** In this leadership role, you serve as a senior technical resource for the organization, regularly interacting with other senior managers. You are an internally recognized expert in packaging development and packaging engineering. In this role, you identify, define and solve complex business problems by applying broad technical and consumer knowledge as well as an in-depth understanding of packaging technologies related to Mondelēz products. **How you will contribute** You will lead packaging projects or teams to design, develop, optimize and specify materials that deliver consumer benefit through new products, quality improvements and cost-savings opportunities. To do so, you apply industry-leading technologies and tools and leverage supplier relationships while effectively managing intellectual property rights. To excel in this position, you will deliver solutions on time and on budget using project management methodologies and providing status updates to stakeholders. You will also provide technical leadership for packaging development and packaging technologies by: continually updating your business-relevant expertise; driving the technical development of people by teaching, coaching, mentoring and identifying future technical leaders; defining and sharing technical best practices, and; influencing the technical direction of the business. **What you will bring** A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: + Executing bench-top, pilot-scale and plant-scale packaging development and engineering activities and commercialization + Project management that is action orientated with the demonstrated ability to handle multiple, complex projects, prioritize, and manage budgets, risk and timelines + Manufacturing operations + Thinking and working globally, with a strong curiosity to look outside for new ideas and solutions + Packaging and demonstrating an understanding of statistical, modeling and simulation tools + Leading technical teams and talent to deliver innovations and renovations + Influencing the technical direction of the business to deliver benefit using organizational awareness and clear communication **More about this role** **What you need to know about this position:** Position will Lead Productivity & Sustainability pipeline ideation and regional reporting, including: + Lead BMR Sessions and track outputs + Key partner to region Impact & EPR leads + Identify where productivity & new sustainable material technologies fit into BU 4-2-1s **What extra ingredients you will bring:** Strongest on relationship skills and key knowledge on Project Management foundation **Education / Certifications:** + Education background in Engineering, Chemistry or Technology, Materials, Industrial or Mechanical preferentially with bases in Packaging technical field. + Experience working in a Research, Development and Deploy. + Experience managing projects within a plant environment (Product Development, Process + Technology, New Product Commercialization, etc.). + Knowledge of Quality, Safety and Environment Management Systems (ISO 9001, HACCP, FSSC 22000). + Knowledge in regulations and safe design required for packaging materials (If possible) + Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. + Skills to understand and implement regional programs. + Communication in fluent English. + Microsoft office management + Management of design programs such as Autocad. **Job specific requirements:** + Ability to generate productivity packaging pipelines by leveraging both existing equipment in the company and new equipment. + Leverage and challenge suppliers to develop new technologies with cost advantage packaging formats and materials to achieve business goals. + Handle or management global programs as focal point and support to R&D Pack Productivity and R&D Pack Sustainability team. + Ability to act as bridge with Global teams. **Location:** Curitiba - PR We are aware of our role as transformation agents to generate positive change, so diversity, equity and inclusion are one of our priorities. We believe in breaking down stereotypes and barriers to ensure the representation of society within our company. And for that, we have a Diversity Committee that operates on four fronts, People with disabilities (PCD), Ethnic-Racial, Women and LGBTQIAP+, in addition to being part of MOVER – Movimento pela Equidade Racial. Mondelez International is attentive to the future of work and values ​the well-being of our people, seeking to provide the best experiences. Therefore, some of our administrative vacancies are eligible for the hybrid model, allowing remote work on certain days of the week. 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** **Our Latin America region is comprised of four Mondelez International business units: Brazil, México, Southern Cone (which includes Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) and WACAM (which includes 12 South American countries and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico); and one stand-alone market: Venezuela. We have approximately 20,000 passionate employees who put in all their energy, hearts and souls to create, market and sell our global iconic brands and beloved local jewels such as** **_Lacta_** **,** **_Field_** **and** **_Terrabusi_** **among others. We are known for our resilience and good humor and live our purpose with passion and commitment.** Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. **Job Type** Regular Packaging Development & Engineering Science & Engineering At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about. We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast. Join us and Make It An Opportunity! Mondelez 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. 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