Sr Director Packaging LA Region, Global BGCM Packaging Capabilities, BGCM Packaging LA

Sr Director Packaging LA Region, Global BGCM Packaging Capabilities, BGCM Packaging LA

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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

You ensure that technical, scientific and business programs are completed and effectively manage resources in your assigned category or function. As a senior member of the management team, you interact frequently with senior-level clients and the technical and scientific communities and lead in the development of policy and strategic direction.

How you will contribute

This role requires not only scientific knowledge, but leadership and management knowledge as well. You will lead a team, translating business needs into robust scientific research and developing strategies that will lead to discovering new science, technology and design. You will leverage your team’s skills and those of external partners to accelerate innovation and efficiency. To ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget, you will create balanced project portfolios and effectively manage human and financial resources. This role will require you to use your influencing skills to partner with senior leaders, effectively communicating the benefits of long-term research. As a Leader , you will work to create a culture of collaboration across the global community, drive a culture that protects intellectual property that will give Mondelēz International a sustainable competitive advantage, and grow and develop a diverse talent base that meets business needs and helps build the global pool of R&D talent.

What you will bring

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

• Delivering research programs that drive commercial outcomes, ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods environment
• Influencing strategy through critical thinking and technical thought leadership that has translated into significant business benefit
• Collaborating to complete the agenda by working effectively across functions, geographies, and with remote internal and external partners
• Coaching and mentoring others on a research team and across the RDQ function
• Creating a culture of technical curiosity and collaboration

As the Senior Director you will be responsible for three areas:

• Packaging Capabilities for the Latin America region

• Packaging Lead for Beverage, Gum, Candy and Meals (BGCM) category across the Latin America region

• Global Capabilities lead for BGCM category

Your focus will be packaging capabilities across categories on innovation, sustainability, productivity and brand renovation programs across the 4 Business Units (WACAM, Mexico, Brazil Southern Cone). You will be a senior single point of contact for Packaging within the region and responsible for prioritizing the Packaging resources across the BUs to develop and execute innovation and renovation programs.Additionally, you will oversee all packaging needs for the BGCM category at a regional Latin America level, as well as leading capabilities for the category globally.

The leader translates business strategy into technical plans, innovation platforms, and key programs to deliver on expected growth and financial targets utilizing robust consumer insights and technical strategies. This role will lead change and mobilize the packaging organization in a changing environment, solving business problems with enterprise thinking.

You will be accountable to deliver packaging components of Business Units' AC, SP,and 4-2-1 Innovation funnel across LA and develop capabilities across the team in support of the global packaging vision and digital first approaches; develop and drive the agenda for Packaging as it relates to building capability for LA talent development; coach and develop talent pipeline within the Region.

Country to country Relocation support available through our Global Mobility Policies

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

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

You ensure that technical, scientific and business programs are completed and effectively manage resources in your assigned category or function. As a senior member of the management team, you interact frequently with senior-level clients and the technical and scientific communities and lead in the development of policy and strategic direction.

How you will contribute

This role requires not only scientific knowledge, but leadership and management knowledge as well. You will lead a team, translating business needs into robust scientific research and developing strategies that will lead to discovering new science, technology and design. You will leverage your team’s skills and those of external partners to accelerate innovation and efficiency. To ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget, you will create balanced project portfolios and effectively manage human and financial resources. This role will require you to use your influencing skills to partner with senior leaders, effectively communicating the benefits of long-term research. As a Leader , you will work to create a culture of collaboration across the global community, drive a culture that protects intellectual property that will give Mondelēz International a sustainable competitive advantage, and grow and develop a diverse talent base that meets business needs and helps build the global pool of R&D talent.

What you will bring

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

• Delivering research programs that drive commercial outcomes, ideally in a fast-moving consumer goods environment
• Influencing strategy through critical thinking and technical thought leadership that has translated into significant business benefit
• Collaborating to complete the agenda by working effectively across functions, geographies, and with remote internal and external partners
• Coaching and mentoring others on a research team and across the RDQ function
• Creating a culture of technical curiosity and collaboration

As the Senior Director you will be responsible for three areas:

• Packaging Capabilities for the Latin America region • Packaging Lead for Beverage, Gum, Candy and Meals (BGCM) category across the Latin America region • Global Capabilities lead for BGCM category

Your focus will be packaging capabilities across categories on innovation, sustainability, productivity and brand renovation programs across the 4 Business Units (WACAM, Mexico, Brazil Southern Cone). You will be a senior single point of contact for Packaging within the region and responsible for prioritizing the Packaging resources across the BUs to develop and execute innovation and renovation programs.Additionally, you will oversee all packaging needs for the BGCM category at a regional Latin America level, as well as leading capabilities for the category globally.

The leader translates business strategy into technical plans, innovation platforms, and key programs to deliver on expected growth and financial targets utilizing robust consumer insights and technical strategies. This role will lead change and mobilize the packaging organization in a changing environment, solving business problems with enterprise thinking.

You will be accountable to deliver packaging components of Business Units' AC, SP,and 4-2-1 Innovation funnel across LA and develop capabilities across the team in support of the global packaging vision and digital first approaches; develop and drive the agenda for Packaging as it relates to building capability for LA talent development; coach and develop talent pipeline within the Region.

Country to country Relocation support available through our Global Mobility Policies Business Unit Summary Our Latin America region is comprised of four Mondelez International business units: Brazil, México, Southern Cone (which includes Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) and WACAM (which includes 12 South American countries and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico); and one stand-alone market: Venezuela. We have approximately 20,000 passionate employees who put in all their energy, hearts and souls to create, market and sell our global iconic brands and beloved local jewels such as Lacta , Field and Terrabusi among others. We are known for our resilience and good humor and live our purpose with passion and commitment.

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 RegularPackaging Development & EngineeringScience & Engineering

Sr Director Packaging LA Region, Global BGCM Packaging Capabilities, BGCM Packaging LA

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