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Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance

at Mondelez International in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelez International?

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

You manage technical and scientific professionals responsible for initiation and execution of programs. This is a leadership role in cross-functional teams and regularly interacts with RDQ and cross-functional senior management.

How you will contribute

You will be part of a regional corporate quality team that will deliver on the quality strategy and providing expertise to appropriate functions and locations. You will ensure compliance with Mondelez policies and procedures; and adherence to external regional and local food safety/regulatory requirements within the Mondelez manufacturing network. In this role, you will develop and report quality KPIs, applying your understanding of the impact regional KPIs have on the global business. In addition, you will facilitate communities of practice on quality related topics; represent the quality function at commercial meetings to ensure projects meet design, food safety and quality policy requirements are met; identify quality enhancements and improvements across the supply chain; partner with technical groups such as food safety and sanitation to ensure program compliance and enhancement; and manage plant investigations and root-cause analysis to protect Mondelez’s interests and reputation.

What you will bring

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

- Relevant experience in operations, quality, and/or R&D. Strong manufacturing quality experience.

- Project management and managing multiple priorities.

- Understanding of the commercialization process, product/package development, food safety, sanitation, and ingredient functionality.

- Communication skills, coaching/training, and leading cross-functional teams.

- Statistical processes and problem-solving techniques.

- Experience working with manufacturing sites and suppliers to ensure compliance to Mondelez International’s policies and procedures.

- Collaborating with customers to resolve quality related issues.

- Working with service-vendors to support the manufacturing facilities.

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

What extra ingredients you will bring:

Key Responsibilities:

- Ability to develop a strategy, drive the implementation, and lead complaint reductions and resolution of consumer complaints across multiple sites. Responsible for the oversight of both brand and manufacturing facility consumer complaints to identify trends and ensure the proper improvement plans are identified and implemented.

- Ensure audit preparedness for internal Mondelez quality/food safety compliance and external audit compliance (GFSI standards – FSSC 22000).

- Assist with the building, reviewing, and monitoring of quality / food safety capital planning at the manufacturing site.

- Participate in project and technical risk assessments and develop mitigation plans. Quality lead for commercialization projects ensuring products meet design, food safety, and quality policy requirements.

- Ability to drive and improve quality standard work processes and tools for commercialization process.

- Facilitate Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and lessons learned. Review and ensure the timely closure of corrective / preventive actions for consumer complaints, audits, risk assessment, etc.

- Develop, implement, monitor, and continuously improve quality and food safety programs.

- Provide leadership to drive quality programs with manufacturing and business partners in areas including: consumer inspired quality initiatives, compliance to specifications, statistical process controls, quality system management, integrated Lean Six Sigma, HACCP, and GMP’s.

- Work with plant quality managers to develop the manufacturing facility’s Quality departments and capabilities.

- Responsible for oversight of the weekly, and monthly key performance indicators (KPI).

- Oversee corporate quality team members to guide, coach, and develop them in their role and career.

Education / Certifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.

Job specific requirements:

- Proven experience in Quality Assurance in the manufacturing environment, preferably in the food industry.

- Minimum 10 years of related experience (operations, quality and/or R&D) with demonstrated technical and managerial ability.

- Minimum 3 years of people management.

- Experience in managing multiple locations and leading through influence.

- Strong leadership and communication skills, experience in project management and risk assessment.

- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, GFSI certifications, and quality standards.

- If you are a results-driven leader with a passion for quality management, apply now to be a key player in driving excellence within our organization.

Travel requirements:

50% or greater

Work schedule:

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 Mondelez 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.

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. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.

Job Type

Regular

Corporate Quality Assurance

Product Quality, Safety and Compliance

At Mondelez 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, d

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Job Posting: JC256200808

Posted On: Mar 04, 2024

Updated On: Aug 23, 2024

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