Quality Assurance

Join to apply for the Quality Assurance & Food Safety Manager role at Mondelēz International Job Description You manage technical and scientific professionals responsible for initiation and execution of programs. This is a leadership role in cross‑functional teams and regularly interacts with RDQ and cross‑functional senior management. How You Will Contribute You will lead regional and sub‑regional teams to deliver on the quality strategy, providing sufficient resources and expertise to appropriate functions and locations. You will manage, lead, coach and develop a team of quality experts to execute regional and global quality programs, ensuring compliance with Mondelēz policies and procedures and adherence to external regional and local food safety/regulatory requirements in internal and external manufacturing locations and facilities. In this role, you will develop and report quality KPIs, applying your understanding of the impact regional KPIs have on the global business. In addition, you will facilitate communities of practice on quality related topics; represent the quality function at R&D meetings to ensure that sufficient resources and expertise are allocated to significant projects, and to ensure there are sufficient resources available so products meet design, food safety and quality policy requirements; identify quality enhancements and improvements across R&D and the supply chain; partner with technical groups such as food safety/micro and sanitation to ensure program compliance and enhancement, and; help manage special situations and early warnings with respect to plant investigations, root‑cause analysis and follow‑up for the SSMT, protecting Mondelēz’s interests and reputation. What You Will Bring Relevant experience in operations, quality and/or R&D Project management and managing multiple priorities Understanding of the commercial strategy process, product/package development process, food safety, plant commercialization, ingredient and package technology, coaching, and training in technical material Communication skills and leading cross‑functional teams Statistical processes and problem‑solving techniques Working with third‑party manufacturers and suppliers to ensure compliance to Mondelēz International’s policies and procedures Working with customers on quality related issues Working with service‑vendors’ technical equipment to support compliance Plant Quality Leader Leader of the Quality Management System Handling consumer and customer complaints Implementation of improvement systems HACCP expertise and knowledge Total Quality Management (TQM) knowledge FSSC 22000 & FDA Certification Pest management Advanced English Budget management Implementation of quality pillars and quality control for plant products Preferably experience from Consumer Goods Industry Soft skills Sense of collaboration Analytical skills Problem solving Proactiveness People development Stakeholder management Leadership skills No Relocation support available 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 cutting‑edge manufacturing facilities, such as our Puebla Plant and Nuevo León HUB, which are the largest gums, candies and biscuits factories in the world in terms of volume. You can buy our products in 900,000 places in Mexico. We are also home to one of the 11 technology centers Mondelez International has worldwide, a specialized gum and candy facility that places us at the forefront of innovation and development in the country and drives our purpose to lead the future of snacking. We are pioneers in the country in work‑life balance practices such as extended maternity leave, open spaces, remote work and flexible working hours. 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 Regular Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Full‑time Job function Research, Analyst, and Information Technology Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Services, and Manufacturing #J-18808-Ljbffr