Team Leader

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.

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 Mondelz Internationals 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 highquality 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 of AM & PM (breakdown maintenance planned maintenance) standards on dedicated equipment
• Total productive maintenance and Six Sigma including qualification of AM steps 56 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

More about this role

Position Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Production Team Leader to join our dynamic team in the fastpaced consumer goods industry. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing production operations leading teams to achieve performance targets and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This role requires strong technical expertise leadership skills and a problemsolving mindset.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage production teams to achieve operational goals including safety quality and efficiency targets.
• Oversee daily production activities ensuring adherence to schedules standards and company policies.
• Resolve conflicts effectively within the team and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Implement and sustain continuous improvement initiatives including autonomous maintenance and lean practices.
• Utilize technical expertise to troubleshoot and resolve production issues minimizing downtime.
• Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs) using tools such as Excel and Power BI.
• Train and develop team members ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to perform their roles effectively.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including maintenance quality and supply chain to optimize production processes.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading production teams preferably in the consumer goods industry.
• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Strong technical foundation in continuous improvement methodologies and autonomous maintenance.
• Proven ability to manage conflicts and drive problem resolution.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Excel for data analysis; experience with Power BI is a plus.
• Excellent leadership communication and organizational skills.
• Resultsoriented with a proactive approach to challenges.
• Availability to work in Continental shifts (day or nights).

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 2683 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.

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