Beauty & Wellbeing R&D PH – Packaging & Processing Assistant Manager

Role Title: Beauty & Wellbeing R&D PH – Packaging & Processing Assistant Manager

Scope:  Local  - Philippines

Location: Mainly at Unilever Philippines, BGC with potential offsite work at Unilever Philippines – Cavite factories & suppliers. Hybrid working)

Terms & Conditions: Full time

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. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

We believe in Positive Beauty & Healthy Lifestyles – for all our people, and across all our brands. In 2022 we brought Beauty and Wellbeing together as one business group within the Unilever ecosystem. We’re a 12B business with products used by more than 1B people every day. We know we are uniquely positioned to shape a new era of beauty and wellbeing, and our ambition is clear. We're saying no to normal. Through iconic brands, cutting-edge science, and purposeful growth, we are on a mission to make beauty and wellbeing joyful, inclusive, equitable and sustainable.  

Within the Beauty & Wellbeing Business Group - PH B&W R&D is committed to driving outstanding innovation and improvement programs, sitting in the Greater Asia B&W Business Unit. Beauty & Wellbeing is all about Purpose, Science and Desire  - with R&D being a central function especially in driving science and desire. The Philippines is a key is the biggest B&W country market in the BU with a portfolio of global brands such as Pond’s, Dove, Sunsilk, Vaseline, Clear and local jewels such as Cream Silk.

We aim to transform the beauty industry in the Philippines through superior, sustainable and desirable hair and skin care products all while operating with best-in-class efficient factories and gross margin.

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 looking to contribute to business growth and gross margin accretion through superior, sustainable and cost-efficient packaging and processing deployment  then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE:

SCOPE

• Hair/ Skin Packaging Deployment – Executing technical solutions and recommendations especially on packaging & processing to deploy innovation and optimization projects in the Philippines
• Factory facing support – Processing & Packaging - Support factory quality and efficiency programmes via local packaging and processing initiatives local in the Philippines
• Fuel for growth – Identify savings opportunities especially on packaging through production data analysis and competitor monitoring/ assessments
• Champions Digital & Data processes and systems in the team

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DELIVERABLES:

HAIR/ SKIN Packaging Workstream Lead

• Support the R&D Technical project leads by delivering the packaging workstream activites on-time in full
• Works with Global and Regional Packaging on landing new packaging technology.
• Packaging Deployment for global brands: Develops shelf ready packs, secondary packaging and NRM packs for customer requirements
• Right cost Packaging Design: Monitor and control packaging costs to meet 5S targets without compromising on key consumer quality standard
• Factory Deployment: Coordinate with manufacturing teams to ensure the successful deployment and integration of new packaging solutions in production environments.

FACTORY FACING SUPPORT – PACKAGING & PROCESSING

• Support packaging and raw material resiliency, optimization and sustainability programs packaging technical programmes for alternative material sourcing, optimizing the existing pack portfolio,
• Support factory optimization programmes especially around improving capacity through batch cycle time, waste and efficiency programmes, supporting quality RCA for quality issues
• Provide technical guidance to laboratory assistants for day-to-day activities

FUEL FOR GROWTH

• Supports Gross Margin improvement agenda through packaging & processing optimization projects in our factories

OTHER DELIVERABLES

• Champions Digital & Data in the team: Able to organize structured data capture, databases and use data  analysis, visualization & digital tools for decision making and problem solving
• Able to validate and deploy new packaging and processing specifications in the factory with rigorous functional testing and comprehensive risk assessment
• Able to clearly understand operating principles and establish technical standards and specifications on packaging and processing
• Able to discuss with Engineering and Production people about packaging, processing, filling and mixing machine interface to find solutions
• Able to assess & mitigate risks relevant to Production & Quality for mixing/ filling
• Able to communicate and present technical challenges/ data clearly to cross

Experiences & Qualifications

Required:

• Degree in chemistry/ engineering background or equivalent experience
• With minimum of 2 - 4 years in product development/ packaging /processing design  or any similar R&D workstreams with technical specifications management
• With experience in product development/ packaging and/or processing validation in factories with various mixing and filling specifications

Preferred experience:

• Experiences in product development
• Experiences on packaging development - especially flexibles and rigids
• Experiences on processing development – especially with personal care and beauty product liquids/ emulsions
• Experiences in design and digital environment/ tools is highly desirable.
• Exposure to Beauty and/or Personal Care is an advantage
• Exposure to global & regional work experience is an advantage
• With experience in project leadership, risk management and stakeholder engagement. Effective in managing external partners and working with virtual project teams

Skills

• Data management, visualization and analysis skill, and business process management is required
• Dynamic and agile in leadership skills – able to manage virtual and present teams, able to influence and manage stakeholders, with problem solving and strategy building skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – able to synthesize data and present appropriately. English proficiency is a must
• Time management, Risk management and project management training is an advantage

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

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.