Job Opportunities at Unilever

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Job

• The Collaborative Manufacturing Capabilities Lead as a member of the SC CM team for Africa, is responsible for combining supply chain, technology, manufacturing, and product knowledge with financial acumen to develop a Colaborative Manufacturing strategy for Africa.  The strategy developed will move Africa beyond using CM’s for tactical purposes, and leveraging CM’s to create competitive advantage to drive Value.

Main Accountabilities

• Development of the cross-category CM Manufacturing strategy:
• Interface with key PG/MCO stakeholders in defining business needs / strategy.
• The strategy will proactively identify opportunities to improve gross margin, identify capacity required to achieve service levels goals, and unlock innovation capability.
• Business partner functional stakeholders (PG, R&D, Finance etc) for cross Business Group needs as related to CM sourcing activity.
• Support Product Group & Sourcing Unit teams to conduct Portfolio Segmentation Analysis in order to identify opportunities to drive Overall improved Business Value.
• Partner Product Groups & R&D teams in order to identify Next Generation Capability Road Map.
• Partner with Product Group & Import teams to identify & evaluate Localisation Opportunities.
• Develop Advanced CM playbooks, Way of Working’s and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) to be rolled out to CM Operational teams via training platforms. Ensure these playbooks, WoW’s & SOP’s are maintained with changing environments and cascaded accordingly.
• Single point of contact for Africa as expert for CM business. Define and develop the end-to-end processes and Governance framework for Collaborative Manufacturing. Custodian to ensure governance is followed through with regular audits and checks.
• Develop and Maintain a CM Landscape Mapping to support resilience, agility and reactive/responsive requirement.
• Develop and manage digital platforms for CM reporting, supplier base and product catalogues
• CM External benchmarking and specialist skills deployment in Africa
• Support in the development of CM P&L development to track financial progress and identify hotspots requiring action from CM operational teams, Product Groups and/or CCBT’s.
• Develop & Drive Africa CM Savings program. Ensure the saving programs are landed in each cluster and rigor in development and execution of such.

Direct Reports  

• No direct reports. However, the role requires strong interpersonal and influencing skills. Will perform a ‘project lead function’ leading multi-disciplinary teams.         

Key Interfaces

• Primarily regional and local, with some global interface required.  Significant interface with functional team including procurement, R&D, technology, PG/Local SC, SHEQ and marketing

Critical success Factors for the Job

Key Skills            

•  Excellent understanding of an integrated supply chain network.
•  Excellent understanding of financial drivers, including make or buy analysis and decision making
•  Strong Customer Service orientation
•  Strong interpersonal skills and team commitment
•  Excellent team-working and networking skills
•  Excellent communication skills across all levels of the organisation
•  Ability to work well with a team of diverse staff
•  Ability to work with peers and demonstrate lateral influence
•  Sound understanding of technical areas
•  Good at managing customer expectations
•  Managing and delivering service through strategic partners
•  Good knowledge of Unilever’s business and processes

Essential:

• 3+years experience in Overall SC, Technology, Engineering, R&D processing or Manufacturing role
• Wider Unilever functional experience with at least 2 roles in a wider function (e.g. Source, Make, Plan, Deliver or Finance)
• Proven experience in technology evaluation and delivering to business needs
• Experience in Excel & Power Bi
• In-depth commercial knowledge

Desirable:

• Good project management skills
• Previous experience is SC studies and\ or business modelling.
• SAP Experience
• Professional Skills:

(The minimum requirement from the job skills profile should be described, including degrees/qualifications preferred.)

• A relevant degree in commerce, engineering or supply chain field.
• A Financial Experience / Diploma will be an advantage
• Experience in FMCG supply chain
• Demonstrated commercial acumen
• Cross functional business process knowledge

Experience Required:

•             More than 3+years experience in SC, Technology, Engineering, R&D processing or Manufacturing role
•             Experience as a business analyst or business consulting advantage
•             Demonstrated track record of working on complex problem solving, tight deadlines with quick turnaround times.

Travel:

•             As per job requirements and can be deployed in cluster for short stay periods.

Contacts:

•             Global Business Group Collaborative Manufacturing teams
•             Cluster Business Group teams
•             SC Finance partners
•             MCO SC Leads
•             Sourcing Unit Leads
•             Procurement
•             R&D
•             SHEQ

Reporting Channel:

•             SC Africa Collaborative Manufacturing Capabilities Manager

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MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

• Within the Nutrition Consumer Technical Insights (CTI) team, we are driving the delivery of outstanding innovations and preferred products to consumers. We do this by providing consumer technical insights to R&D Product and Packaging development, by using both qualitative and quantitative consumer, as well as sensory research.
• As a CTI researcher, it is vital to understand the needs of our consumer and translate these into actionable improvements for our food products. You will help plan and manage research that contributes to the Africa Nutrition programme and support the superior product designs in adherence to best practices, Unilever policies and Code of Business Principles.  This role presents an exciting opportunity for a team player who is passionate about product improvement and new product development, to play a key role in supporting the R&D Africa Nutrition Team through identifying opportunities and drive growth for Unilever’s Nutrition business. Another key area that CTI will drive is the impactful Claims & Selling Stories, making sure to translate product benefits into powerful demos, claims and selling stories across our business.

JOB SUMMARY / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide a critical link between the Nutrition category and the consumer – to ensure the delivery of technical insights and consumer understanding to support the category Innovation and Renovation projects, as well as Cost Saving and Strategic Understanding initiatives.
• Employ a sound understanding of the category, brands, competitive environment and technologies to drive growth through technical insights, supporting the category strategy
• Ability to represent CTI in project teams and manage relationship with Project Leader (PL) and Technical Project Leader (TPL) to support objectives of project, e.g., consolidate prior research and market understanding to prepare an Insight Rewind document, develop a proposal for Consumer Insight plans to answer business questions, etc.
• Maintain relationship with Consumer Market Insight (CMI) to ensure project research agenda is integrated as one Consumer Insights Plan, e.g., manage the plans and budget required for research activities. Input into CMI research briefs to ensure a holistic Consumer Insight perspective is maintained, and vice versa.
• Maintain relationship with Global CTI capability experts for guidance on research methodologies and adherence to best practice.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Consumer Science, Sensory Science
• Minimum 3 years CTI experience.
• Fully operational in consumer and sensory research techniques (qual and quant).
• Working knowledge and skills in the following:
• Research Methodologies (what and where to use)
• External Awareness
• New Idea Generation
• Stakeholder Management
• Consumer Insight generation
• Must have:
• Passion for Food & Consumers
• Awareness of Global and Africa food trends
• Good communication and networking skills
• Passion and enthusiasm in unlocking insights from consumers, creation of new products and ideas and be obsessed with consumer and product quality.
• Ability to work in a multi-functional, multi-cultural environment.
• No dietary restrictions.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

go to method of application »

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

• Within the Nutrition Consumer Technical Insights (CTI) team, we are driving the delivery of outstanding innovations and preferred products to consumers. We do this by providing consumer technical insights to R&D Product and Packaging development, by using both qualitative and quantitative consumer, as well as sensory research.
• As a CTI researcher, it is vital to understand the needs of our consumer and translate these into actionable improvements for our food products. You will help plan and manage research that contributes to the Africa Nutrition programme and support the superior product designs in adherence to best practices, Unilever policies and Code of Business Principles.  This role presents an exciting opportunity for a team player who is passionate about product improvement and new product development, to play a key role in supporting the R&D Africa Nutrition Team through identifying opportunities and drive growth for Unilever’s Nutrition business. Another key area that CTI will drive is the impactful Claims & Selling Stories, making sure to translate product benefits into powerful demos, claims and selling stories across our business.

JOB SUMMARY / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide a critical link between the Nutrition category and the consumer – to ensure the delivery of technical insights and consumer understanding to support the category Innovation and Renovation projects, as well as Cost Saving and Strategic Understanding initiatives.
• Employ a sound understanding of the category, brands, competitive environment and technologies to drive growth through technical insights, supporting the category strategy
• Ability to represent CTI in project teams and manage relationship with Project Leader (PL) and Technical Project Leader (TPL) to support objectives of project, e.g., consolidate prior research and market understanding to prepare an Insight Rewind document, develop a proposal for Consumer Insight plans to answer business questions, etc.
• Maintain relationship with Consumer Market Insight (CMI) to ensure project research agenda is integrated as one Consumer Insights Plan, e.g., manage the plans and budget required for research activities. Input into CMI research briefs to ensure a holistic Consumer Insight perspective is maintained, and vice versa.
• Maintain relationship with Global CTI capability experts for guidance on research methodologies and adherence to best practice.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Consumer Science, Sensory Science
• Minimum 3 years CTI experience.
• Fully operational in consumer and sensory research techniques (qual and quant).
• Working knowledge and skills in the following:
• Research Methodologies (what and where to use)
• External Awareness
• New Idea Generation
• Stakeholder Management
• Consumer Insight generation
• Must have:
• Passion for Food & Consumers
• Awareness of Global and Africa food trends
• Good communication and networking skills
• Passion and enthusiasm in unlocking insights from consumers, creation of new products and ideas and be obsessed with consumer and product quality.
• Ability to work in a multi-functional, multi-cultural environment.
• No dietary restrictions.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.