About this role
ABOUT UNILEVER
HOME CARE AND HOME CARE SUPPLY CHAIN
With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.
HOME CARE AND HOME CARE – BG SUPPLY CHAIN
The Home Care (HC) Business Group (BG) is a EUR 6.5b turnover (TO) business that accounts for a total tonnage of 6 m tons. It has the highest exposure to emerging markets, contributing 80% of its TO. Home Care - Supply chain involves 21 manufacturing locations while supplying its products to above 40 countries.
JOB PURPOSE
Provide Expertise and next level packing machinery technology solutions for Home Care products particularly in Liquids packing. Lead new packing solutions for packing to be landed for Innovations, improved Net Productivity and Capex Efficiency in Asia.
Manin Responsibilities:
•Responsible for providing expertise for packing solutions for HC Liquids
•Responsible for developing complex innovation solutions for HC Liquids packing.
•Responsible for developing new Capex efficient partners for HC Liquids packing solutions.
•Responsible for providing packing solutions which significantly improve Net Productivity.
•Responsible for transferring expertise on new rigids packing solutions to concerned Business unit Supply Chain or factory.
•Develop a strong understanding of Home Care Supply Chain objectives and drive machinery solutions that support packing quality, net productivity, and capital efficiency.
•Become the packaging machinery expert, building strategic relationships with OEM suppliers, identifying emerging capex efficient technologies, and partnering with Procurement on supplier selection and negotiations.
•Analyse and improve packing line performance through increased output, efficiency, automation, and waste reduction.
•Benchmark internal and external packaging operations to identify and implement best practices in machinery and automation.
•Lead the evaluation and deployment of new technologies in order to support innovation, reduce cost per tonne (CPT), or increase manufacturing capacity by working with Business Units and Site Engineering teams following the EEM process.
•Partner with R&D Packaging to ensure new packaging formats and materials are designed for efficient manufacture, scalability, and supply chain performance.
Experiences & Qualifications
•Qualification of Mechanical or Packing Engineering
•Experience of packing engineering in a large-scale consumer goods factory.
•Experience of Packing Engineer on Rigids Liquid packing lines.
•Experience of landing new innovation and Technology with high packing complexity.
•Experience of connecting with external packing machine suppliers in a central technology role in a Business unit.
•Experience of a new packing technology development.
•Clarity of Thought to understand a problem or situation
•Objective and Sharp analytical skills to analyse various aspects of a situation.
•Problem solving skills to break down complex problem to analyse.
•Practical Creativity to think out of box solutions to new solutions.
•High-Quality Communication skills to effectively communicate often in virtual settings.
•Stakeholder management to update status of projects and highlight risks and challenges
•You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
