Manager, 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**- This position is responsible for leading the Mexico Biscuit Packaging R&D agenda for Innovation Quality and Cost Improvement, with extension to other Geographies such WACAM region;- This role will support identifying and executing short / long term strategies to advance and commercialize emerging and existing packaging technology platforms that are brand, consumer, shopper and/or customer relevant for new market entries and value quality purposes;- The individual will connect, but not support, with Packaging Biscuits team LA, to ensure alignment within category resources / activity and leverage regional initiatives;- The individual must possess solid project management and communication skills and have experience in packaging development and commercialization with the ability to build effective relationships and influence colleagues at different levels within the organization;- Lead, manage and measure local team in the development and commercialization processes to meet the business plans and support Line Manager with selected activities cross regionally;- Actively participate in relevant business meetings to assure business team linkages;- Lead a team of 3-5 employees to scope, develop and deploy growth and quality improvement programs. Moreover, as part of rule expansion, bring support to other BU’s;- Effectively identify and communicate risks across key functions; communicate resource needs/gaps and as well as pinch points and plans mitigation plans;- Conduct/participate in routine join-ups between RDQ and MSC regarding SCR**What extra ingredients you will bring**:- Solid technical foundation- Ability to influence, lead and direct teams- Lead brainstorming sessions, benchmark and presentations.- Interactions between packaging, product and equipment- Domain of key steps on packaging development and ability to build timelines and risk assessments.- Full development and start-up of a new production line, focusing on packaging technologies.- Ability to work with complexity and ambiguity.- Desirable data managements and hypothesis testing.**No Relocation support available**:**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