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Mondelez International

Makes cookies, chocolate, gum and candy worldwide

Area Lead Dairy & Cheese

Manufacturing & Production OperationsPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeBad Fallingbostel, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • An engineering, Meister, or technician qualification, product and manufacturing knowledge of dairy products, and at least 3 years of relevant professional experience.
  • Operational and manufacturing leadership experience in the consumer packaged goods industry, with experience using Total Productive Maintenance, 5S, Lean, and Six Sigma tools and concepts.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, coaching, and leadership skills in a team-oriented environment, with demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and team-building abilities and assertiveness.
  • Strong financial and business understanding, project management ability, and knowledge of industrial maintenance and manufacturing equipment.
  • Advanced English proficiency.
  • Microsoft and SAP user skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead production operations at the plant and achieve key performance goals for safety, quality, productivity, volume, cost, sustainability, and workplace climate.
  • Ensure the manufacturing strategy is implemented effectively and develop a high-performing organization.
  • Lead changes and transformations in operator teams during phased implementation of Integrated Lean 6 Sigma and a Factory of the Future organization and roles, including Autonomous Maintenance, Progressive Maintenance, and an integrated 6-Star model, advancing toward self-sufficient teams.
  • Model company values and principles through effective coaching, mentoring, and team development.
  • Support annual manufacturing operating plans and objectives, ensuring targets for safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability, and engagement are met according to site business needs.
  • Coach manufacturing line leaders to cascade and communicate plans and goals to employees, ensuring alignment and understanding of priorities, focus areas, and key performance indicators.
  • Establish governance to evaluate and manage operating performance and continuous-improvement plans, embed a zero-loss mindset, and drive continuous improvement and benchmarkable results.
  • Encourage operator teams to identify and lead improvements in technology, culture, competencies, and operating systems to ensure best practices and reliable operations.
  • Ensure manufacturing standards, controls, and compliance requirements are in place, understood, regularly reviewed, and effectively monitored, including corporate quality, food safety and good manufacturing practices, occupational health and safety, security, environment, sustainability, code of conduct, policies and principles, operating standards, local legal requirements, internal audit standards, and updated procedures.
  • Lead and take responsibility for talent development, competency development, and engagement in the manufacturing team; identify key levers to attract, retain, and develop talent; and build technical and behavioral competencies at all levels for a sustainable future workforce.
  • Collaborate effectively with colleagues across internal and external functions, including outside the plant, to achieve goals and 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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