Line Lead

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.

This role helps ensure the sustained continuity of technical mastery and line leadership in manufacturing, by leading a key line of the business (technical, system or organizational) to deliver results defined by the compelling business need of the site. You ensure that key business results are achieved and for developing others to ensure the sustained continuity of technical mastery on the manufacturing line. Using a systematic approach, you use strategic thinking skills to ensure results are sustained over the long term.

How you will contribute

In your likely first managerial role, you will ensure that Mondelēz International’s safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets are achieved for the lines for which you are responsible by breaking down section targets into line and unit targets and ensuring that employees understand their individual performance goals related to the overall targets. In this role, you will also develop budgets and be responsible for costs control management, governance and compliance, loss elimination and workforce planning, including recruitment, retention, development, succession planning, and the identification of high potential team members. Without you, we would not be able to deliver high-quality snacks to our customers.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

- Autonomous maintenance (AM) Step 4 systems and progressive maintenance (PM) Step 3 systems
- Maintaining equipment at basic conditions independently, including the execution of AM & PM (break-down maintenance, planned maintenance) standards on dedicated equipment
- Total productive maintenance and Six Sigma including qualification of AM steps 5-6, and PM step 3
- Leading line teams
- Handling challenging interpersonal situations tactfully
- Influencing people in a union environment
- Communicating effectively verbally and in writing and a good attention to detail

More about this role

Production Line Leader (Supervisor)

Reporting to the Line Manager and Process Engineer, the Line Leader is responsible for upholding excellence on a high-speed production line in a food manufacturing environment. The Line Leader is responsible for supervising and working with operators on the line in order to meet production targets and uphold the highest quality standard.

Line Leaders are responsible for the day-to-day manufacturing operations on a designated line. The Line Leader provides leadership, direction, development, and support to line operators through empowerment, teamwork, on-the-job assignments, and continuous improvement initiatives. As a Line Leader, you will be responsible for the supervision of an hourly workforce, providing direction, leadership, and helping the development of your team members.

Line Leaders are the backbone of Mondelez. Without your dedication, hard work, positive attitude, and leadership, there is no product for the customer to enjoy.

Key Accountabilities
- Provide information and direction to your team to achieve safety, cost, quality, delivery, and morale goals.
- Ensure relevant OSHA regulations are fully complied with, including personal protective equipment, fall protection, forklift and hazard communication requirements.
- Thoroughly investigate all accidents and complete accident report on the date of occurrence.
- Follow and administer Quality Policies and Procedures including food safety, HAACP, POGS, traceability, and production hold investigations.
- Maintain high standards of Good Manufacturing Practices and housekeeping in the department.
- Drive to achieve the lowest cost. Achieve cost goals for line, shift, and facility.
- Partner with maintenance personnel to improve efficiency and UPTIME in the line.
- Ensure that all department employees are properly oriented and trained.
- Evaluate performance and recommend areas of improvements as appropriate. Accountable for employee’s performance management, attendance tracking, training documentation, and coordination of overtime.
- Lead the development of work practices that promote autonomy and accountability at all levels.
- Support operators to troubleshoot equipment if an error is encountered
- Participate in change-over and sanitation activities along with Line Operators
- Facilitate the accurate assessment of performance and implementation of ideas.
- Ensure that mixing, forming, baking, and packaging processes are aligned to drive process and product sustainability.
- Develop and update these process sustainability tools as needed, with an emphasis on enabling process owners to own tools in their respective areas.
- Responsible for establishing ownership of document accuracy on the floor and the process to ensure they are updated and match team site documents.
- Participate as a me