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People Lead, Logistics

Mondelez International · Chicago, IL

Posted Aug 26, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Behavioral

Walk me through a time you had to translate a senior leader's business strategy into concrete team-level people objectives. What was the strategy, and what did you actually build?

whether they can move from abstract business goals to executable HR plans, not just facilitate meetings

Tell me about a workforce planning project where you used data to get ahead of a business problem before it became urgent.

whether workforce planning is proactive and data-driven for them or reactive headcount tracking

Describe a time you owned the end-to-end talent agenda for a client group, from attracting candidates through building succession plans.

depth of ownership across the full talent lifecycle versus partial involvement

Tell me about a change management or transformation project you led. What resistance did you hit and how did you move people through it?

real experience driving transformation, not just supporting someone else's plan

Tell me about a time you had to influence a senior leader who didn't want to take your advice. What did you do and what happened?

credibility and influence with senior stakeholders without formal authority

Give me an example of a compensation or recognition decision you shaped as part of a broader talent strategy.

comfort operating in rewards decisions, not just talent and culture work

Technical

Have you worked in a manufacturing or supply chain environment before? What was different about supporting that population compared to a corporate office population?

whether the manufacturing/logistics context claim is real experience or unfamiliar territory

Walk me through how you've partnered with legal and ER on a complicated case. What was your role versus theirs?

clarity on boundaries and judgment in employee relations work, since the posting names case management directly

Have you worked with lean six sigma, TPM, or other high-performance work systems? How did that show up in your HR work?

whether they understand operational excellence frameworks common in manufacturing/logistics, even though it's only preferred

What's an outside trend in supply chain or the labor market right now that you think should be shaping how a logistics team plans its workforce?

whether they actually bring an external, future-focused perspective or only look inward at existing programs

Situational

Say a logistics leader wants to reorganize their team structure to cut costs but you think the design will hurt frontline engagement. How do you handle that conversation?

willingness to push back on senior leaders and balance business and people interests, as the posting explicitly frames

A senior leader on your team is consistently disengaged and it's dragging down morale on their team, but they're a strong performer. What do you do?

how they balance performance protection against culture and engagement responsibilities

How do you decide what belongs on your people agenda versus what you push back to the business to own themselves?

whether they can prioritize and set boundaries in a role with a very broad scope

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The full job description

As published by Mondelez International.

Job Description Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible. Our employees are key ingredients to our success, and you will balance their interest with those of the business. You will be a trusted partner with business leaders and support business strategies and HR operating plans to drive business performance. You will coach business leadership on priorities across talent management, rewards and performance, culture and engagement, pipeline management and succession planning. How you will contribute You will be part of the People Team for the Customer Service & Logistics organization. This role presents the opportunity to partner with teams who are the forefront of responding to the world’s supply chain challenges, within MDLZ’s $10B U.S. Business Unit. Focus areas: • Operational Excellence: Partner with senior leadership to translate organizational strategy into team-level objectives, collaborate cross-functionally with peers, HR/People Partners, and business stakeholders, contribute to organizational design decisions, and represent the team's interests and advocate for resources, tools, and support needed for success • Strategy & Workforce Planning: Own the end-to-end People strategy for select teams within the U.S. Customer Service & Logistics function, across Organization, Talent, Capability, and Culture. Conduct workforce planning, leveraging data and analytics to proactively implement solutions that enable business strategy. • Org & Capabilities: Partner on organization design and implementation of people plans, function transformation agendas, accelerating core capability development in line with strategic plans. • Talent: Own the end-to-end talent agenda. Partner with leaders and the Talent Acquisition team to attract high-caliber talent, onboard them into the business, and as well as build internal succession through development planning. • Culture & Engagement: Partner with leaders to enable a growth culture that translates into employee engagement, foster a culture of psychological safety, inclusion, and belonging, champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the team, monitor team health and engagement; proactively address concerns and implement improvements • Transformation: Provide People support on transformation initiatives, as needed. • Rewards: Support compensation and recognition decisions as part of the talent strategy. • Change Management: Partner with leaders to support and guide organizations through transition and transformation projects. • ER: Partner and support legal and ER teams to drive on-ground actions and case management. More about this role What you will bring A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in: • Bachelor’s Degree required in Business Administration, Human Resources or related field • Minimum of 7 years of experience as a business partner • Manufacturing experience is preferred • Strong business acumen and leadership in HR. Can partner and influence on strategic priorities, with an active curiosity, insight orientation and external perspective about people and business performance. • Ability to build HR operating plans, people/capability roadmaps to enable people and business growth • Broad generalist HR skills across a range of populations with increasing responsibility ideally, but not necessarily, within FMCG/CPG. Prior experience in supply chain / logistics desirable but not required. • Prior experience with high performance work systems like lean six sigma, TPM valued but not required. • Ability to develop strong partnerships and coach senior function leaders. • Ability to create and lead change strategy and complex transformation. • Ability to engage, inspire, and influence people. • Future focused, thinking ahead and anticipating opportunities, leverage an outside in perspective through understanding of market trends. Salary and Benefits: The base salary range for this position is $140,300 to $192,940; 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 Mondelēz 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.   Mondelēz 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 847-943-5460 for assistance. For more information about your Federal rights, please see  eeopost.pdf ; EEO is the Law Poster Supplement ; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision ; Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Job Type Regular HR Strategy Human Resources

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