Waste Portfolio Manager

Job Description

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Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.

Job Description:

The Waste Portfolio Manager supports the Win Against Waste agenda by driving cross-functional coordination, portfolio management, and execution support across priority waste initiatives. This role will initially focus on manufacturing waste, including rework project management, overweight by design, and roadmap coordination. The role partners closely with pillar owners and functional stakeholders to translate strategy into actionable plans, strengthen governance and accountability, track value delivery, and build the pipeline of future waste reduction opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead portfolio management and day-to-day coordination for priority waste initiatives, with initial emphasis on manufacturing waste, rework, and overweight by design.

• Partner with pillar owners to convert waste strategies into clear roadmaps, milestones, and action plans.

• Drive cross-functional governance, follow-up, and issue resolution across operations, supply chain, finance, and commercial partners.

• Track initiative progress, risks, dependencies, and value delivery to ensure waste reduction commitments are realized.

• Support pipeline build by helping identify, scope, and prioritize new waste reduction opportunities.

• Provide selective project management support for high-priority initiatives, particularly where cross-functional coordination is required.

• Prepare clear updates for senior leaders on performance, risks, decisions needed, and progress against commitments.

• Help embed stronger ways of working across the waste agenda, including accountability, escalation, and performance management routines.

Core Competencies:

• Strong program and portfolio management skills across multiple workstreams.

• Ability to lead through influence in a highly cross-functional environment.

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilty.

• Structured problem solving and ability to translate ambiguity into action.

• Financial acumen, including ability to connect initiatives to waste reduction and value delivery.

• Strong executive communication and ability to simplify complex issues.

• Manufacturing and supply chain fluency, with enough commercial acumen to support Returns & Allowances initiatives as needed.

• Bias for action, strong follow-through, and comfort operating in a fast-paced transformation environment.

Other requirements:

Travel Requirement: Around 25%

Salary and Benefits:

The base salary range for this position is $122,000 to $167,750; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results.

In addition, Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelez International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact View phone number on click.appcast.io for assistance.

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Job Type

Regular

Project and Program Management

Business Capability

At Mondelez International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.

We have a rich portfolio of strong brands - both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum

Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.

Join us and Make It An Opportunity!

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact View phone number on click.appcast.io for assistance.