Line Leader, Manufacturing Core

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

What you can expect from us:

• A great opportunity to work with talented colleagues on multiple technologies to make the best snacks in the world
• A great leadership development opportunity where you can make a positive impact on your team and the overall business
• A great opportunity to learn and implement world-class lean manufacturing tools and systems to improve any dimension (safety, quality, cost, delivery, and morale) of manufacturing  
• A great opportunity to continue growing within the company
• A competitive hourly rate in the market
• Flexible benefits program

What we expect from you?

• The Line Leader will lead, develop, and mentor their core team to ensure that they safely produce high-quality snacks at the right cost and at the right time to satisfy our consumers in a predictable manner while developing a high performance organization through our integrated lean six sigma program.
• The Line Leader will partner with other front line supervisors, line technicians, and functional leaders to drive continuous improvement in all dimensions (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Morale) of manufacturing from ideation to sustainability.

Who is a good fit?

• High school diploma required. University degree will be considered an asset
• Minimum of one (1) year of demonstrated supervisory experience in a high performance manufacturing work environment either in a food, pharmaceutical, and/or automotive industry is required
• Passion for improving the safety and quality culture of our core teams
• Passion for coaching and developing core teams so that they can fulfill their highest potential
• Experience in leading a high performance team through the implementation of TPM or integrated lean six sigma is an asset  
• Passion for improving the equipment reliability by implementing a preventive and corrective maintenance program
• Self-driven and able to work with minimum supervision
• Strong communication, computer (MS Outlook, Excel, and SAP, among other), and trouble shooting skills are required
• Candidates must be flexibility to work different shift schedules to support the business when required. This job posting is for a specific number of openings in the following shifts: the Night shift

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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With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.

Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process.  Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.