Quality Section Manager DACH; m​/f​/d

Stellenbezeichnung: Quality Section Manager DACH (m/f/d)
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Job Description
** Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.
** You manage technical and scientific professionals responsible for initiation and execution of programs. This is a leadership role in cross-functional teams and regularly interacts with RDQ and cross-functional senior management.

The Quality Section Manager DACH - as part of MEU quality organization - is responsible for the Countries:
Germany, Switzerland and Austria. He/She is located in Germany and has responsibility for 3-6 direct reports, with indirect reports at internal and external manufacturing facilities.  This position ideally requires experience with quality and/or manufacturing, understanding of Quality & Business Systems and the ability to influence stakeholders.

Success in this role will require strong leadership, managing a remote team, working well with others, deep knowledge of quality principles / programs, strong technical skill, strong influencing skills, and a sound understanding of the commercial business.
** How you will contribute
** He/She will lead sub-regional teams to deliver on the quality strategy, providing sufficient resources and expertise to appropriate functions and locations. Will manage, lead, coach and develop a team of quality experts to execute BU, regional and global quality programs, ensuring compliance with Mondelēz policies and procedures and adherence to external regional and local food safety/regulatory requirements in internal and external manufacturing locations and facilities.

This position drives quality commitment at the plant level to assure achievement of superior customer satisfaction, consistency, value and food safety.

He/She will support implementation of BU, regional and global strategies; identify, report, monitor and direct corrective and preventive actions associated with quality KPIs, and partner with cross-functional internal and external business partners (R&D, regulatory, marketing and manufacturing) to meet our quality agenda and Consumer Inspired Quality programs.

He/She represents the Quality Community in the local Management, key meetings, or committees to influence the business and business partners. He/She is a technical resource and internal expert in areas of critical importance to organization who regularly interacts with senior management. He / She applies the broad technical knowledge and in-depth knowledge of technical specialty to identify, define and solve business problems and ensuring products meet design, food safety and quality policy  addition, He/She will facilitate communities of practice on quality related topics;

represent the quality function at R&D meetings to ensure that sufficient resources and expertise are allocated to significant projects, and to ensure there are sufficient resources available so products meet design, food safety and quality policy requirements; identify quality enhancements and improvements across R&D and the supply chain; partner with technical groups such as food safety/micro and sanitation to ensure program compliance and enhancement
** What you will bring
** A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
* Related experience in operations, quality and/or R&D
* Knowledge of quality systems (HACCP, ISO
9001 and FSSC
22000)
* Project management and managing multiple priorities
* Understanding of the commercial strategy process, product/package development process, food safety, plant commercialization, ingredient and package technology, coaching, and training in technical material
* Working with customers on quality related issues
* Microbiology and food safety and sanitation experience
* Handling multiple tasks and prioritize
* Communication and leadership skills on cross-functional teams
* Statistical processes and problem-solving techniques
* Business acumen and influencing and negotiating
* Auditing certification or equivalent experience is a decided advantageCompetencies
* Customer focus
* Consumer attention
* Decision quality
* Problem solving
* Informing and influencing others
* Process Management
* Action oriented
* Motivating others
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