EOP Product Group Customer Success Manager - NA

Mondelēz International; East Hanover (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness and family support programs

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plans

Paid leave programs

Education programs

Paid holidays and vacation time

Job summary

Mondelēz International is seeking a Planning Lead to bridge regional business needs with global MDS strategy. You will deliver scalable MDS solutions, drive adoption, and align regional delivery with Core Model evolution.

The role requires strategic leadership, program governance, and stakeholder engagement across regions. Hybrid work with a strong focus on IT and business alignment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale software and application services.
• Program/Project management with budgets, resources, schedules and quality.
• Strong technical background and understanding of how applications talk to each other.
• Process and service orientation in IT delivery.
• Knowledge of business processes and regional vs global alignment.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership to shape regional solution strategies aligned with global architecture.
• Own regional MDS plans, execution, and delivery metrics; manage testing, cutover, and hypercare.
• Engage stakeholders and provide KPIs, risks, and adoption reporting.
• Co-develop change management and upskilling for MDS resources in-region.

Skills

Staff management

Large-scale software services

Service delivery excellence

Program/project management

Technical background

System integration understanding

Process orientation

Business processes

Job description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours. You provide software and applications expertise, and be responsible for implementation of the solutions.

How you will contribute You will oversee the planning and execution of software and applications. To do so, you will manage an internal team and partner with external suppliers and use your deep technical and market knowledge and thorough understanding of our business goals find and deploy the right software and application solutions for the future. You will support programs to implement regional and global software and application strategies, offer input to financial planning and controls for software and applications on a regional and global level, collaborate with management and follow-up on requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and payments, explores opportunities to leverage scale and drive savings, and ensure that support service level objectives and key performance indicators are accomplished.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career.

• Managing staff and line responsibilities
• Managing large-scale software and application services
• Service delivery, support and excellence
• Program/Project management with experience managing multiple projects for budgets, resources, schedules and quality
• General technical background
• Understanding of integration and how different applications talk to each other
• Process and service orientation
• Business processes

More about this role This role lead acts as the bridge between regional business needs and global MDS Products & Platform strategy. The role is accountable for delivering scalable, flexible, and collaborative MDS solutions that enable business transformation across markets. The MDS Planning Lead ensures successful adoption of core planning product solutions and platforms (like SAP S/4HANA and O9, aligning with global product architecture while addressing regional business needs.

Guiding Organizational Principles

• Clear Lines of Responsibility Define accountability across global, regional, and market levels. Prevent overlaps in responsibilities to avoid confusion and conflict. The MDS Planning Lead must own regional MDS delivery while aligning with global solution frameworks.
• Collaboration & Communication Champion seamless communication between business, MDS, and vendor teams. Set up effective communication channels to support joint decision-making and transparency.
• Autonomy & Empowerment Empower local and regional teams to make timely, market-relevant decisions. Ensure these decisions are aligned with global standards and strategies.
• Scalability & Flexibility Design MDS solutions and operational models that scale with business growth and can adapt to changing market needs or disruptions.
• Shared Ownership Foster joint accountability for technology success across global and regional stakeholders. Create a culture of collaboration and shared goals.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership Provide thought leadership to shape regional solution strategies aligned with global digital architecture. Drive fit-gap assessments and influence global Core Model evolution through regional insights.
• Program Delivery & Governance Own regional MDS plans, execution, and delivery metrics. Lead end-to-end testing, cutover, and hypercare in coordination with business and vendor partners. Manage risk analysis and escalation protocols.
• Stakeholder Engagement Act as a trusted MDS advisor to regional business leads. Support the BRD creation and validation process to ensure clarity and completeness. Deliver executive-level reporting on KPIs, risks, and adoption metrics.
• Change & Resource Management Co-develop change management strategies to ensure user adoption and process readiness. Lead upskilling and retention of critical MDS resources in-region. Support contingency planning and operational continuity. Ensure that MDS investments yield measurable business value in cost, efficiency, and competitive advantage. Support agile delivery models (e.g., sprint sign-offs, tech gates).
• Key Stakeholder Interactions Internal: Regional Business Leadership, Global MDS Products & Architects Managers, PMO, BU MDS Teams External: Vendors, Implementation Partners, System Integrators Leadership.

Leadership Competencies

• Agile Learning & Digital Agility
• Transparent Communication
• Constructive Challenge/Design Thinking & Innovation
• Data-informed decision making
• Resilience Under Uncertainty
• Strategic Decision Making

Work schedule: Hybrid, 3 days at office per week.

Salary and Benefits: The base salary range for this position is $140,300 to $192,940; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

• health insurance
• wellness and family support programs
• life and disability insurance
• retirement savings plans
• paid leave programs
• education related programs
• paid holidays and vacation time

Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company. No Relocation support available.

Business Unit Summary The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Job Type Regular Software & Applications Technology & Digital

At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about. We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast. Join us and Make It An Opportunity!