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Mondelēz International • Chirk, United Kingdom | United Kingdom

Plant Manager Chirk

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

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.

Role Summary

As Plant Manager at Cadbury Chirk, you will build strong partnerships across the business to ensure delivery of our Supply Chain strategies aligned to our Growth agenda. You will lead, coach and develop multi-functional teams across the plant, identifying best practices and driving improvements that increase Reliability, Productivity, Efficiency and Effectiveness. Your overarching goal will be to establish an Agile and synchronised Supply Chain operation at Chirk.

How You Will Contribute

  • Strategic Planning & Operational Excellence – Work cross-functionally to develop and implement a 3-year strategic plan and annual operating plan for Chirk. Proactively identify key opportunities and translate strategy into action to enable safe, reliable, flexible and cost-efficient manufacturing capability that is a demonstrable competitive advantage for Mondelēz. Partner with multi-functional leads to define and deliver Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Sustainability and Engagement goals. Establish strong governance to review and control operational performance and continuous improvement plans, embedding a zero-loss mindset across the site to deliver best-in-class results both internally and externally.

  • Lean & Continuous Improvement – Provide coaching and leadership towards the implementation of IL6S (Integrated Lean 6 Sigma) ways of working and phase journey progression as per the site masterplan, building self-sufficient teams. Role model Mondelēz Values and Principles through effective coaching, mentoring and development of the multi-functional team.

  • Asset Management & Compliance – Be accountable for protecting the value of site assets through appropriate assessment of needs and planning of capital and revenue spend. Lead and be accountable for ensuring all Manufacturing Standards, Governance and Compliance requirements are in place, understood by all employees at Chirk, and regularly reviewed and monitored for adherence to policy.

  • Talent, Capability & Engagement – Lead and be accountable for Talent, Capability and Engagement across the Chirk plant. Identify and implement critical levers to attract, retain and develop key talent, building capability at all levels – both technical and behavioural – to create a sustainable workforce profile for the future.

  • Stakeholder Management – Interface with key internal and external stakeholders to establish and maintain effective relationships, align priorities to deliver company objectives and goals, and build the Mondelēz and Cadbury brand equity and image within the local community and broader network.

What You Will Bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career, along with the following experience and knowledge:

  • Manufacturing Leadership – Significant experience leading manufacturing performance in a fast-moving FMCG environment with exceptional results. A career that includes time at the Front Line and/or Manufacturing Manager level, with demonstrable and intuitive knowledge of good manufacturing practice, process improvement and optimisation, reconfiguration and embedding of new or enhanced technology, managing costs and variance, and understanding the motivators and engagement levers for shop-floor performance.

  • Continuous Improvement Expertise – Proven experience in TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), 5S, LEAN, and Six Sigma tools and concepts.

  • Communication & Leadership – Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), coaching ability, and leadership capability in a team-based environment. Demonstrated strengths in analytics, problem solving and team building, with strong financial and business acumen, project management skills, and knowledge of industrial maintenance and manufacturing equipment.

  • Supply Chain & Commercial Acumen – Experience interfacing with the broader Supply Chain and Commercial functions, with a high level of capability in managing relationships and outcomes across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics, Customer Service, Category and Sales.

Relocation Support Available?

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

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!

Our people make all the difference in our succes

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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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Job Type

Regular

Manufacturing support

Manufacturing

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Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Health insurance
Mental health platform access
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Adoption leave
Shared parental leave
Tax-free childcare
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Faith rooms
Salary sacrifice
Life assurance
Annual pay rises
Annual bonus
Sabbaticals
Company car
Skilled worker visas
Volunteer days
Charity donation scheme
Lunch and learns
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Family health insurance
Religious celebration leave
Equity packages
Share options
401K
Referral bonus
Further education support
Mentoring
Open to part time work for some roles
Critical Illness Insurance
On-site catering
Secure on-site parking
Bike parking

Working at Mondelēz International

Company employees:

4500

Gender diversity (m:f):

55:45

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