Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator

Unilever is currently hiring for a Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator
Function:Supply Chain
Reports to: Manufacturing Excellence Manager
Location: Kenya
Terms & Conditions: Full time, onsite

At Unilever, everything we do is driven by purpose. This is an opportunity to help shape a better business and a better world through the impact of your work.

As the Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator,you would be the sourcing unit’s assistant practitioner for Focussed Improvement activity and Kaizen. This involves the teaching of problem-solving tools and their frameworks, as well as facilitating the application of best practice and sharing of lessons across the sourcing unit. The Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator, provides Teaching, Coaching and Mentoring on UMS issues for all leaders and operators within the sourcing unit.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Full Operating knowledge of UMS pillar structure and how pillars inter-link to deliver and sustain real business improvements. Inculcates the UMS philosophy of eliminating losses and waste across all factory personnel.

• Teach, coach and mentor semi-autonomous teams to utilize all necessary UMS tools, linking these to the reduction of losses in the factory.

• Lead and facilitate UMS workshops, which focus on priority losses (liaise closely with HR, the Skills Trainer, and Manufacturing Manager to integrate and synergize all training and analytical interventions).

• Support the development of local UMS training material but draw on global material wherever possible.

• Continuous Improvement –Use the results to identify and prioritize losses in the production area. Apply rigorous Cost Deployment and the Zero loss concept to eliminate losses. Deploy these analytical skills across the factory.

• Nairobi Digital factory assistant lead in deploying DFOS and Buildapp module roll out and all other digital transformations.

• Champion PM activities at specific locations withing assigned factory as may be required by the Manex manager in liaison with the Eng Manager

General Reporting:

• Factory operating system meeting

• Daily alignment meeting

• Weekly performance meeting

Experiences & Qualifications

• University degree, engineering preference

• Experience in FMCG Manufacturing

• Business acumen

• Cross functional business process knowledge

• 1-2 Years in Supply Chain operations

• Microsoft skills including power BI is essential

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.