Assistant R&D Manager Personal Care - Skin Cleanse

Job description

Company Profile:

Every day, around the world, people reach for Unilever products. Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we've grown into one of the world's most successful consumer goods companies. In fact, 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product.

Look in your fridge, or on the bathroom shelf, and you’re bound to see one of our well-known brands. We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh.

Our Corporate Strategy aims to double the size of our business while reducing our environmental impact by 2020. As a result, in the months and years to come, we envisage many opportunities for our staff to progress and gain vital experience. It’s never been such an exciting time to join the Unilever team.

Role Profile

Role : Assistant R&D Manager Personal Care - Skin Cleanse

Function : Research & Development

WL : 1 D/E

Reports to : R&D Manager Skin Cleanse

Scope : Cluster Deploy

Location : Dubai, UAE

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Role

The PC Category in NAMET is > 800m Euros, and needs support for the growing agenda, growing > 5% per year for 3 years consecutively. Skin Cleanse contributes >35% in turnover and needs support to sustain momentum and deliver growth opportunities for the Beauty & PC business.

Main purpose of the role :

· To support the category agenda linked to the C4G mindset

· To support the implementation of cluster/local R&D elements of the Category innovation program

· To support Process development capability for Skin cleansing team in NAMET

· To support delivery of the savings agenda for NAMET Skin Cleansing pertaining, but not limited, to smart product platforms, bringing forth new ideas based on local benchmarking

· To give input for the development, together with local/ regional marketing, of key initiatives to be landed in the region

· To support 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 and novel manufacturing processes to support launches. The role entails co-owning the Processing Capability Development agenda, 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

· 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 3 rd 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 leads - 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 3 rd party activities for relevant categories he/she is responsible.

· Implements/adapts regional/global process specs for local Supply Chain, in consultation with the appropriate Personal Care R&D Design Team.

· Autonomous in decision making process on various task/projects being handled from time to time

Direct Reports:

Key Interfaces:

None

Other Business Partners in MSO, Regional and Global R&D.

As appropriate: supply chain (factory, planning, QA), respective marketing functions, procurement, suppliers, regulatory function

Critical success Factors for the role

Key Skills

Relevant Experience

Excellence in Science and Technology.

Processing and technology expertise.

Project Management.

Professional networking/external focus.

Category understanding.

Core processing and technical experience.

Leadership Behaviours

· Growth Mindset

· Bias for Action / Drive

· Accountability & Responsibility

· Consumer & Customer focus

· Team Alignment & Influence

Skill Profile:

N/A: Not Applicable BA: Basic Appreciation WK: Working Knowledge FO: Fully Operational LE:Leading Edge

Excellence in Science and Technology Expertise

WK

Competitive Advantage from Setting Strategic Direction for Science and Technology

WK

Designing and Deploying Differentiated Products On-Time In-Full

WK

Protecting Competitive Advantage and Driving Value from Intellectual Property Management

BA

Accelerating Impactful Innovation Delivery Through Open Innovation

BA

Winning Through Vitality in the External Environment

WK

Other Functional Skills

Supply Chain

WK

Marketing

BA

Legal

BA

Finance

BA

General Unilever Skills

Business Strategy and Formulation

BA

Business Planning and Implementation

BA

Project Management

WK

Change Management

BA

Business Process Design and Management

BA

Information Management

BA

Application and Exploitation of Information Technology

BA

Negotiation

BA

QUALIFICATIONS

· Degree in Chemical Engineering, its equivalent or relevant Processing Development qualification

KEY COMPETENCIES:


Technical:

· Strong IT Skills

· Fluency in oral and written English

· Planning skills

· Project Management skills

Behavioural:

· Works independently and can work with remote teams

· Organised

· Rigour (attention to detail)

· Team player and can collaborate

· Sense for high quality work