R&D Manager - Engineering

Background & Purpose of the Job

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company holding powerful brands like Dove, Axe, Magnum, Lipton, Vaseline, Suave, and Ben & Jerry’s. We create products that enrich and improve people’s lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow – aiming to make sustainable living commonplace. Unilever brings purpose, joy and delightful experiences to consumers and customers. Unilever is looking for an exceptional new member to be part of our Global R&D Skin Cleansing Processing team.

Our Skin Cleansing Process Capability has been a major force in delivering disruptive innovations as well as driving Digital and Capability Roadmaps. It is critical to ensure all necessary engagements are managed and advised by the team so that SCL has robust and superior product delivery to the market. The primary purpose of this position is to accelerate innovations (top line growth) and process driven savings (bottom line growth) delivery as part of the key pillars of the Skin Cleansing Process Capability team.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

For innovation work, this Engineering Manager will collaborate with peers in skin cleansing liquids product development in addition to collaborating with Supply Chain to facilitate best in class product scale-up. For capability work, global collaboration across the R&D and Supply Chain network will be key as capabilities need to be designed not just for skin cleansing, but for as many product types as possible (within and outside the PC division). Lastly, for digital processing development, this position will need to manage with the global network of cross functional R&D colleagues and Supply Chain to ensure relevant tools/models/capabilities land with maximum value and utilization.

The R&D manager will manage the process design and scale up of key innovations globally across internal and external manufacturers by ensuring formulations can be delivered to market on time and in full with minimal post launch support or issue management. In a time where business needs and demands are extremely dynamic, systematic collaboration with x-functions to drive efficiencies across key core formulation development activities within the category will be critical. This will lead to more streamlined processes and unlock considerable capacity, allowing all to better meet the ever-changing demand in this post-COVID world. It will allow us to continue to grow our innovations and deliver bottom line growth back to the business and manage the continued testing and design of new process capability technology for Superior Products. It will be important to extend the current capability that is being developed, while ensuring the funnel of innovation in this space remains full, guaranteeing value back to the business when the technology lands in manufacturing sites. Land new processing capabilities in factory scale environments. Validating technologies is the first step to realizing their true value and provides justification to rolling the universally designed technology to interested global manufacturing sites.

You’re a born leader: You can manage people and program in a quickly evolving product landscape. You can effectively influence stakeholders as part of strategy alignment and program delivery.

You’re a dot connector: You can link the process capability roadmap to category ambitions. You thoroughly understand process impact on full lifecycle of the product. You connect tools and people, internally and externally.

You love to win and have fun doing it: You bring passion to your work and take pride in delivering new processing solutions. You create a paradigm shift in ways of working.

You’re a storyteller: You can communicate the benefits of your work and make people understand the value of the program. You can properly contextualize and cascade to organization, including the clusters.

You’re a culture & change champion: You are at the forefront of process capability and can champion these initiatives. You can help drive our new ways of working aimed at delivering speed to market, superior product experiences, and cost savings.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• BS in Chemical Engineering with 10+ years of experience or MS with 7+ years of experience
• Possesses technical knowledge of pilot plant operations across batch and continuous processes as well as product characterization techniques
• Possesses supply Chain knowledge related to compounding and downstream operations related to product delivery through pack lines
• Project Management Skills: Ability to effectively organize and manage workflow of multiple projects and priorities in a dynamic global work environment and manage the order, importance, and impact of appropriate project activities
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively to technical and non-technical personnel. (Brand, Finance, Manufacturing, Consultants, Leadership)
• Must continue to develop and improve process capabilities as a fundamental skill. Deploying these to the team needs to be part of consistent delivery.
• Digital skills a plus – for example Minitab, JMP, DOE
• Understanding of Product, Process, Pack interactions for E2E model connectivity
• Ability to coach and mentor as part of people development
• Consistent stakeholder discussions and program review sessions with respective teams

Physical Requirements

The individual needs to be able to physically execute routine activities in the pilot plant.

What We Can Offer You

Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability

Pay: The pay range for this position is $98,300 to $147,500. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

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