Job Description

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

• MS degree in relevant technical topic.
• 8+ years plus experience in production environment.
• 8+ years’ experience in development and implementation of industrial management systems focused on loss reduction: TPM, Lean Manufacturing, 6 sigma e High Performance Organizations
• Demonstrated acumen in business and finance.
• Track record of successful employee engagement initiatives.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing and supply chain processes.

SKILLS

• Demonstrated strong leadership skills, ability to effectively communicate, influence, manage change.
• The capability to influence key stakeholders including senior leadership.
• Must have the capacity to operate independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Demonstrated success in a lead role in a high-growth organization and in providing strategic insight for organization-wide deployment plans is a plus.
• Strategic assessment capabilities as well as a vision for developing and leading IL6S across the MSC.
• Thorough understanding of process improvement methodologies and tools – both in applying “hands-on” with work groups and teams; as well as ability to train/coach others in their application.
  No Relocation support available
  Business Unit Summary
  With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.
  Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term “accommodation” in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.
  Job Type
  Regular
  Process excellence
  Business Capability

MORE ABOUT THIS ROLE

IL6S (Integrated Lean Six Sigma) is the Operational excellence program globally deployed in Mondelez International. It is an approach to business management that emphasizes continuous improvement across all aspects of the business and within all business processes by creating a culture where management and employees are invested in business outcomes and empowered to implement change. Operational excellence is a way for organizations to create a roadmap toward continuous improvement in a complex business environment. Its goal is to give companies a competitive advantage.
The role helps build IL6S progression for our manufacturing sites, and involves significant capability building/ upskilling of colleagues within the North America region which includes US, Canada and Mexico Supply chain organizations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

• Lead the IL6S program development and implementation at Mondelez Supply Chain (MSC) including ownership for direction and adjustments needed to accelerate on our priorities.
• Develop IL6S Operational Excellence Roadmap in partnership with Senior Leadership team in alignment to functional roadmaps.
• Lead E2E value chain loss analyses for sponsored initiatives and train/mentor region end-to-end resources to support region category initiatives to improve Revenue, product margin, cash-flow and growth improvement plus identify opportunities for growth.
• Lead implementation of Future Organization Model (Factory of the Future) to build capability in the organization (Manufacturing operations) and identifying Low-cost Automation as way to improve cost performance, ability to identify NA Venture activities and to lead organization to reach High Performance Organization status.
• Build capability through training, coaching, performance evaluations, and talent acquisition. Drive Asset Reliability improvement to achieve high level of performance, reliability and utilization.