Product Development Technologist

Job description

Product Development Technologist
Salary: £29,059 - £32,288

“WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING “IRRESISTIBLE ?”
JOB SUMMARY
The European Skin Care Cluster Design Team is looking for an exceptional Formulation and Processing Technologist to join our innovation team to contribute to the success of our global and local brands. This is an exciting chance for a job designed under the hybrid approach, which offers individuals the opportunity to work with product development in a more holistic end-to-end approach.
In this role you will have the opportunity to:
· carry out a holistic end-to-end product design role, working in all aspects of product development, from formulation design to scale up for manufacturing.
· work with the Brand and Category design teams to develop and land 70s innovations and new technologies and formats to the cluster.
· design and implement new projects for 20 and 10 innovations, including work with 3 rd parties under the new Flash approach.
· opportunity to lead projects as a Cluster Design Project Leader, extending the end-to-end experience to incorporate the development and delivery of the product story and claims.
· deliver 5S and Blue Funnel formulation activities
Joining Unilever Formulation and Processing Skin Care team means working within a dedicated and ambitious team on the development of high impact brand innovation. We offer an agile and open-minded environment with strong, proactive, passionate thinkers who are constantly seeking to improve purpose in terms of brand, people, sustainability, technology & business growth.
As a member of the Unilever Formulation and Processing team, you will have the chance to collaborate with and guide multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to create products consumers want and love.

MAIN JOB PURPOSE
The individual with the right profile for this role:

· You're a great translator: Must be able to translate the marketing ambitions and consumer expectations into products that delight and bring growth to the company
· You love to win, and have fun doing it: A passion for success is a must. Detail orientated and able to manage multiple projects.
· You have a special ability to connect people: you can connect people from different functions and have a great ability to talk about technical challenges in an easy engaging way
Main Accountabilities:
· Formulation development and recommendation for a wide range of products and formats. Development involves formulation proposal, design and evaluate experiments for validation and report as well as scale up and adapt bench-scale processes to pilot and manufacturing scale.
· Understand risks and manage & mitigate those as appropriate
· Work closely with other functions, such as marketing and supply chain, to create, develop and deliver new products and innovations
· Work and communicate effectively with different departments and functions to deliver against the project network timings and identify and manage risks.
· Write formulation and process specifications and implement processes at Unilever and third party manufacturing facilities. Design and execute trial proposals for manufacturing trials.
· Provide leadership for technical aspects of project development (TPL), including project management activities, holding others accountable, ensure project delivery on agreed technical targets and support decision making process for product development related matters.
· Work closely with other functions (marketing, CCBTs, R&D Brand Design teams) to develop the product stories and claim support, ensuring strong consumer relevance and engagement

Ask yourself “Am I a self-starter with ability to think on my feet, flexibility to adapt to different scenarios, and who wants to deliver great products to the market?”
KEY REQUIREMENTS
· At least 3 years relevant experience in formulation and or processing development.
· Skilled and comfortable working in a digital environment
· A creative, logical and analytical mind to generate innovative design solutions to technical design problems.
· Ability to respond quickly to change in priorities
· You will need to be enthusiastic and self-motivated with good verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex engineering and design principles to people at all levels of the business, across different functions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company in the UK and Ireland. We are already on target to achieve our huge ambition to double the size of our business globally whilst reducing our environmental impact. We are growing our business and also doing what is right for our consumers, community and environment. We are developing brands for people's lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow - making sustainable living commonplace.

Working at Unilever means that you get to take part in this exciting journey and work with amazing people who are really passionate about our large portfolio of famous brands. We want to improve billions of lives and you too can join us in making a sustainable difference.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please note: As part of the job application, you will be asked to complete a brief online application form. Completion of the form is required in order to be considered. Please allow yourself enough time to complete the application form as when filled out partially or not at all it may adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the form at once as you will be unable to return to it later.