Asset Reliability Associate Manager

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelz International

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

Our goal is to strive for embedded maintenance excellence culture within our people supporting business growth maximizing assets reliability availability and maintainability all while ensuring compliance with Safety and Quality Legal and Corporate standards with an optimal budget strategy.

The Asset Reliability Manager will play a pivotal role in this goal through the technical development of maintenance and operations team and leading People Budgeting Planning & Scheduling MRO Key Technologies and a Knowledge Center HUB while overseeing the Maintenance Workshop contractors and partnering with in house business partners (utilities and facilities).

This role will have a strong focus on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) through Progressive Maintenance (PM) driving continuous improvement in all maintenance categories such as: breakdowns eradication planned corrective maintenance inspections and repairs Time/Cycle Based Maintenance and Condition Based Maintenance.

To define success we will use key metrics for our priorities Safety Health Environment Quality Delivery Cost and Morale including but not limited to Safety and Quality Incidents Eradication Volume Attainment Productivity Global Efficiency MTBF MTBB and MTTR and Engagement.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Develop and lead the maintenance and operations team fostering a culture of maintenance excellence through training coaching and technical development.
• Leverage maintenance skills for maintenance supervisors mechanics electricians and other personnel ensuring continuous improvement through autonomous maintenance tools and best practices.
• Manage budgeting planning and scheduling to optimize maintenance costs while maintaining high equipment reliability and availability.
• Lead the Progressive Maintenance pillar ensuring the application of breakdown elimination methodologies across all areas of the site while also supporting coaching and auditing PM teams to maintain discipline and compliance with defined standards.
• Ensure compliance with company standards rules and policies as well as safety quality and maintenance standards across the production process.
• Develop and execute optimized maintenance strategies including predictive preventive scheduled corrective and refurbishment maintenance of machinery and equipment to improve operational efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Drive MRO (Maintenance Repair and Operations) excellence integrating spare parts management procurement and supplier relationships to enhance availability while minimizing costs and inventory levels.
• Oversee and continuously improve the Knowledge Center HUB ensuring that best practices technical documentation and innovative maintenance strategies are captured and shared across the organization.
• Supervise and enhance the Maintenance Workshop ensuring efficient of planned maintenance activities effective resource utilization and continuous improvement in workshop operations.
• Generate and oversee corrective work orders based on critical preventive maintenance ConditionBased Maintenance (CBM) and reliabilitycentered strategies to ensure optimal asset performance.
• Coordinate and oversee the scheduling of machinery and equipment overhauls utilizing data from PCP (Production Planning and Control) to align maintenance plans with operational needs.
• Ensure operational efficiency of machinery and equipment through adherence to preventive maintenance programs and strategic equipment renovations.
• Lead contractors and thirdparty service providers ensuring adherence to company standards safety protocols and operational requirements while also partnering with inhouse business teams including Utilities and Facilities to align maintenance strategies with broader site infrastructure needs.
• Optimize SAP PM (maintenance management tool) for effective work order tracking planning and ensuring proper spare parts requisitioning and auxiliary material planning.
• Ensure proper documentation and analysis of equipment operating conditions historical maintenance data and implemented improvements to drive continuous enhancements.
• Support the Early Management Pillar methodology for new projects and innovations integrating engineering maintenance and reliability improvements.
• Lead projects and investments following Matrix RACI Engineering principles ensuring alignment with longterm maintenance and business goals.
• Participate in systemic and improvement initiatives contributing to the Master Plan of the Progressive Maintenance pillar and other Integrated Lean 6 Sigma methodology pillars to drive maintenance excellence across the site.
• Control and optimize maintenance costs balancing budget efficiency with asset performance.
• Provide internal and external customer support as needed responding to requests from DMS (Daily Management System) to ensure operational continuity.
• Oversee the organization storage and conservation of maintenance materials and equipment ensuring proper handling and availability.

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelors degree required preferably in Engineering Maintenance Industrial Technology or a related technical field.
• Certifications in TPM Lean Manufacturing Reliability Engineering or Maintenance Excellence are a plus.
• Experience & Leadership Minimum 5 years in Maintenance/Reliability with 3 years leading teams coaching and driving performance.
• Servant Leadership & Team Development Proven ability to lead coach and develop highperforming maintenance teams fostering a culture of trust accountability and empowerment.
• CrossFunctional Collaboration Strong experience partnering with Utilities Facilities Engineering and Operations to align maintenance strategies with business needs.
• Change Management & Continuous Improvement Demonstrated success in driving cultural and operational change implementing TPM Lean RCA and CBM methodologies.
• Maintenance Planning & MRO Expertise in budgeting planning & scheduling spare parts and MRO management to optimize efficiency and reliability.
• CMMS & DataDriven Maintenance Experience using SAP PM or similar CMMS to enhance maintenance asset tracking and cost control.
• Project & Investment Management Ability to lead capital projects and reliability improvements ensuring alignment with longterm business goals.
• Compliance & Industry Standards Knowledge of unionized environments and regulatory compliance; food industry experience preferred.
• Cost & Resource Optimization Strong financial acumen in budgeting cost control and resource allocation to balance efficiency and investment.
• Workshop & Knowledge Management Experience overseeing Maintenance Workshops and Knowledge Center HUBs ensuring best practices are standardized.
• Reliability & Asset Performance Strong background in predictive preventive and progressive maintenance to improve asset lifecycle and performance.

This position is onsite in our Naperville Plant 1555 Ogden Ave Naperville IL 60540.

The base salary range for this position is $95100 $130800; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience skills education and budget. 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

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here we produce our wellloved 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 brandsincluding 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.

Mondelz 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 contactfor assistance.

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