Continuous Improvement Lead

**Job Description**:
**Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?**

**Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.**

**How you will contribute**

You will:

- Provide training on CI tools and techniques to help drive teams through CI cycles. You will also coach employees to help them achieve their targets
- Identify process improvement needs with department leads, facilitate sessions and support execution of newly established improvements
- Once improvements are done, validate outcome benefits and support creation of new standards and qualification of members into new working processes
- Benchmark externally, ensuring where relevant that best practice and new tools are deployed in collaboration with internal partners

**What you will bring**

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

- Experience implementing CI processes (e.g. TPM for manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma in the consumer goods industry)
- Strong facilitation and communication skills
- Experience in change management processes
- Logical thinking and capacity to influence
- Results oriented and prepared to deal with ambiguity
- Experience such as: continuous improvement manager, team leader roles, area manager

**More about this role**
- CI Lead manages CI programs adoption across MDS (Mondelez Digital Services) Function
- CI Lead trains, coaches and guides on structured problem solving tools, methods and programs
- CI Lead owns & delivers priority projects across the CI spectrum or acts as a CI SME in specific innovation & simplification initiatives
- CI Lead manages Technology Innovation Program

**What you need to know about this position**:

- Must be able to develop effective partnership with internal and external stakeholders to drive performance improvements; must be a good team player and know how to build his/her own network
- Must have positive energy and ability to energize others and have excellent communication, presentation, training and interpersonal skills.
- Must leverage Stakeholder engagement and must have the ability to work with colleagues from operations up to executive level
- Must have the ability to effectively manage time, prioritize work, multi-task across many assignments and delegate
- Must be highly analytical and have relevant process expertise in order to identify and structure issues and synthesize recommendations.

**What extra ingredients you will bring**:

- Progressive work experience in Simplification & Innovation (Lean Six Sigma; Agile)
- Experience of working in a global business services environment or internal service delivery (minimum 7+ years of experience)
- Experience in complex organizations and matrix reporting relationship
- Strong project management with hands-on-delivery of end-to-end improvement projects
- Ability to break down complex problems
- Ability to develop productive working relationships with a variety of teams and business leaders and influence them without authority
- Fluent in English and Spanish

**Education / Certifications**:

- Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Optional / Plus - Recognized Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner, Certified Enterprise Coach, SAFe Agilist
- Optional / Plus - End to End user experience: UI/UX, Solution analyst, Architect, Designer and Testing.

**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

Process excellence

Business Capability