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Job Description:
The Waste Portfolio Manager supports the Win Against Waste agenda by driving cross-functional coordination, portfolio management, and execution support across priority waste initiatives. This role will initially focus on manufacturing waste, including rework project management, overweight by design, and roadmap coordination. The role partners closely with pillar owners and functional stakeholders to translate strategy into actionable plans, strengthen governance and accountability, track value delivery, and build the pipeline of future waste reduction opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead portfolio management and day-to-day coordination for priority waste initiatives, with initial emphasis on manufacturing waste, rework, and overweight by design.
- Partner with pillar owners to convert waste strategies into clear roadmaps, milestones, and action plans.
- Drive cross-functional governance, follow-up, and issue resolution across operations, supply chain, finance, and commercial partners.
- Track initiative progress, risks, dependencies, and value delivery to ensure waste reduction commitments are realized.
- Support pipeline build by helping identify, scope, and prioritize new waste reduction opportunities.
- Provide selective project management support for high-priority initiatives, particularly where cross-functional coordination is required.
- Prepare clear updates for senior leaders on performance, risks, decisions needed, and progress against commitments.
- Help embed stronger ways of working across the waste agenda, including accountability, escalation, and performance management routines.
Core Competencies:
- Strong program and portfolio management skills across multiple workstreams.
- Ability to lead through influence in a highly cross-functional environment.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilty.
- Structured problem solving and ability to translate ambiguity into action.
- Financial acumen, including ability to connect initiatives to waste reduction and value delivery.
- Strong executive communication and ability to simplify complex issues.
- Manufacturing and supply chain fluency, with enough commercial acumen to support Returns & Allowances initiatives as needed.
- Bias for action, strong follow-through, and comfort operating in a fast-paced transformation environment.
Other requirements:
Travel Requirement: Around 25%
Salary and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $122,000 to $167,750; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.
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 Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. 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.
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Job Type
Regular
Project and Program Management
Business Capability
Skills Required
- Program and portfolio management skills across multiple workstreams
- Experience with manufacturing waste, rework project management, and overweight-by-design initiatives
- Ability to lead through influence in cross-functional environments
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability
- Structured problem solving and ability to translate ambiguity into action
- Financial acumen to connect initiatives to waste reduction and value delivery
- Strong executive communication and ability to simplify complex issues for senior leaders
- Manufacturing and supply chain fluency with commercial understanding for Returns & Allowances
- Project management support capability for high-priority, cross-functional initiatives
- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 25%
Mondelēz International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) structure combines a 4.5% basic company contribution with up to an additional 4.5% match, with company contributions vesting after two years. This provides up to 9% in company contributions when at least 6% is contributed by the employee.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical carrier options are offered with in‑network preventive care at 100%, plus company‑paid basic life insurance and short‑term disability. Optional long‑term disability and supplemental life/AD&D expand protection choices.
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Parental & Family Support — A global parental‑leave standard supports birth, adoptive, and foster parents across the enterprise. Additional supports include adoption and surrogacy assistance, childcare discounts, and an Employee Assistance Program with counseling and well‑being tools.
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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