Assistant R&D Manager Personal Care- Algeria

Job description

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Role
The PC Category in NAMET > 800m Euros, and needs support for the growing agenda, growing > 5% per year for 3 years consecurtively.
The main purpose of the role:
• Supports the local category agenda linked to a C4G mindset
• Supports the implementation of regional / local R&D elements of the Category innovation program
• Delivers the savings agenda for NAMET, and bringing forth new ideas based on local benchmarking
• Understands the local market, competitors, and can initiate local opportunities and lead these to market
• Supports the SC agenda as required by the program
• Project leadership as a TPL being fully operational in project management skills
Main Accountabilities

• Responsible for driving deploy excellence across NAMET organization through successful execution of new formulation and processing development. The role entails owning the all aspects of the product mix, and manages it to promote brilliant execution and maintain compliance to Unilever's quality system, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with other functions to identify value improvement projects, develop and implement strategy, and assist in setting strategic technical direction.
• Provide support for innovation projects through project management, including such activities as collaborating to develop business cases, defining business and/ or technical requirements, and preparing detailed project plans and schedules. Generate project/technical risk assessments and provide mitigating plans
• Partner with Local Market Activation in providing technical activation/promotional support for market introductions and support maximizing impact technology for the category.
• Monitor Competitor activity, supporting Global Design and Regional Deploy with regional consumer needs and insights. Has a working knowledge of how to understand the local market, include consumers, competitors, and 3rd party capability manufacturing capability
• Responsible for managing quality and product safety in the Operating Company, providing the link to the Supply Chain and Personal Care Regional R&D.
• Assists or lead - as appropriate/ agreed with the Personal Care Regional R&D Teams the seamless incorporation of new product technology/mixes into the Local Supply Chain. Support SC on any third party activities for PC products
• Implement/adapt regional/global technical specs of Packaging for local Supply Chain, in consultation with the appropriate Personal Care Regional R&D Design Team.
• Autonomous in decision making process on various task/projects being handled from time to time