Packaging Group Leader

2 weeks ago


Wilmington, North Carolina, United States Mondelēz International Full time

Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
In this leadership role, you serve as a senior technical resource for the organization, regularly interacting with other senior managers. You are an internally recognized expert in packaging development and packaging engineering. In this role, you identify, define and solve complex business problems by applying broad technical and consumer knowledge as well as an in-depth understanding of packaging technologies related to Mondelēz products.
How you will contribute
You will lead packaging projects or teams to design, develop, optimize and specify materials that deliver consumer benefit through new products, quality improvements and cost-savings opportunities. To do so, you apply industry-leading technologies and tools and leverage supplier relationships while effectively managing intellectual property rights. To excel in this position, you will deliver solutions on time and on budget using project management methodologies and providing status updates to stakeholders. You will also provide technical leadership for packaging development and packaging technologies by: continually updating your business-relevant expertise; driving the technical development of people by teaching, coaching, mentoring and identifying future technical leaders; defining and sharing technical best practices, and; influencing the technical direction of the business.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

  • Executing bench-top, pilot-scale and plant-scale packaging development and engineering activities and commercialization
  • Project management that is action orientated with the demonstrated ability to handle multiple, complex projects, prioritize, and manage budgets, risk and timelines
  • Manufacturing operations
  • Thinking and working globally, with a strong curiosity to look outside for new ideas and solutions
  • Packaging and demonstrating an understanding of statistical, modeling and simulation tools
  • Leading technical teams and talent to deliver innovations and renovations
  • Influencing the technical direction of the business to deliver benefit using organizational awareness and clear communication


More about this role
What you need to know about this position:
This position is for a Group Leader in the North America Ventures R&D Team supporting Tates, Perfect Snacks, HU and 7 Days.
The candidate will lead the packaging development and commercialization across the Venture's companies in support of innovation, expansion into new channels and productivity.

  • The position reports to the NA Ventures R&D Director leading packaging development projects and managing 2 direct report


This leader will interact with:

  • Cross-functional leaders in the Venture's companies - Marketing, Supply Chain, Internal/External plants, procurement leaders and packaging material suppliers
  • The North America Region Packaging Team.


What extra ingredients you will bring:
Drive for Results -Skilled in the processes and best practices that get tasks done for project execution. Leverages technical knowledge and leadership competencies to overcome obstacles and deliver goals -both for self and for team members.

  • Resourceful and can navigate well
  • Solid project leadership/ management skills
  • Organized - Can execute multiple tasks at once and knows how to leverage others to accomplish goals. Can marshal resources to complete projects a timely and efficiently.
  • Anticipates needs and contingency plans
  • Understand business priorities and can prioritize own time within and across projects.
  • Time Management - Manages time in a manner that enables a high workflow with executional excellence.
  • Can be agile, flexible and adapt work processes to be fit for purpose for the business need.


Functional/ Technical Skills

  • Continues to build technical depth through on-the-job situations, attending classes and seminars, journals, books, etc...
  • Demonstrates application of knowledge to new or ambiguous situations to solve problems and progress projects
  • Understands application of skills and knowledge.
  • Explains expertise clearly


Communication and Informing: Can expertly use informing to influence decisions. Communicates well up, down, and across the organization, including outside of the division.
Education / Certifications:
B.S or M.S. Packaging or Technical degree (Mechanical, Industrial Chemical or Food Eng.)
Travel requirements:
10-15%
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 Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce 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.
Mondelēz 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 for assistance.
Job Type
Regular
Packaging Development & Engineering
Science & Engineering


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