Supply Chain Excellence Lead, India

Are you ready to make it happen at Mondelz International Join our mission to lead the future of snacking and make it uniquely yours. As the Supply Chain Excellence Lead, India, you will coordinate and implement our operational excellence program to assist our leaders in delivering results. A core aspect of this role involves fostering a continuous improvement (CI) mindset and providing tools and techniques to enhance organizational self-sufficiency. Your contributions will include applying CI principles, tools, and techniques to cultivate a zero-loss culture that improves loss identification, eradication, and prevention. You will nurture a CI culture that challenges the status quo, provide training on CI tools and techniques, and coach employees to achieve their targets successfully. Additionally, you will encourage leaders to manage performance using balanced scorecards, coordinate KPI performance reviews, conduct root-cause analyses for deviations, and implement corrective actions. Benchmarking externally to deploy best practices and new tools in collaboration with internal partners will also be part of your responsibilities. To excel in this role, you should bring a desire to drive your future and accelerate your career, along with experience in implementing CI processes such as TPM for manufacturing and Lean Six Sigma in the consumer goods industry. Your skills should include servant leadership, teamwork, change management, effective communication, organizational agility, strategic thinking, capacity for influence, talent development, results orientation, and the ability to navigate ambiguity. Previous experience in continuous improvement, project/engineering, and production will be beneficial. The purpose of this role is to communicate Mondelez's supply chain strategy and support plant organizations across India to ensure manufacturing capabilities meet planned volume targets efficiently, cost-effectively, and in compliance with quality and safety standards. You will assist in implementing strategic goals for ISC, review performance, measure production company performance, provide support for operating efficiencies, coordinate production capacity, motivate plant directors and managers, and support the achievement of current and future goals within the manufacturing strategy. Your functional competencies should include expertise in supply chain management, manufacturing, numeracy, business acumen, financial analysis, program management, strategic planning, action planning, budgeting, and a willingness to work in a fast-paced environment. You should be prepared to travel up to 30% of the time to support India's supply chain goals, development of optimal cost structures, delivery of cost savings, and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives. Qualified candidates will have a minimum of 12-15 years of experience in Supply Chain Excellence, Manufacturing Excellence, and Supply Chain Strategy, along with an engineering graduate degree. An MBA and certification of Green or Black belt from a reputable institute are preferred, and Lean Six Sigma knowledge is advantageous. Within country relocation support is available, and minimal support is offered for candidates moving internationally through the Volunteer International Transfer Policy. Join us at Mondelez India Foods Private Limited, a company with over 70 years of history in India, where you can contribute to beloved brands like Cadbury chocolates, Bournvita, Tang, Oreo, Cadbury biscuits, Halls, and Cadbury candies. Headquartered in Mumbai with a dedicated team of more than 3,300 employees, our presence spans across various locations in India, including sales offices, manufacturing facilities, research & development centers, and a vast distribution network. Be part of a company recognized as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 by Avatar, reflecting our commitment to diversity and inclusion. If you are passionate about driving excellence in supply chain management, manufacturing, and continuous improvement, and if you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role as the Supply Chain Excellence Lead, India, we invite you to join our team and contribute to shaping the future of snacking.,