Director, Packaging Development

**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 on time and on budget. In addition, you manage the talent in your assigned area and jointly set the direction for your region and the associated business units. As a member of the management team, you interact with all levels of clients and technology organizations.**How you will contribute**In this role, you define and lead the packaging development plan in your region and its associated business units. This includes leading innovation, quality improvement, brand maintenance and technical services programs. You will use your area’s strategy and translate it into technical plans, platforms, and programs and deliver on associated business budget targets and plans. You will offer consumer insights to provide input to programs and to help define a technical strategy. You are the single point of contact for packaging on the regional team and prioritize packaging resources to develop and execute global and regional innovation and renovation programs. As a people leader, you will coach employees and develop them to build the talent pipeline. You will also ensure there is a robust intellectual property strategy in place, manage compliance to Mondelēz-relevant policies and government regulations. As a member of the global packaging leadership team, you will also develop the technical program strategy.**What you will bring**A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:- Extensive experience in R&D packaging or a relevant function with a successful track record of people and project management- Leading multi-functional and multi-cultural teams- Leveraging internal and external resources and working in a highly matrixed environment- Formulating strategy, planning, problem solving, project management while operating in a dynamic and outcome-oriented environment**More about this role****What you need to know about this position**:You ensure that technical, scientific and business programs are completed on time and on budget. In addition, you manage the talent in your assigned area and jointly set the direction for your region and the associated business units. As a member of the management team, you interact with all levels of clients and technology organizations.In this role, you define and lead the packaging development plan in your region and its associated business units. This includes leading innovation, quality improvement, productivity, sustainability, brand maintenance and technical services programs. You will use your global brand strategies, functional strategies and business strategies and translate them into technical plans, platforms, and programs and deliver on associated business budget targets and plans. You will offer consumer insights to provide input to programs and to help define a technical strategy. You are the single point of contact for packaging on the regional team and prioritize packaging resources to develop and execute global and regional innovation and renovation programs. As a people leader, you will coach employees and develop them to build the talent pipeline. You will also ensure there is a robust intellectual property strategy in place, manage compliance to Mondelēz-relevant policies and government regulations. As a member of a global packaging leadership team, you will also participate in global category programs and talent discussions. As the most senior functional leader in your region, you will play a leadership role, cross-category, for the function, partnering with functional peers to build capability, manage talent, drive to decisions related to resource management and proactively lead packaging related discussions within the region.**Job specific requirements**:1) 15+ years in R&D Packaging or relevant function with proven track record of people and project management successes2) Experience in leading multi-functional and multi-cultural teams3) Ability to leverage internal and external resources and work in a highly matrixed environment4) Experience in formulating strategy, planning, problem solving, project management while operating in a dynamic and outcome oriented environment**Country to country Relocation support available through our Global Mobility Policies**:**Business Unit Summary**:**Mondelez México has been in the country since 1927 and currently employs 6,000 wonderful people. Our diverse portfolio includes iconic and mouth-watering global brands such as **_Trident _**, **_Oreo _**, **_Philadelphia _**, and local jewels like **_Clorets _**and **_Bubbaloo _**. We are leaders in the making of cream cheese, powdered beverages and confections—in fact, we make seven out of every 10 chewing gums consumed by Mexicans. Our growth is supported by our cutti