Packaging Development & Engineering Manager

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Job Summary: This leadership role seeks a packaging development and engineering specialist to solve complex problems and lead innovation projects. Key Highlights: 1. Recognized expert in packaging development and engineering. 2. Lead packaging projects to design and optimize materials. 3. Deliver solutions on time and within budget, applying project management. **Job Description** ------------------------ **Are you ready to make this a reality at Mondelēz International?** **Join our mission to lead the future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.** In this leadership role, you serve as a senior technical resource for the organization, regularly interacting with other senior managers. You are an internally recognized expert in packaging development and packaging engineering. In this role, you identify, define, and resolve complex business problems by applying broad technical and consumer knowledge, as well as deep understanding of packaging technologies related to Mondelēz products. **How You Will Contribute** You will lead packaging projects or teams to design, develop, optimize, and specify materials that deliver consumer benefits through new products, quality improvements, and cost-saving opportunities. To do so, you apply industry-leading technologies and tools and leverage supplier relationships while effectively managing intellectual property rights. To excel in this position, you will deliver solutions on time and within budget using project management methodologies and provide status updates to stakeholders. You will also provide technical leadership for packaging development and packaging technologies: continuously update your business-relevant knowledge; drive technical development of people, teach, train, mentor, and identify future technical leaders; define and share technical best practices; and influence the business’s technical direction. **What You Will Bring** A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career, along with the following experience and knowledge: * To excel in this position, you will deliver solutions on time and within budget using project management methodologies and providing status updates to stakeholders. * Action-oriented project management with demonstrated ability to handle multiple complex projects, prioritize, and manage budgets, risks, and schedules. * Manufacturing operations. * Think and work globally, with strong curiosity to seek new ideas and solutions. * Packaging and demonstrate understanding of statistical, modeling, and simulation tools. * Lead technical teams and talent to deliver innovations and renewals. * Influence the company’s technical direction to deliver benefits using organizational awareness and clear communication. **More About This Role** **What you need to know about this position:** Position will Lead Productivity \& Sustainability pipeline ideation and regional reporting, including: * Lead BMR Sessions and track outputs. * Key partner to region Impact \& EPR leads. * Identify where productivity \& new sustainable material technologies fit into BU 4\-2\-1s. **What extra ingredients you will bring:** Strongest on relationship skills and key knowledge on Project Management foundation. **Education / Certifications:** * Education background in Engineering, Chemistry or Technology, Materials, Industrial or Mechanical preferentially with bases in Packaging technical field. * Experience working in a Research, Development and Deploy. * Experience managing projects within a plant environment (Product Development, Process * Technology, New Product Commercialization, etc.). * Knowledge of Quality, Safety and Environment Management Systems (ISO 9001, HACCP, FSSC 22000\). * Knowledge in regulations and safe design required for packaging materials (If possible). * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. * Skills to understand and implement regional programs. * Communication in fluent English. * Microsoft office management. * Management of design programs such as Autocad. **Job specific requirements:** * Ability to generate productivity packaging pipelines by leveraging both existing equipment in the company and new equipment. * Leverage and challenge suppliers to develop new technologies with cost advantage packaging formats and materials to achieve business goals. * Handle or management global programs as focal point and support to R\&D Pack Productivity and R\&D Pack Sustainability team. * Ability to act as bridge with Global teams. **Location:** Curitiba \- PR We recognize our role as agents of transformation to drive positive change; therefore, diversity, equity, and inclusion are among our top priorities. We believe in breaking down stereotypes and barriers to ensure societal representation within our company. To this end, we have a Diversity Committee operating across four pillars: Persons with Disabilities (PCD), Ethnic-Racial, Women, and LGBTQIAP\+, and we are also part of MOVER \- Movement for Racial Equity. Mondelez International is attentive to the Future of Work and values the well-being of our people, striving to deliver the best experiences. Thus, some of our administrative roles are eligible for a hybrid model, enabling remote work on certain days of the week. **Relocation Support Available?** ------------------------------------ For international relocation support and for candidates voluntarily relocating abroad, minimal support is provided under our International Volunteer Transfer Policy. **Business Unit Overview** --------------------------------- ### **Our Latin America region comprises four Mondelēz International business units: Brazil, Mexico, Southern Cone (including Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay), and WACAM (including 12 South American countries and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico); and one autonomous market: Venezuela. We have approximately 20\.000 enthusiastic employees who bring all their energy, heart, and soul to create, market, and sell our iconic global brands and beloved local treasures such as** ***Lacta*** **,** ***Field*** **and** ***Terrabusi*** **, among others. We are known for our resilience and good humor, and we live our purpose with enthusiasm and dedication.** Mondelez International is an equal opportunity employer and all candidates will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. **Employment Type** ------------------- Regular Packaging Development \& Engineering Science \& Engineering