Quality Manager CTOr

**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 quality in the factory and are responsible for meeting quality targets. You are fully responsible for the people, machinery and the identification and elimination of quality losses and problems in the department. You grow your team’s capabilities and coordinates departmental activities in accordance with corporate standards, local requirements and ISO standards. In this role, you report directly to the plant manager with dotted line responsibility to corporate quality.

**How you will contribute**

You will ensure that all quality objectives, goals and targets in the factory (including regional and global commitments) are met. You will develop and track your department’s budget and eliminate losses. With your team, you will conduct regular plan-do-act-check assessments to plan how targets will be met, executing the plan and periodically checking and taking action to stay on track. In addition, you will ensure that there is strict adherence with all appropriate laws, food safety quality standards and consumer requirements of all manufactured products and manage crisis situations internally and externally in ways that support the company’s image, policies and business. As a people leader, you are responsible for recruitment and structuring of the department to ensure there are sufficient resources to deliver on plant objectives, set and assess performance goals, and coach and mentor team members.

**What you will bring**

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

- Relevant experience (operations, quality and/or R&D)
- Project management and managing multiple priorities
- Commercial strategy process, product/package development process, food safety, plant commercialization, ingredient and package technology and training and coaching technical material
- Communicating effectively and leading cross-functional teams
- Statistical processes and problem-solving techniques
- Working with external manufacturing suppliers to ensure compliance to our policies and procedures and technical vendors to support compliance
- Working with customers on quality related issues

**More about this role**

**What you need to know about this position**:

- Developing and implementing quality control procedures and processes.
- Monitoring and evaluating the quality of products throughout the production process.
- Conducting regular quality control inspections to identify any defects or inconsistencies.
- Collaborating with line leaders/ Function Heads to address any identified quality issues.
- Analyzing data and quality control reports to identify trends and implement process improvements.
- Assisting in the development of new product and conducting quality assessments.
- Developing and maintaining quality control documentation, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, and quality control forms.
- Training and educating employees on quality control procedures and processes.
- Leading and managing the quality control team, including hiring, training, and evaluating performance.
- Collaborating with suppliers and vendors to ensure their products meet the MDLZ quality standards.

**Education / Certifications**:
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biochemistry, or Pharmacy

**Job specific requirements**:
Minimum 8 years of relevant experience

**Work schedule: Full Time**

**No Relocation support available**:
**Business Unit Summary**:
**Mondelēz International in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan serves the Middle East and Africa markets as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, we have more than 2600 employees working across seven plants and six commercial offices; we make, bake, sell and deliver our products to customers. We are market leaders in key snacking categories with iconic global and local brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Milka, Oreo and belVita biscuits, Barni Cakes,Tang powdered beverage, Chiclets and Trident gum and Halls candy.**:
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

Supply Chain Quality Assurance

Product Quality, Safety and Compliance