Quality Manager

Mondelēz International; Chirk; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global snack company in Chirk is seeking a Quality Manager to ensure the highest quality standards in production. You will be responsible for leading the quality strategy, managing departmental budgets, and ensuring compliance with food safety regulations. The ideal candidate has experience in quality assurance and project management and is skilled at leading cross-functional teams. This is a full-time opportunity with no relocation support available.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality, operations or R&D is essential.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Familiarity with Lean, TPM, or Six Sigma methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site’s quality strategy and objectives.
• Develop and track departmental budgets.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards.

Skills

Relevant experience (operations, quality and / or R&D)

Project management and managing multiple priorities

Lean, TPM, Six sigma or similar experience

Commercial strategy process

Communicating effectively and leading cross-functional teams

Statistical processes and problem-solving techniques

Working with external manufacturing suppliers

Working with customers on quality related issues

Job description

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 across site. You will grow your team’s capabilities and coordinate departmental activities in accordance with corporate standards, local requirements and GFSI standards. In this role, you report directly to the plant manager with dotted line responsibility to corporate quality.

How you will contribute

Working closely with operations and engineering teams, you will be responsible for setting the site’s quality strategy and ensure that all quality objectives, goals and targets in the factory (including regional and global commitments) are achieved. 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 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.

You will focus on leading a strong quality culture through coaching and engagement of all site teams and use of lean quality management tools to eliminate quality losses.

What you will bring

• Relevant experience (operations, quality and / or R&D)
• Project management and managing multiple priorities
• Lean, TPM, Six sigma or similar experience
• 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

Work schedule : 100%

Relocation Support Available?

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our succes

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.

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

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Job Type

RegularSupply Chain Quality AssuranceProduct Quality, Safety and Compliance