Director, Corporate Quality Assurance

Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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

As a leader in RDQ, you are responsible for driving the quality strategy and operational excellence across the Canada network. You will be an integral member of both the NA Quality and Canada MSC Leadership teams. Leveraging your broad technical expertise and inspirational leadership, you will identify, define, and solve complex business problems while building a strong, sustainable quality culture. You will create alignment and connectivity across local, regional, and global quality agendas in your relentless drive for quality excellence.

How you will contribute

You will be the business unit quality leader on QFS related topics, ensuring products meet design, food safety and quality policy requirements. To excel in this role, you will drive implementation of regional and global strategies; identify, report, monitor and direct corrective and preventive actions associated with quality KPIs and quality compliance to our Food safety/Quality Systems, and partner with cross-functional internal and external business partners (R&D, regulatory, marketing and manufacturing) to meet our quality agenda. In addition, you will lead regional quality programs; share best practices among manufacturing sites through quality benchmarking; support special situations and early warnings with respect to plant investigations, root-cause analysis and follow-up to protect Mondelēz International and our consumers. You will be an ambassador, driving quality and sharing expertise with colleagues to ensure that quality improvement becomes an instinctive culture across the business.

This position has responsibility for 1-3 direct reports, with indirect reports within internal manufacturing facilities. This position requires experience with quality and/or manufacturing, understanding of Quality & Business Systems and the ability to influence stakeholders.

This position will report to the Sr Director, Quality Canada & G&G.

Success in this role will require strong people and strategic leadership, working well with others, deep knowledge of quality principles / programs, strong technical skill, strong influencing skills, and a sound understanding of the commercial business.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Influence Senior Operations & RDQ Management and lead the development and implementation of a manufacturing quality strategic plan that sets a strong Quality direction for the Manufacturing network. Deliver continuous improvement across manufacturing network through new tools / application, network benchmarking and leveraging cross-category, cross-region collaboration to ensure product design processes, consumer complaints and quality systems are best in class.
• Responsible for Commercial Quality priorities with heavy R&D linkage
• Drive the successful implementation of quality policies, programs, tools and technologies that position Quality as a competitive advantage. Leverage shared services to enable achievement of manufacturing goals. Ensure preparedness for internal and 3rd party audits.
• Build and lead a high-performing quality team by fostering a "Great Place to Work and Grow" — setting clear expectations, investing in coaching and career development through succession planning and PDPs, and creating an inclusive environment where people are empowered, engaged, and accountable for delivering quality results.
• Actively driving Quality Pillar / Lean Six Sigma initiatives for the function as part of the Lean Six Sigma Journey established across the company.
• Work with plants to improve and provide necessary training and development in product knowledge, process technology, process control, optimization techniques, QP’s and Mondelez competencies to increase employee effectiveness and achieve optimum performance levels. Ensure direct staff is properly trained, focused and viewed as exceptional partners to the plants and external manufacturers.
• Take a leadership role in risk assessment activity throughout the value chain and report on areas of improvement, following up on progress, and proactively assisting in issue resolution and elimination to assure that established company quality standards are consistently met with a primary focus on Food Safety programs.
• Leverage Center Quality resources in Food Safety, Sanitation, Audit and Supplier Quality and collaborate on BU priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders and customers at the BU level.

Role requirements

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• B.S./M.S. with concentration in Chemistry, Food Science, Engineering or related field

• Travel: Ability to travel locally within the GTA; with occasional US travel.

• Minimum 8-10 years of related experience (Operations and/or RDQ) with demonstrated technical and managerial ability

• Excellent vision & strategy, leadership, interpersonal skills, courage, and problem-solving skills

• Extensive knowledge of Quality Principles, Quality Programs and Policies

• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of the organization within corporate and manufacturing settings

Salary and Benefits:

The expected base salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement (based on performance and company results), and a long term incentive program. Mondelez also offers several generous employee benefits (some subsidized or fully paid for by the company), including car allowance, health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, and enhanced vacation and holiday entitlements. AI may be used as part of the recruitment process and in accordance with local laws. This posting is for a current vacancy.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

RegularCorporate Quality AssuranceProduct Quality, Safety and Compliance