Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
About us:
You will be joining at an exciting time as we seek to continue to lead the future for both the planet, people and business. Sustainability is one of the four strategic pillars of Mondelez Vision 2030 and a must win battle for the UK&I in 2026. This role leads strategy, prioritisation and planning for the UK across our pillars of packaging, ingredients and local carbon reduction. It partners across categories and functions to deliver ambitions that meet the local customer, consumer and regulatory landscape.
The Role:
In short, this is an amazing opportunity to lead, shape and grow the future of our UK sustainability agenda, taking it to the next level in 2026 & beyond.
This is a rare role where people, planet and business truly overlap. You will set the future direction, including vision and strategic direction across the whole UK business. This role takes the global pillars of sustainability, and translates for local adoption, accelerating critical pillars such as packaging and ingredients. You will partner with Brand and Customer teams to identify and unlock growth opportunities. You will ensure we're sufficient to meet our packaging ambitions, reducing virgin plastic and driving for circularity. You will partner with our Regional Sustainability and Corporate Affairs to ensure we're ready for regulation. You will lead the UK&I green army, including our cross-functional Sustainability Working Group and employee-led org GreenBite. Not only will you lead the agenda, but you'll play a key role in driving pride across the org by speaking both internally, and potentially externally, about our achievements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive the strategic direction to accelerate implementation in alignment with our 2030 commitments and ambitions across packaging, local carbon reduction and sustainable ingredients.
- Partner with Brand Teams to identify and unlock growth opportunities, focusing on Cadbury, but with roll out of swords and shields across growth brands
- Drive joint value creation with key Customer Teams, unlock partnership opportunities with retailers and driving our AGS score
- Ensure sufficiency for our Virgin Plastic Reduction pipeline, providing strategic support on lighthouse projects across all categories
- Ensure readiness for key regulations. This includes local leadership of our evolution in sustainable cocoa sourcing, and readiness of the EU's PPWR (packaging).
- Drive pride and understanding of sustainability, focusing on sales, but broader impact across org
- Continue to upskill our wider organisation on sustainability
Requirements:
- Experience in driving / embedding sustainability within a business setting OR passion for sustainability
- Strong marketing experience / ability to connect the dots and provide strategic recommendations for delivering brand growth via sustainability
- Strategic mindset with evidence of commercial acumen and business understanding
- Proven track record of leading through change. Bold, brave and willingness to do things differently.
- Someone who is willing to contribute to our Team feeling of belonging.
- Strong influencing skills, including managing senior stakeholders
- Ability to build relationship across functions, enabling delivering of critical projects
- High learning agility
- Excellent communication, storytelling and presentation skills.
- Willingness to focus on their development.
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
Brand & Portfolio Management
Marketing
Skills Required
- Knowledge of consumer behavior, preferably in the consumer goods sector and matrix environment
- Experience developing a seamless consumer experience
- Experience managing business objectives beyond brand and budget (including P&L exposure)
- Analytical skills combined with creativity
- Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams and manage trade-offs
- Strong verbal and written communication and executive presentation skills
- Experience in markets with diverse economic environments
Mondelēz International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program is characterized by strong company matching, with some eligible groups also receiving a base company contribution. Feedback suggests negotiated updates at represented sites have further enhanced retirement features.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental‑health resources, life and disability insurance, and tax‑advantaged accounts, supported by wellness and EAP offerings. Onsite or company‑sponsored wellbeing initiatives provide additional day‑to‑day support.
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Parental & Family Support — A published global parental‑leave standard and resources such as lactation/wellness rooms signal structured support for caregivers. Bonding leave for all caregivers and other family‑care supports are highlighted in published materials.
Mondelēz International Insights
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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