Director, Logistics Operations

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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

You will support end-to-end logistics (physical flows from plants to customers), including all warehouse, transport and co-packing operations, in terms of service, cost, health and safety, quality, food defense, sustainability, legal requirements and policies compliance. You will provide team leadership and direction for the logistics organization. In this role, you will implement logistics strategy and effectively execute operations to ensure optimum logistics solutions while supporting various routes-to-market, and balancing service and cost. You will work collaboratively with internal and external (third-party logistics vendors) business partners to ensure effective management, timely solutions and execution.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Be accountable for warehouse, transportation, international logistics (import/export) and co-packing operations
• Ensure the implementation of the business plan by delivering a consistent service level, adapting the supply chain to the demanding and changing customer environment and ensuring sufficient operational capacity to deliver business needs
• Be accountable for delivering logistics operational cost budget, ensuring that best-in-class controls and governance are in place
• Foster, initiate and lead continuous improvement programs that reduce cost and our carbon footprint and improve the service performance of the operation
• Ensure successful project implementation
• Select, manage and develop long-term relationships with third-party service providers
• Ensure adherence to health and safety, quality, food defense and legal requirements and policies
• Establish a business continuity plan for logistics operations.
• Support best-practices sharing and adoption

What you will bring

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

• Solid background in logistics with experience leading operations in an FMCG/CPG environment
• Team leadership experience, with proven ability to build effective teams and develop people
• Drive for results with proactive, dynamic and action orientated approach, identifying areas where business change is required and excellence in project management
• Strong collaboration skills with strong business and financial acumen and the ability to forge senior level strategic partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strategic thinking plus excellent presentation, communication, influencing and motivational skills
• Strong negotiating skills with ability to negotiate in tough situations with both internal and external groups

Additional Job Description

Functional / Technical Competencies Needed

(What you will Bring)

• Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE) Essentials/Safety (Personal Process & Vehicle): Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

• Warehouse Operations: Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

• Business Partnering: Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

• Customer Centricity: Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

• Employee Relations: Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

• Lean Six Sigma Methodologies (LSS): Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

• Financial Acumen & Warehouse Labor Planning (WPP): Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

• Federal / State Regulatory Compliance & Law (OSHA, Worker’s Compensation, HR Policies): Foundational, Intermediate, Advanced, or Expert proficiency required.

Minimum Education / Experience Required

• Education: Minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Experience:

  • 10+ years of combined Warehouse/Delivery Logistics experience.

  • 10+ years of People Manager experience.

Relationships

Internal (including but not limited to):

• Local/National Branch Teams

• External Branch Teams

• People Team (Employee Relations & Labor Relations)

• Demand Planning/Fulfillment Teams

• Retail Sales Teams

External (including but no