Mondelēz International Recruitment 2022

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Mondelēz International Recruitment 2021.

In Mondelēz ‘we create delicious moments of joy’. We begin with our consumers and we make delicious foods you can feel good about & we believe we can make a delicious difference everywhere. You will contribute to this by monitoring and tracking the performance of customers versus prior year and annual plans and providing support to the Sales team by maintaining financial integrity in this area.

Job Title: Due Diligence Manager, Cocoa Life

Job Description

You are joining the team driving the Cocoa Life program, a core element of our global sustainability strategy. Based on learnings from our first 10 years, we have now announced the next phase of Cocoa Life, backed up by a $600 million investment with the aim to increase the number of farming households reaching a living income, enhance child protection systems and access to quality education in Cocoa Life communities, and seek no deforestation on Cocoa Life farms globally. To be successful, we are now expanding our team and are looking for a Due Diligence Manager.

How You Will Contribute

Reporting to our Cocoa Life Senior Director and working closely with our West African country leads and global experts, you will design and implement a framework to keep track of our human rights and environmental due diligence efforts in cocoa, with a focus on prevention, monitoring, and remediation. As regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations evolve in consuming countries, you will also ensure we are set up to comply with upcoming EU regulations and the African Regional Standard. The main responsibilities will be

Support designing systems addressing regulatory requirements related to human rights and environmental due diligence
Working with West African Cocoa Life country leads to holding implementing partners accountable for delivery & reporting
Ensure alignment with global social and environmental sustainability strategies
Lead the integration of data collection and verification tasks for regulatory compliance

What You Will BringA desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

Corporate sustainability, either through work experience in a large international company or through consultancy experience with international companies on sustainable sourcing
Building, maintaining, and influencing stakeholders
Experience navigating a large, international matrix organization, and comfortably networking and influencing others who are at least two levels up in the organization
Educational achievements and business experience that demonstrate the intellectual capacity needed to have credibility in the business
A self-starter who loves defining and delivering ambitious goals
Modeling trust, integrity, and perseverance
Experience in sustainable sourcing, with expertise in agricultural raw materials, water stewardship, deforestation, human rights
Experience working in West Africa as well as internationally

More About This RoleWorking across all Cocoa Life teams, to implement and future-proof systems to meet evolving stakeholder expectations and regulatory requirements. What you need to know about this position:

You will partner with global subject matter leads to ensure alignment with MDLZ’s global Impact strategy and Cocoa Life’s vision to deliver impact for farmers and communities.
You will strengthen the integration and alignment of data collection and you manage 3rd party verification of the program’s key indicators.

What you need to know about this position:

The core purpose of the CLMRS and Compliance lead is to ensure a consistent and impactful approach to responding to child labor issues and other regulatory changes and demands.
The CLMRS and compliance lead works closely with the Central Cocoa Life team as well as the implementing country teams, especially in West Africa, and globally
The role plays an important part in keeping Cocoa Life’s approach up-to-date and aligned with regulatory developments and response mechanisms to critical sustainability and human rights challenges.

What will you contribute:

Support designing systems addressing regulatory requirements related to human rights and environmental due diligence
Working with West African Cocoa Life country leads to holding implementing partners accountable for delivery & reporting
Ensure alignment with global social and environmental sustainability strategies
Lead the integration of data collection and verification tasks for regulatory compliance

What extra ingredients you will bring:

Corporate sustainability, either through work experience in a large international company or through consultancy experience with international companies on sustainable sourcing
Building, maintaining, and influencing stakeholders
Experience navigating a large, international matrix organization, and comfortably networking and influencing others who are at least two levels up in the organization
A self-starter who loves defining and delivering ambitious goals
Modeling trust, integrity, and perseverance
Experience in sustainable sourcing, with expertise in agricultural raw materials, water stewardship, deforestation, human rights

Education / Certifications:

University degree
At least 10 years of work experience in the Cocoa sector across West Africa
Problem-solving, analytical and conceptual skills
You speak several languages English is a requirement; French is an advantage
Supply chain business acumen
Specific knowledge of human rights, forest protection, and restoration, and farmer income

Job-specific requirements: Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS)

Support implementation of CLMRS and assess implementation quality
Strengthen, and ensure robustness and comparability of data collection in CLMRS, with an initial focus on West Africa, and long-term global coverage
Ensure follow-up and implementation of defined remediation activities
Cross-country fertilization and alignment across implementing countries
Communicate and align findings and strategy with the Global central team
Support CLMRS innovation and improvement

ARS

Be the global Mondelez focal point to engage on the ARS for internal and external stakeholders (e.g., government representatives, civil society, supply chain partners)
Support country leads and operations teams to develop a roadmap to adapt the Cocoa Life supply chain
Update global Cocoa Life teams and other Mondelez stakeholders on the latest development, opportunities, and risks

Regulation/ due diligence efforts

Ensure required data collection and verification is in-place to substantiate regulatory compliance
Ensure alignment of data collection and verification for compliance with other systems such as monitoring/ evaluating progress and impact
Assess the quality of local response to a regulation, report findings, and plan for improvements

Interested applicants should CLICK HERE to apply

Application Deadline: 15th December 2022