Quality Lead

Mondelēz International•Chicago, IL

1d•$109,000 - $149,875•Hybrid

About The Position

The Quality Lead, US External Manufacturing position provides leadership in the US Network Manufacturing organization in ensuring Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance of internal and /or external manufacturing plants. This position is responsible for leadership in the areas of quality manufacturing program deployment, collaboration with manufacturing quality personnel, Food Safety and Quality Systems, product standards and Regulatory Compliance. This position drives and partners with the plant-based teams to assure achievement of superior customer satisfaction, consistency, value, and food safety. This position has 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.

Requirements

Related experience in operations, quality and/or R&D
Knowledge of quality systems (HACCP, ISO9001 and FSSC22000)
Microbiology and food safety and sanitation experience
Handling multiple tasks and prioritize
Communication and leadership skills on cross-functional teams
Statistical processes and problem-solving techniques
Business acumen and influencing and negotiating
Minimum 5-8 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.

Nice To Haves

Auditing certification or equivalent experience is a decided advantage

Responsibilities

Influence Operations & 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.
Providing program support to sites and facilitates in corrective/preventive action plans.
Work with facilitates to ensure achievement of certification for 3rd party program, FSSC.