TIM Manager

Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
Working as part of a cross-functional team, you are an internally recognized expert in a critical technical area for the RDQ process development function. You identify, define and solve complex technical and business problems by applying your broad technical and in-depth knowledge. You oversee the delivery of assigned programs, support new programs/platforms linked to business objectives and use your expertise in your technical area when interacting with senior management and global cross-functional teams to help deliver on current and future demands of the business.
How you will contribute
You will plan, lead, and manage complex technically focused projects while using your technical expertise to guide, direct and influence activities lead by you and others. To ensure the right solutions are developed, you will use consumer knowledge and your technical expertise to identify future opportunities and to execute programs with technical rigor. This role will require you to work with cross-functional partners develop and align resource and budget needs for projects. You will be responsible for the technical outcomes of developments related to evaluating new ingredients, formulas, recipes, and processes and understanding the impact on scale up between laboratory and production facilities. You will also be responsible for quantifying the technical risks to make recommendations and influence stakeholders. As a people leader, you will mentor and coach others to grow their technical talent.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Using your excellent technical expertise to set and deliver the I2M agenda.

• Effectively influencing category leads (e.g. Senior Directors, Vice Presidents)

• Using critical thinking and thought leadership to ensure that solutions are developed for complex issues.

• Working collaboratively in a fast-paced commercial and technical environment

• Coaching and mentoring others

What you need to know about this position:
The Technical Innovation Management (TIM) function within Mondelēz Supply Chain (MSC) is a part of a Technical Community to lead product, process and technology support. The TIM will be strongly linked to global and regional Idea to Market (I2M) agenda and deliver measurable results to each Business Unit. The TIM will deliver competitive advantage for the business by providing Technical Leadership (product formulation, packaging, manufacturing standard, specifications) to the plant teams. They will define prioritization of all assigned Bakery technical initiatives (Innovation, Focus Improvement, Process Capability, and Quality Improvement) with Bakery Leadership Team.
Education / Certifications:

• Bachelors Degree Required

Job specific requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years experience in R&D, Engineering, Process Engineering, Operations and/ or Quality Assurance.

• Strong technical background (R&D, Manufacturing, Packaging) with multi-functional experience

• Clearly understands the Commercial Business he or she will support.

• Has had leadership experience in a big scale project.

• Prior work experience in a unionized manufacturing facility is preferred.

• Ability to organize, motivate and coach employees on desired outcomes.

• Working knowledge in IIM (Early Management) and RCA (root cause analysis).

• Understands (Integrated Lean Six Sigma (IL6S) and the keys pillars (especially Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Preventative Maintenance (PM), Education & Training (E&T) and Focused Improvement (FI))

No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.
Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.
Job Type
Regular
Process Development & Engineering
Science & Engineering