Regional Portfolio Lead - FMCG

Company Overview :

Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (Formerly Cadbury India Ltd) is a part of Mondelz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) family of companies, which comprises the global snacking and food brands of the former Kraft Foods Inc. following the spin-off of its North American grocery operations in October 2012. Kraft Foods acquired Cadbury Plc in 2010. The combination of Kraft Foods and Cadbury created a global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and convenient meals. Kraft Foods had two very different portfolios which would benefit from being run separately. Hence Kraft Foods split in to two companies on October 1, 2012, with focused portfolios: Mondelez International: A global snacking business Kraft Foods: A North American grocery and beverage business.

The statements included in this Position Description reflect, in general, the duties and responsibilities of this position and are not to be interpreted as being all inclusive. The focus should be on the position and not the current incumbent.

Describe the broad function and scope of the position:

Portfolio management encompasses the processes, governance and tools used to plan, create, assess, balance and communicate the execution of the IS portfolio.

The global portfolio team is part of the IS/BPE strategy team and strives to define and implement globally harmonized portfolio processes, ensuring the right decisions are made on portfolio spend focused on value delivered and alignment with business strategy.

The global team consists of global and regional resources working together to achieve the harmonization and consistent implementation of the portfolio processes and providing governance across all regions/COEs.

Specifically the IS Regional Portfolio Leads provide leadership, organization and coordination to support key portfolio and PMO activities in their region.

They must be highly knowledgeable in the business and highly proficient at navigating the complexities of organizational decision making.

Senior management will look to portfolio managers to weigh many different initiatives - sometimes with widely diverse objectives - against the overall strategic direction of the company.

The IS Regional Portfolio Lead will provide governance of the portfolio in their region - ensuring all projects overseen by the portfolio adhere to the best practices, standard approaches and project management methodology and are in line with the Business strategic direction.

The incumbent will contribute to continuous improvement of portfolio & project management related processes, which includes further harmonization of portfolio processes and tools.

He/she will work in close collaboration with the IS COEs, the region IS team and the region Business leads in defining portfolio scope, ensuring the effective utilization of budget and resources.

Describe the primary responsibilities of the position in order of importance and identify % of time spent on that responsibility (continued):

1. Set the direction for the regional portfolio governance and leadership structure by maintaining partnership with Regional IS Leadership and Advisory Board Members (Business VPs/Directors) to understand business and IS strategic direction and overall project demand

2. Ensure synergy opportunities are identified and handled appropriately as part of the portfolio planning and the project implementation process by working closely with the Country, Regional IS and Business representatives as well as CoE's and the BPE organization on planning, resourcing and the implementation of projects and programs.

3. Use reporting tools to monitor portfolio activities, and regularly brief senior IS and business management on portfolio performance and business benefits

4. Focused on optimizing IS investment, which will include reducing and containing IS costs and enhancing business capabilities by looking for opportunities to make IS and business processes more effective and efficient, to increase revenue

5. Ensure upskilling of project management capability in the region with focus on sustainability in skills by providing training on the use of tools and methodology (following DIAL methodology) in order to ensure projects are delivered as efficiently as possible

6. Promote Portfolio management standards and governance and ensure quality of work, data and communications are of a high standard; Identify further harmonization opportunities for portfolio processes, tools and technology in collaboration with the global portfolio team