Technical Innovation Management Sr Engineer

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 member of a cross functional team, you lead RDQ activities required to complete process design and process deployment for innovation, growth and cost optimization projects across multiple geographies with an emphasis on delivering the desired consumer experience.

How You Will Contribute

Working independently, you will lead technical work across multiple projects aligned with RDQ, marketing and manufacturing requirements, effectively communicating status and risks. You will also lead activities designed to generate appropriate process information using modelling and simulation, and pilot plant scale up and factory trials in accordance with good manufacturing practice and HACCP requirements. You will be involved with/lead process design and specifications, process scale-up and commissioning and will ensure the effective use of resources, including the use of external agencies. This position requires you to manage stakeholders and to influence decisions based on data analysis and interpretation of results; create and maintain accurate consumer centric process specifications; leverage connections to internal and external technical communities, and; create intellectual property that gives Mondelēz International a competitive advantage.

What You Will Bring

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

• Identifying complex technical or business problems and creating and implementing solutions
• Leading project teams and influencing cross-functional teams
• Using technical data to influence stakeholders
• Coaching and mentoring others in a process community
• Understanding equipment design and manufacturing processes to support process specifications
• Process development and/or process deployment ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods environment
• Being a constant champion for the consumer
• Planning and delivering on multiple priorities

TIM Sr Engr will deliver competitive advantage to the business by providing Technical Leadership (product formulation, packaging, specifications) and leading/supporting technical capability building/knowledge transfer for the manufacturing site (through training, coaching and R&D inputs).

TIM function within Mondelez Supply Chain as part of a Single Technical Community to lead product, process, and technology support.

The TIM will be strongly linked to global and regional R&DQ agenda and deliver measurable results to each BU.

Areas of Work:

• Drive sustainability of specific Quality programs (Consumer Inspired Quality CIQ and Manufacturing Standards) to the plant staff to efficiently run the operation through IL6S program phases.
• Owns initiative technical readiness working closely with R&D, engineering and VSU Leads.
• Contribute to team risk assessments and contingency planning for Business Continuity Plans (BCP) events.
• Technical knowledge transfer / training to the core and process engineers though BTU training and health check in order to deliver to the plant manufacturing goals (product/process development, productivity and quality ).
• Ensures that product/process specifications are met thru the initial implementation phase.

Requirements:

• Strong technical background (R&D, Manufacturing, Packaging)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Prefer major in Chemical Engineering or Food Process Engineering.
• Product/process technology development in Food Industry or successful project implementation in Mondelez Bakeries
• Clearly understands the Commercial Business he or she will support.
• Understands Integrated Lean Six Sigma and the keys pillars (especially AM, PM, E&T, QM and FI)
• Has had leadership experience in a big scale project.
• 4 - 6 years of R&D and Operations Experience.
• Working knowledge in IIM and RCA (root cause analysis).

This position is located in the Chicago Bakery: 7300 S Kedzie Avenue, Chicago IL 60629.

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, we produce 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/Affirmative Action employer. 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.

Job Type

Regular

Process Development & Engineering

Science & Engineering