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Mondelez International

Makes cookies, chocolate, gum and candy worldwide

Manufacturing Line Manager

Manufacturing & Production OperationsUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeChicago, IL, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Strong operational and manufacturing leadership experience in the consumer packaged goods industry, including experience with total productive maintenance, 5S, lean, and Six Sigma tools and concepts.
  • Strong communication, coaching, and leadership skills in a team-based environment, with demonstrated abilities in analytics, problem solving, and team building.
  • Engineering background with strong financial and business acumen, project management skills, and knowledge of industrial maintenance and manufacturing equipment.
  • Experience with autonomous maintenance Step 4 systems and progressive maintenance Step 3 systems.
  • Ability to maintain equipment at basic conditions independently, including executing autonomous and progressive maintenance standards for breakdown and planned maintenance on dedicated equipment.
  • Experience with total productive maintenance and Six Sigma, including qualification of autonomous maintenance steps 5–6 and progressive maintenance step 3.
  • Experience leading line teams.
  • Ability to handle challenging interpersonal situations tactfully.
  • Ability to influence people in a union environment.
  • Effective verbal and written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

  • Lead production operations in the plant and deliver performance targets for safety, quality, productivity, volumes, cost, sustainability, and organizational morale.
  • Implement the manufacturing strategy and build a high-performing organization.
  • Manage change and transformation among operating teams, implementing the Integrated Lean 6 Sigma phase journey, Factory of the Future line-centric organization and roles, autonomous maintenance, progressive maintenance, and an integrated six-star model to advance self-sufficient teams.
  • Model company values and principles through coaching, mentoring, and developing the team.
  • Support annual manufacturing operational plans and targets for safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability, and engagement in line with the site’s compelling business need.
  • Coach line leaders and communicate plans and targets to employees to align understanding of priorities and key performance indicators.
  • Establish governance to review and control operational performance and continuous-improvement plans, embed a zero-loss mindset, and drive ongoing improvement against internal and external benchmarks.
  • Drive operating teams to identify and manage improvements to technology, culture, capability, and operating systems for best-practice, reliable operations.
  • Ensure manufacturing standards and governance requirements are implemented, understood, reviewed, and monitored, including corporate quality, food safety and good manufacturing practices, health, safety, security, environment, sustainability, conduct policies and principles, operational standards, local legal requirements, internal audit norms, and related procedures.
  • Lead talent, capability, and engagement for the manufacturing team by identifying and implementing ways to attract, retain, and develop talent and build capability at all levels.
  • Partner with multifunctional peers inside and outside the plant to achieve objectives, goals, and key performance indicators.

About the Company

Mondelez International

Makes cookies, chocolate, gum and candy worldwide

Mondelez International makes snack foods sold in grocery stores, convenience shops and online from North America and Europe to Latin America, Asia and Africa. Its brands include Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies, Cadbury, Milka and Toblerone chocolate, Trident gum and Halls cough drops. The company runs factories around the world, buys large amounts of cocoa and wheat, and ships finished snacks to retailers and distributors. It earns money by selling these branded snacks at wholesale, and it grows by adding local brands and buying regional bakeries and snack makers. Mondelez took its current name in 2012, when Kraft Foods split off its North American grocery business, and is based in Chicago.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
1903

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