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:
- Project management that is action orientated with the demonstrated ability to handle multiple, complex projects, prioritize, and manage budgets, risk and timelines
- Thinking and working globally, with a strong curiosity to look outside for new ideas and solutions
- 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
- Extensive experience in polymer science and material fundamentals to form, lead and/or champion both internal and external programs; Influence future business strategies with impact across multiple product categories and geographies. Primary focus area will be flexible films.
- Successful track record in project management and implementation of new ideas.
- An exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, resourcefulness and resiliency in the application and development of highly advanced technologies; Extensive experience in designing experiments/work tracks to land solutions, grounded in sound data, that meet technical and equipment program requirements.
- Demonstrated thought leadership and drive for results, with ability to formulate strategy while planning and problem solving in a dynamic and outcome-oriented environment.
- Ability to lead and drive action through multi-functional and multi-cultural teams.
- Ability to leverage internal and external resources and working in a highly matrixed environment.
- An affinity for innovation and resiliency in the face of challenges.
- Strong technical network, inclusive of suppliers, technology partners, universities, and research institutes.
- Continually advances knowledge in area of polymers, polymer/material technology/packaging applications with a primary focus on flexible films.
- Aware of different modelling disciplines and software that can help R&D (for ex: Finite Element Analysis, MiniTab, L6S); Understands and can assist with driving digital adoption into R&D Community.
- Ability to coach and inspire junior developers in packaging community.
- Strong influencing capabilities with the ability to effect change internally throughout the MDLZ organization (supply chain, procurement, marketing, R&D) and externally with supply chain partners.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broad 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 globally and locally 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 top position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy and the second top position in gum.
Our 80,000 makers and bakers are located in more than 80 countries and we sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. Our people 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.
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
