Business Unit Leader - Manufacturing

Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

This role helps ensure the sustained continuity of technical mastery and line leadership in manufacturing, by leading a key line of the business (technical, system or organizational) to deliver results defined by the compelling business need of the site.

You ensure that key business results are achieved and for developing others to ensure the sustained continuity of technical mastery on the manufacturing line.

Using a systematic approach, you use strategic thinking skills to ensure results are sustained over the long term.

How you will contribute

In your likely first managerial role, you will ensure that Mondelēz International’s safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets are achieved for the lines for which you are responsible by breaking down section targets into line and unit targets and ensuring that employees understand their individual performance goals related to the overall targets.

In this role, you will also develop budgets and be responsible for costs control management, governance and compliance, loss elimination and workforce planning, including recruitment, retention, development, succession planning, and the identification of high potential team members.

Without you, we would not be able to deliver high-quality snacks to our customers.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in :

• Autonomous maintenance (AM) Step 4 systems and progressive maintenance (PM) Step 3 systems
• Maintaining equipment at basic conditions independently, including the execution of AM & PM (break-down maintenance, planned maintenance) standards on dedicated equipment
• Total productive maintenance and Six Sigma including qualification of AM steps 5-6, and PM step 3
• Leading line teams
• Handling challenging interpersonal situations tactfully
• Influencing people in a union environment
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing and a good attention to detail

What you need to know about this position :

The Business Unit Lead is a critical role at the Gladstone site. You will take on the challenge of leading an entire department to meet critical business goals.

You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day manufacturing activities for one of Mondelez amazing brands, as well as managing the departments productivity and capital programs.

A key focus of this role will be to build and develop your team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment to drive sustainable performance.

What extra ingredients you will bring :

• Strong Leadership skills
• Strong technical background
• Ability to lead teams and work cross functionally with multiple stakeholders
• Knowledge of people management and conflict resolution
• previous exposure to unionized facility is an asset

Education / Certifications :

Bachelor’s or higher

Job specific requirements :

• 5 to 10 years manufacturing experience in food manufacturing or similar field
• previous experience managing direct reports
• knowledge of Lean / Six Sigma principles

Travel requirements :

None

Work schedule :

Regular hours 5x8, (37.5hr / wk)

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada.

Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario.

A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone;

We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies.

Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company.

We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity.

In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.

Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.

Job Type

RegularManufacturing coreManufacturing