Process Excellence Engineer

Job Description

The role of the Process Engineer focuses on supporting and teaching the implementation of Integrated Lean 6 Sigma (IL6S) initiatives. Responsibilities include maintaining systems, collecting and validating data for continuous improvement (CI), promoting CI progress, and tracking departmental KPI scorecards.

How you will contribute

• Provide training on CI tools and techniques and help departments follow the established Daily Management System (DMS).
• Assist teams in collecting data or extracting it from systems to support CI activities and DMS.
• Facilitate root‑cause analysis to address identified losses and KPI scorecard gaps.
• Establish new work standards to sustain improvement.
• Train and qualify colleagues on CI tools and new work standards resulting from CI activities.

What you will bring

• Experience with CI and high‑performance work systems.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills to support team discussions on CI activities.
• Application of lean and/or TPM tools in a factory or operations environment.
• Ability to manipulate and validate data in manual and automated systems.
• Mastery of Excel and other data analytics tools.
• Organized and disciplined to support and educate on the DMS process.
• Logical and structured thinking to extract insights from data.

More about this role

The process engineer supports and teaches the implementation of the Integrated Lean 6 Sigma journey by identifying competencies to transfer to the core (production) team. The engineer masters continuous improvement tools, leads, or contributes to projects that reduce plant losses.

Safety and Quality Activities

• Knows and ensures the application of Safety and Quality standards and procedures, specifically: LOTO, GMP, Food Hygiene and Safety Standards (CCP and SPP related to the work area).
• Uses and promotes prevention tools for Safety and Quality, specifically: Safety Near Miss, Quality Near Miss, BOS, Safety Risk Analysis (QRP), Quality Risk Analysis (QA Matrix).
• Has basic statistical knowledge for process control.
• Ensures that standard product parameters are maintained.
• Complies with, promotes, and ensures all quality, safety, and environmental standards in compliance with company and industry regulations and procedures.

Activities for Lean 6 Sigma Journey

• Supports Line Leader/Section Manager in developing a loss eradication culture within the core team, starting with building the loss analysis.
• Participates in DMS meetings: contributes to data collection and root cause analysis (RCA) to develop a system for loss prevention and elimination.
• Leads continuous improvement activities on the line/section to which he/she belongs and masters the tools and work processes of the IL6S journey.
• Builds core team competencies for the IL6S journey tools and supports team involvement with passion and energy.

What extra ingredients you will bring

• Strong communication, teaching and team influencing skills.
• Analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to adapt and be flexible depending on the situation / audience.
• Inspiration and motivation for change and continuous improvement.

Preferred Education & Languages

• Degree in engineering (food engineering, mechanical, chemical or electrical).
• Fluency in Italian and English language.

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.