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Mondelez International

Makes cookies, chocolate, gum and candy worldwide

Integrated Lean 6 Sigma Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeToronto, ON, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience with continuous improvement and high-performance work systems.
  • Strong facilitation and communication skills to support team discussions on continuous improvement activities.
  • Experience applying Lean and/or Total Productive Maintenance tools in a factory or operations environment.
  • Ability to manipulate and validate data in manual and automated systems.
  • Mastery of Excel and other data analytics tools.
  • Organized and disciplined approach to supporting and educating others on the daily management system process.
  • Logical and structured thinking to extract insights from data.
  • Strong working knowledge of Continuous Improvement, Lean, Total Productive Maintenance, and Integrated Lean 6 Sigma principles, with the ability to apply them in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • Demonstrated experience driving improvement initiatives using data, structured problem solving, and loss analysis.
  • Hands-on understanding of equipment reliability, autonomous maintenance practices, and operator-based asset care.
  • Ability to coach and influence people at all levels of the organization, from frontline operators to site leadership.
  • Ability to translate complex concepts into practical, easy-to-understand tools and standard work.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Operations Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience; preferred.
  • Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in manufacturing, continuous improvement, maintenance, or an operational excellence role.
  • Demonstrated experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance, or Integrated Lean 6 Sigma methodologies.
  • Experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment, such as food, consumer packaged goods, or a similar industry.
  • Proficiency with data and analytics tools; Excel is required.
  • Regular presence on the production floor to observe processes, identify losses, and coach teams in real time.
  • Ability to support operations across shifts as needed, including early mornings, nights, or weekends during initiatives, start-ups, or breakdowns.
  • Ability to analyze equipment and process performance using data, trends, and loss intelligence.
  • Ability to facilitate workshops, training sessions, and structured problem-solving events.
  • Willingness to lead from the floor and work side-by-side with operators and technicians when needed.

Responsibilities

  • Provide training on continuous improvement tools and techniques and help departments follow the established daily management system.
  • Help teams collect data or extract it from systems to support continuous improvement activities and the daily management system.
  • Facilitate root-cause analysis to address identified losses and departmental key performance indicator scorecard gaps.
  • Establish new work standards to sustain improvement.
  • Train and qualify colleagues on continuous improvement tools and new work standards resulting from improvement activities.
  • Support implementation of the Integrated Lean 6 Sigma rollout at the site, partner with stakeholders to fulfill capability needs, and conduct maturity assessments on standard work processes.
  • Lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate top losses and improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale across the site.
  • Serve as the site Autonomous Maintenance subject matter expert, owning Autonomous Maintenance standards, deployment, and capability development in partnership with Manufacturing and Maintenance.
  • Apply Focused Improvement tools to identify, quantify, and prioritize losses, enabling teams and Process Engineers to execute loss elimination and deliver measurable results.
  • Coach the core team, technicians, and leaders on problem solving, Autonomous Maintenance practices, and standard work to build self-sufficiency at the line level.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enable equipment reliability improvements and Autonomous Maintenance ownership, ensuring loss elimination efforts align with standards and are sustained over time.
  • Own the Waste and/or Cost Work Process, including floor-level loss intelligence, glidepath development, and system governance, to enable prioritized loss elimination and sustained improvement.
  • Work primarily Monday through Friday during regular business hours, with occasional off-shift support during improvement initiatives or Small Group Activity events and schedule adjustments to partner effectively with Operations and Maintenance across shifts.

Desired Qualifications

  • Formal certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance, or Integrated Lean 6 Sigma methodologies.
  • Experience with Power BI, Minitab, or similar data and analytics tools.

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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