Manufacturing Excellence & Category Manager

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, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. 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.

Manufacturing Excellence & Category Manager reports to the Head of Manufacturing with strategic support from the Associate Directors in Category Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence. Direct reports to this role will be a team comprising Process and Category Engineers.

JOB PURPOSE

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. If you are  passionate about working on continuous improvement projects via loss elimination, as well as leading small to medium scale category technology projects  then this role is just for you.
 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Manufacturing Excellence & Category Manager influences Performance indicators such as OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), MP (Manufacturing Performance), OR (Output Reliability), Waste (as a % of COGS), CPT (Cost per Tonne), and OTIF (On Time in Full). 
They also will:

- support day-to-day reliability activities at the factory through product and formulation expertise and have responsibility for packaging and formulation trials.
 

- Lead process improvement projects and processes that eliminate losses across the factory with full ownership of the Manufacturing Excellence program deployment. Executes plant trials, and technical support for small to medium scale category projects. Key ownership of the site Masterplan with strategic direction from the from Supply Chain Stakeholders.

- Participate in establishing company-wide best practices and standards that increase productivity and allow innovation excellence. Identification of best practices across the global Unilever network for replication on site while delivering projects and processes that become best practices as well. Utilize data collection to drive productivity improvements (Efficiency & Waste) while owning the digital agenda for the factory.

- Participate in cross-plant improvement teams. Develop strong partnership with plant manufacturing, corporate engineering, and union workforce. Key role in facilitating innovation and supply chain strategic projects. Interface directly with R&D, innovation, planning and other corporate teams on the delivery of the overall Supply Chain Strategy.

- Bring new Ways of Working to the factory in our continued pursuit of Net Productivity, while living our core values (Unilever Sustainable Living Plan).

- On Time In Full (OTIF) end to end delivery of continuous improvement and innovation projects adhering to Unilever standards and ensuring safety as our number 1 priority.

- Present ideas and projects to the internal and external leadership teams and influence business decisions to help deliver the 3-year masterplan for the NA Savory Business

Some other great experiences you’ll learn may include (and more):

• Opportunity to lead a high functioning team of engineers to deliver factory transformation projects.
• Partner with broader Unilever teams on projects (R&D, Brand, Procurement, Finance, etc.)
• Scope and install small to medium scale future-fit technology improvements across the factory.
• Gain experience developing business cases and building autonomous teams.
• Create a network of amazingly talented individuals both inside the factory and within the Unilever network

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences, Qualifications & Skills

Required

• Education: BS in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or equivalent technical degree.
• Experience: 3+ Years of Engineering in FMCG / foods / related Industry.
• Project Management, maintenance, R&