Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible.
The UK Customer Collaboration Manager role is critical to managing and ensuring the highest levels of service are delivered to our customers. Leading a customer team, in close alignment to the sales team, the structure enables the progression of an agenda focused on delivering operational excellence, optimizing joint costs and in developing improved processes and initiatives to enable business growth. The role is pivotal to our customer engagement, to understand and translate customer requirements through the building of trusted partnerships, and to work as a member of virtual teams within CS&L / MSC / MEU / Commercial functions to shape and deliver the agenda.
Role Scope
- Creation of an agreed customer collaborative agenda with internal & external stakeholders to drive continuous improvement of the order to delivery process and deliver agreed KPIs, and a Joint Supply Plan measured through Customer Scorecards to support our Growth agenda.
- Creation and evolution of a focused, motivated and high performing Customer Collaboration team . Working as part of the Customer Order to Cash Leadership Team to fully align and optimize ways of working as a virtual team.
- Leading the service agenda and championing the voice of the customer , working across CS&L to maximise OTIF performance and working as part of the Sales virtual team to ensure a coherent and fully integrated customer agenda.
- Strong stakeholder management and the building of a strong network of relationships is critical both internally and externally- Customer, CS&L, Commercial, MSC, MEU Customer Tower, MBS O TC, external bodies and within the wider business to ensure an efficient flow of information for customer-specific topics It is critical that the job holder is able develop strategy and to frame & communicate information effectively with stakeholders at senior levels.
How you will contribute
You will:
- Lead a Customer Team of direct and indirect reports
- Role modelling and developing a people strategy to optimize the team capabilities, providing a talent pool for development within the business and attract and retain talent from within and outside of OTC to build a high performing team.
- Active participation in People Forums & Initiatives as part of the NE CS&L ELT.
- Drive the operational engagement which includes leading the customer collaboration teams that focus on delivering 98.5% service to them through: -
- Operational excellence and continuous improvement to identify and resolve processes or issues which impact service.
- Promotional Forecasting through Implants and 30:60:90 planning processes
- Seasonal intent Management
- Leading the MBS back office Customer service teams to deliver CS order entry target of 0>
- Build trusted partnerships with Commercial Customer Directors / Meals MD to support the delivery of our c$1.5B revenue
- Leads an aligned agenda as the MSC business partner
- Lead an agenda to deliver service and cost efficiencies to the business
- Supports the delivery of the Customer Innovation agenda to deliver $500K - $1M per annum in productivity (each) for their customer portfolio.
- Leads the customer performance of the Customer Trade Terms Governance, makes decisions based on analytical insights and utilizes, in line with the customer JSP to deliver improvements and efficiencies.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Extensive customer supply chain or commercial experience (preferably Sales)
- Experience of leading people and building teams
- Customer-facing experience (major retailers)
- Excellent communication and influencing skills at senior levels (internal and external)
- Strong Customer Relationship Management & stakeholder influencing skills
- Analytical understanding of Service Drivers
- Systems literate - SAP, Microsoft Office (PPT, Excel)
- Fluent English (verbal and written)
- Project Management
More about this role
Work schedule: 100%
The responsibilities of this position are performed within the framework of a regional business model that is defined and managed by Mondelēz Europe GmbH, Switzerland .
Business Unit Summary
At Mondelez Europe, we are proud, not only of the iconic brands we make, but also of the people who make them. Our delicious products are created in 52 plants across Europe by more than 28,000 passionate people. We are the top maker of chocolate and biscuits and a leading maker of gum and candy. We make sure our powerful global brands and local jewels like Cadbury, Milka and Alpen Gold chocolates, Oreo, belVita, LU and Tuc biscuits get safely into our customers hands-and mouths. Great people and great brands. That's who we are. Join us on our journey to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.
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.
Job Type
Regular
Customer Collaboration (CLD)
Customer Service & Logistics
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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