Associate Principal Engineer

Mondelēz International•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. Working as part of a cross-functional team, you are an internally recognized expert in a critical technical area for the RDQ process development function. You identify, define and solve complex technical and business problems by applying your broad technical and in-depth knowledge. You oversee the delivery of assigned programs, support new programs/platforms linked to business objectives and use your expertise in your technical area when interacting with senior management and global cross-functional teams to help deliver on current and future demands of the business.

Requirements

Technical leadership in process development, including a leading process development team, ideally within fast-moving consumer goods environment
Applying your strong technical leadership and expertise to set and deliver the business and functional agenda
Effectively influencing category leads (e.g. vice presidents) and cross-functional leaders (e.g. engineering, commercial)
Using critical thinking and thought leadership proactively to ensure solutions to complex issues are delivered
Working collaboratively in a fast-paced global commercial and technical environment
Coaching and mentoring others
Ensure that foundational skills/capabilities keep pace with technology advancements
Creating a culture of technical curiosity, learning and collaboration

Responsibilities

Support technically focused projects and use your technical expertise to guide, direct and influence activities lead by others and to ensure the right solutions are developed, future breakthrough opportunities are identified, and executable programs are implemented with technical rigor.
Accountable for the technical outcomes of process developments activities (e.g. process design and specifications, process scale up, commissioning etc.) and for quantifying the technical risks your projects and those lead by others, offering recommendations and conclusions and influencing senior stakeholders when making business decisions.
Develop and leverage connections internally and with the external technical partners.
Create a culture that fosters intellectual properties to drive competitive advantage; manage an internal team of process developers and work with cross-functional partners to establish resource and budget needs to deliver the requirements in your business area of responsibility; provide strategic leadership in your process technology area and/or process development program, and; mentor and coach others to grow technical talent.