Category Engineer

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Nutrition North America / Dressings

Nutrition North America has factories in Kansas City, Chicago, and Toronto that produce the core Hellmann’s and Knorr volume for Canada and the United States.   

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 an engineer looking to shape the future portfolio of Hellmann’s in North America, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Will manage the end-to-end delivery of the condiment’s technology projects for the Dressings Category in Canada.  This includes direct capital project management of innovation and technology changes at Rexdale, and third-party manufacturers.  Provides support and expertise to the day to day and reliability activities at the factory and runs trials at the factory for all pack and process changes.  Reports to Category Engineering Manager, Nutrition.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

Minimum

• Education: BS in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or equivalent technical degree.
• Experience: 3+ Years of Engineering in FMCG / foods / related Industry or gained in an engineering consultancy environment or equivalent technical experience.
• Project Management, Maintenance, R&D, Operations, and/or continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; along with the ability to influence others.
• Must have obvious enthusiasm, initiative, and pride in work and be able to charge forward with a challenging and pioneering spirit
• Ability to clearly understand operating principles and establish correct operating standards while visualizing clearly what the ideal production system is
• Must have experience with cost engineering and be able to make logical decisions based on data

Preferred

• First-hand experience delivering or leading start-up for major capital projects ($1+ million) within Unilever or similar FMCG environment
• Experience: 5+ Years of Project Engineering in FMCG / foods / related Industry or gained in an engineering consultancy environment
• Experience in Manufacturing Excellence, Six Sigma (Green or Black Belt), Lean manufacturing, and/or Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a plus
• Experience working in a Research and Development team is a plus

• Experience in Allen Bradley programming is preferred.

Skills

• Problem Solving
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Design Thinking
• Collaboration

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
    

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