What You'll Do
Lead Digital Smart Factory Deployments
- Serve as the MDS functional lead for DSF rollouts in the MEU region, ensuring governance and best practices are maintained throughout deployment
- Drive discussions with plant stakeholders, challenging approaches constructively while maintaining collaborative relationships
- Manage escalations and pushbacks from plants, ensuring alignment with global standards and strategic direction
- Act as the primary focal point for MDS during complex deployments, coordinating across multiple workstreams
Collaborate Across the Global Organization
- Partner with Manufacturing business process leads, engineering teams, and the global MDS Manufacturing team to identify, select, design, and develop IoT applications
- Work closely with MEU regional teams, global engineering, global MDS, and global manufacturing stakeholders
- Facilitate seamless integration of IoT platform across our global operations
- Coordinate with various functional teams to ensure successful implementation of digital solutions
Drive Functional Excellence with Technical Understanding
- Lead the functional side of IoT application implementations while understanding technical discussions and architecture
- Utilize knowledge of manufacturing processes and systems to guide agile DevOps processes
- Own and govern application backlogs for new and existing IoT applications within DevOps frameworks
- Bridge business requirements and technical solutions, ensuring alignment between plant needs and technical capabilities
Manage Projects and Deliver Results
- Demonstrate strong project management skills to coordinate multiple concurrent projects and workstreams running in parallel
- Deliver projects on time and within budget, managing dependencies and risks proactively
- Track progress, identify blockers, and drive resolution across global teams
- Ensure successful deployment of custom IoT solutions aligned with our digital strategy
What You'll Need to Succeed
Required Qualifications
Education & Experience:
- Degree-level qualification
- 4-5 years of experience in manufacturing processes and systems (CPG preferred)
- Previous experience in functional roles with demonstrated ability to understand technical concepts
- Experience in plant operations, process engineering, or manufacturing IT
Technical Knowledge:
- Understanding of IoT architecture and technical solutions
- Knowledge of AWS and/or Azure platform integration services with applications and automation
- Exposure to or knowledge of SAP ECC/S4H Manufacturing modules (PP/PI, QM, WM, IM, PM)
- Ability to participate in technical discussions and understand architectural implications (no hands-on development required)
Project Management & Leadership:
- Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage concurrent IT projects
- Proven ability to deliver projects on time and within budget
- Experience coordinating multiple workstreams and managing dependencies
- Track record of driving initiatives proactively, not just responding to requests
Communication & Stakeholder Management:
- Fluent English (written and spoken) - MUST HAVE
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead and drive discussions with business stakeholders
- Experience challenging approaches constructively and managing escalations
- Proven ability to work effectively with global teams across time zones
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to influence without authority
Personal Attributes:
- Agile and proactive mindset - takes initiative and drives outcomes
- Comfortable working in an international environment with diverse teams
- Resilient and adaptable when facing pushback or challenges
- Strong governance mindset with ability to maintain standards while being collaborative
- Willingness to travel
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturing
- Knowledge of quality processes in manufacturing (starting scope focus)
- Previous experience working in global matrix organizations
- Familiarity with agile DevOps methodologies
Why Join Our Team?
Global Impact: Work on digital transformation initiatives that impact manufacturing operations worldwide
Collaborative Culture: Join team of professionals who support each other across countries and time zones
Career Growth: Develop your skills in digital manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 technologies while building your project management and stakeholder management capabilities
Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work while being part of a global organization
Innovation Focus: Be at the forefront of Digital Smart Factory innovation, working with cutting-edge IoT technologies and platforms
Strategic Role: Serve as a key focal point for MDS during critical deployments, with high visibility and impact
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broad range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands globally and locally including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the top position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy and the second top position in gum.
Our 80,000 makers and bakers are located in more than 80 countries and we sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. Our people are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen-and happen fast.
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
Project and Program Management
Business Capability
Skills Required
- Degree-level qualification
- 4-5 years of experience in manufacturing processes and systems
- Previous experience in functional roles with demonstrated ability to understand technical concepts
- Experience in plant operations, process engineering, or manufacturing IT
- Understanding of IoT architecture and technical solutions
- Knowledge of AWS and/or Azure platform integration services with applications and automation
- Exposure to or knowledge of SAP ECC/S4H Manufacturing modules (PP/PI, QM, WM, IM, PM)
- Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage concurrent IT projects
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Comfortable working in an international environment with diverse teams
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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