Senior Manager, Corporate Quality Assurance

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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The Sr. Manager, US Network Manufacturing position provides leadership and management of the Sr. Manager, US Network Manufacturing position organization in ensuring Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance of internal and /or external manufacturing plants. 

How you will contribute

This position is responsible for leadership in the areas of quality manufacturing strategic direction, development of manufacturing quality personnel, Food Safety and Quality Systems, product standards and Regulatory Compliance.  This position drives quality commitment at the plant level to assure achievement of superior customer satisfaction, consistency, value and food safety. 

Success in this role will require strong leadership, managing a remote team, working well with others, deep knowledge of quality principles / programs, strong technical skill, strong influencing skills, and a sound understanding of the commercial business

What you will bring

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

• Influence Senior Operations & R&D Management and lead the development and implementation of a manufacturing quality strategic plan that sets a strong Quality direction for the Manufacturing network.  Deliver continuous improvement across manufacturing network through new tools / application, network benchmarking and leveraging cross-category, cross-region collaboration to ensure product design processes and quality systems are best in class. 

• Drive the successful implementation of quality policies, programs, tools and technologies that position Quality as a competitive advantage.  Leverage shared services to enable achievement of manufacturing goals.  Ensure preparedness for internal and 3rd party audits. 

• Work with plant quality managers to develop the plant Quality departments and capabilities.  Provide necessary training and development in product knowledge, process technology, process control, optimization techniques, QP’s and Mondelez competencies to increase employee effectiveness and achieve optimum performance levels.  Ensure direct staff is properly trained, focused and viewed as exceptional partners to the plants and external manufacturers. 

• Manage direct reports in providing audit support to sites and facilitates in corrective/preventive action plans.  Work with facilitates to ensure achievement of certification for 3rd party program, FSSC. 
• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of the organization within corporate and manufacturing settings.

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

This position has responsibility for 2-5 direct reports, with indirect reports at internal and external manufacturing facilities.  This position ideally requires experience with Snacks or Confections quality and/or manufacturing, understanding of Quality & Business Systems and the ability to influence stakeholders

This position would report to the US network Director and indirectly report to the operations leader of internal and/or external manufacturing.

Education / Certifications:

B.S./M.S. in a related scientific discipline

Job specific requirements:

• Minimum 8-10 years of related experience (Operations and/or RDQ) with demonstrated technical and managerial ability.
• Excellent leadership capabilities, interpersonal relations skills and problem solving skills.
• Extensive knowledge of Quality Principles and Mondelez Quality programs and Policies.
• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of the organization within corporate and manufacturing settings.

Travel requirements:

50% travel

Salary and Benefits (This applies to US candidates only)

The base salary range for this position is $137,300 to $188,825 (Candidates in the United States only); 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