B&W Packaging Development Technician

Job description

ABOUT UNILEVER

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.

CATEGORY/FUNCTION INTRODUCTION

Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W) is a key strategic area for Unilever, with an ambitious growth agenda in Turkey. The business in Turkey is highly competitive, innovative and has strong brand positions with brands such as Elidor, Clear, Dove and Vaseline. The Business Unit Deploy Team is responsible for all go-to-market R&D activities for the portfolio, including launching new technologies, extending existing ranges, as well as supporting Supply Chain. The team works closely together with the R&D Business Groups (Hair and Skin Care), and other functional teams such as Brand Development, Supply Chain, and Procurement.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are passionate about bringing value to market, customer and consumer with your creative and high quality contributions to our brands and organization, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

·  Ensuring controls of promotion, copack, repack...etc. pack materials, recording and reporting the results in internal/external packaging lab or in supplier.
·  Organizing and leading all required trials (line trials,transport trials...etc.) of promotion, copack, repack...etc. activities to prove success and finalize pack material developments.
·  Creating cost saving ideas and leading the related activities by proving it with relevant stakeholder alignments.
·  Supporting/leading to find the issues appears after customer or consumer complaints related promotion, copack, repack...etc. products, fixing/correcting the issue and reporting.
·  Defining and making/completing drawings and packaging specifications of promotion, copack, repack...etc. activities in UL spec system/database.
·  Following code creation process and finalizing recipes (BOM) of promotion, copack, repack...etc. activities in UL spec system/database.
·  Following and getting safety approvals to finalize packaging specifications of promotion, copack, repack...etc. activities in case needed.
·  Collecting market samples including competitors and completing benchmarking analysis of pack materials
·  Following project network/timings, owning packaging development related tasks of promotion, copack and repack...etc. projects and having proper coordination with relevant marketing, supply chain, quality and suppliers.
·  Being back up for packaging lab technician and supporting packaging developers (peers) in case needed to complete packaging lab controls.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

·  Having minimum 3 years experience on promotion, copack or repack packaging development experience including line trials, transit trials and specification finalizations.
·  Knowing fundamental packaging test methods of UL required to check rigid plastic, flexible, carton and corrugated materials.
·  Having experiences on Unilever PLM system which allows to finalize product recipes.
·  Having minimum innovation/renovation project management experience with project teams from different functions

Skills

·  Using Microsoft Office programs
·  Using Capepack software for pallet configuration
·  Interpreting and validating 2D/3D drawings of pack materials
·  Using packaging lab equipments and applying UL test protocols

Leadership

·  You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
·  As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

·  Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
·  PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
·  PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
·  CONSUMER LOVE : Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
·  PURPOSE & SERVICE : Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
·  AGILITY : Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

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.