Operations and Supply Planning, Project Manager
Illinois, USA
Listed on 2026-03-01
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IT/Tech
IT Project Manager -
Management
Operations Manager, IT Project Manager, Program / Project Manager
Overview
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours. This role requires a high level of clarity across strategy, execution, and decision-making to successfully lead complex, cross-functional initiatives. You must have a strong understanding of CPG Direct Store Delivery, Transportation, Warehousing (3PL/4PL), and End-to-End Planning, and how these capabilities connect across the value chain.
You are expected to provide clear direction to a portfolio of projects, ensuring priorities, scope, timelines, and ownership are well defined. This includes setting expectations with project managers, aligning resources to the highest-value work, and making trade-off decisions when constraints arise. Success in this role depends on your ability to translate strategy into executable plans, surface risks early, and drive resolution across multiple stakeholders.
You must establish clear governance, decision rights, and escalation paths to keep initiatives on track. Strong communication and change leadership are essential. You will ensure teams understand what is changing, why it matters, and how success is measured, while maintaining alignment between CS&L, Manufacturing, Strategy & Transformation, Commercial, Retail (DSD), IT, and external partners. You may also directly manage critical projects, requiring hands-on leadership, disciplined execution, and accountability for outcomes.
You Will Contribute
- Plan and manage project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
- Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
- Coordinate and supervise the work of project team members, contractors, and vendors.
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, documentation, and presentations.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
- Ensure project outcomes are aligned with the company’s goals and objectives.
- Perform quality assurance checks to ensure project deliverables meet the required standards.
- Conduct project post-mortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Experience in CPG Direct store delivery, Transportation, Warehouse (3PL-4PL) and End to End Planning
- Minimum of 5 years of project management experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2).
- Excellent organizational, multitasking, and leadership skills.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of industry standards and safety regulations.
- Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.
- Strong knowledge of project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, ).
- Proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and financial tracking (Excel, Power BI).
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, adaptability and negotiation skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Less than 10%
- This is a fully remote position
The base salary range for this position is $122,000 to $167,750; the exact salary depends on 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 over achievement based on performance and company results. Mondelez International offers benefits including 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 benefits have eligibility requirements and some are subsidized or fully paid by the company. No relocation support available.
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