Plant Director

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Upplands Väsby
Hybrid
Senior level
Big Data • Food • Hardware • Machine Learning • Retail • Automation • Manufacturing
We're a global snacking company empowering people to snack right.
The Role
As a Plant Director at Mondelēz International, you will lead the manufacturing operations, drive operational excellence, influence teams, and ensure alignment with strategic goals. Your role includes implementing advanced manufacturing practices, developing talent, and optimizing assets while building strong relationships within the organization.
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Job Description
Plant Director Opportunity at Mondelēz International: Lead the Future of Snacking
Are you a visionary leader ready to shape the future of a global brand?
At Mondelēz International, we're on a mission to lead the future of snacking. We are seeking a Plant Director to take charge of our manufacturing operations and drive excellence and innovation. This senior leadership role is crucial to achieving our strategic goals and delivering impactful results.
Why Join Us?

  • Be a Strategic Leader: As Plant Director, you'll craft and execute a 3-year strategic plan to ensure our manufacturing supply chain is agile, synchronized, and aligned with our growth agenda.
  • Influence and Inspire: Lead, coach, and develop multi-functional teams to drive best practices and achieve operational excellence.
  • Shape the Future: Establish and sustain a zero-loss mindset, embedding continuous improvement and world-class standards.
  • Innovate with Purpose: Drive the implementation of Integrated Lean 6 Sigma and advanced manufacturing practices.


What You'll Do

  • Deliver Operational Excellence: Partner across functions to meet and exceed goals in safety, quality, cost, delivery, and sustainability.
  • Develop Talent & Culture: Be accountable for building a high-performing workforce, ensuring a pipeline of critical talent, and fostering engagement at all levels.
  • Protect & Optimize Assets: Lead governance to safeguard operational standards, compliance, and asset value.
  • Build Relationships: Act as a vital bridge between internal and external stakeholders to align priorities and elevate Mondelēz's equity and reputation.


What You'll Bring

  • Exceptional Leadership Experience: Proven track record in driving manufacturing performance, with expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, and 5S practices.
  • Strategic and Growth Mindset: Strong financial and business acumen combined with project management expertise to deliver measurable results.
  • Inspiring Leadership: Excellent communication skills. Inspire the team in developing and executing our vision and goals, coupled with coaching abilities that empower teams to thrive.
  • Cross-Functional Excellence: Deep understanding of supply chain, demand planning, and commercial functions, with a history of building strong collaborative relationships.


Why Mondelēz International?
As Plant Director, you'll join us in shaping the legacy of iconic brands like Marabou, Freia, Cadbury, Milka, and Oreo. At Mondelēz, innovation and opportunity are endless-and so are the smiles you'll help create every day.
Are you ready to lead, inspire, and innovate?
This is your chance to take on a pivotal senior role, guiding our mission forward and making a meaningful difference at Mondelēz International.
Apply today to make it happen with pride!
More about this role
Work schedule: 100%
Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our succes
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Excited to grow your career?
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
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Job Type
Regular
Manufacturing support
Manufacturing

Top Skills

Lean
Six Sigma
The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
90,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 90,000 individuals around the world.

Our Purpose
Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Our Brands
We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.

Our People
Our 90,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.

Our Strategies
We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands, and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:

• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth
• Execution: drive operational excellence
• Culture: build a winning growth culture

Why Work With Us

We offer passionate, energetic and curious people a huge choice of careers in our fun, fast-paced, global business. We operate in four regions: Asia, Middle East & Africa; Europe; Latin America; and North America. And in over 80 countries our people are united in a common purpose to empower people to snack right.

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