CDI - Regional Manufacturing Excellence Manager (H,F,X)

Position Overview

Coördinate and implement the operational excellence program, fostering a continuous improvement culture and providing tools, techniques, and capabilities for autonomous organization development.

Responsibilities

• Apply continuous improvement principles, tools, and techniques to create a zero‑loss culture that strengthens capacity to identify, eliminate, and prevent loss generation.
• Drive a CI culture that questions the status quo and changes employee behaviours.
• Train collaborators on CI tools and techniques so they can lead their teams through CI cycles; coach and support them to reach goals.
• Encourage leaders to manage performance using balanced scorecards; review KPI performance, use root‑cause analysis for missed targets, and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct external benchmarking and, where appropriate, apply best practices and new tools with internal partners.

Key Responsibilities – Manufacturing Excellence Program (France)

• Own improvement results by driving TPM implementation across four French plants (Besançon, Charleville‑Mézières, Jussy, Vervins) in collaboration with operators and support services.
• Facilitate practical problem‑solving sessions to address real failures, equipment and process losses.
• Perform gemba walks, identify opportunities for improvement based on real‑time observation and data.
• Organize autonomous maintenance workshops, ensuring operators apply IL6S methods daily.
• Track results, ensuring TPM initiatives lead to measurable improvements in OEE, downtime reduction, and defect rates.
• Collaborate directly with operators, team leaders, and line‑centered organization to build a culture of equipment responsibility.
• Assess progress, review and report to plant management.
• Support and advise the plant leadership team on pace, quality, and expected results of the program implementation.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing CI processes (e.g., TPM in manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma in consumer goods).
• Leadership focused on others, strong teamwork.
• Experience in change‑management processes.
• Effective communication and organisational skills.
• Strategic thinking and influencing ability.
• Teaching skills to develop talent.
• Result orientation and ability to manage ambiguous situations.
• Experience in continuous improvement, engineering/projects, production.

Success Profile

• Hands‑on experience implementing TPM (training teams, driving cultural change on the shop floor).
• Facilitate problem‑solving sessions and take ownership of results.
• Enjoy working directly with production teams, demonstrating TPM principles.
• Involve operators and all management levels in TPM, ensuring ownership of maintenance and problem resolution activities.
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills to guide teams through CP.
• Understand production challenges and adapt TPM implementation across different environments, focusing on concrete outcomes.

Equal Opportunity

Mondelēz International adheres to equitable employment principles. All qualified applicants will be considered, regardless of origin, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.