B&w Processing Expert, South Asia

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We are looking to hire a Processing Expert in our Beauty & Well Being Business based in Mumbai:
JOB SUMMARY:
Your Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for leveraging the process development programme for Global and local innovation projects and innovation platforms.
- You will be responsible to deliver robust process recommendations for new products and technologies into factories in India and BSPAN.
- Rigorous management of factory trials. You should have an expert level knowledge on I pro MPT system and you need to ensure highest compliance level.
- You will actively participate in Supplier & 3rd party management process - Assessing supplier & 3rd party manufacturing process capabilities.
- You will be responsible to drive Process Safety. You will be ensuring processing R&D maintains compliance with Unilever and external standards.
- You will Define and execute Process capability programme to serve next generation innovation and Supply Chain requirements.
- You will drive Processing workstream across various OKRs like Innovation, 5S and Product Superiority etc and hold SCARD score card for B&W South Asia Head.
- Developing a strong processing team through coaching, supporting and development of team members
- You will lead all local pilot plant activities maintaining efficiency and safe operations across teams.
- You will be responsible to leverage Digital agenda, recommend and use model for lab and pilot plant operations.
- Work towards Digital/AI Hub initiatives including the culture change and ensure that Global and local digital targets are met.
- Collate, track, and ensure Project and budget are managed in accordance with the requirements.
- You must be SAFETY savvy.
- You should possess stakeholder management skills for small “c” project teams and cross functional stakeholders.

About You

The role offers opportunities to demonstrate standards of leadership in:

- Passion for High Performance
- Agility
- Consumer Love
- Business Acumen
- Personal Mastery
- Driving teamwork

Whilst all standards of leadership are important to the role, to be successful, inner game, technical depth, agility, and passion for high performance will be critical.
- Previous work experience in R&D Processing function / factory operations.
- Scale-up formulations (Planning & Executing) from bench to Pilot Scale & from Pilot to Main Plant & Technology Roll-out to the Sourcing Units
- Proven track record of OTIF delivery of innovation projects and/ or project management
- Strong stakeholder management and partnering with SC.
- Agility
- Strong technical skills with understanding of core design principles, Process characterization & engineering.
- Proactivity drive processing capability
- Change management to ensure OTIF rollouts to BSPAN
- Strong finance, analytical and organisational skills
- Passion, drive and desire to win
- An appetite for challenge, with a hard-working, tenacious attitude.
- Education to degree level or higher in Chemical Engineering.
- Vision to innovate / how we innovate
- Comfortable working with ambiguity
- A good communicator / influencer (written & verbal), with ability to both translate complex scientific ideas and hypothesis into key messages for stakeholders (brand, customer development, key opinion formers - regulators, trade and ultimately consumers)

Qualifications & Experience:

- Minimum 7 years of R&D / Factory operations experience in HUL R&D business.
- Chemical engineering or Cosmetic Tech background is preferred.
- Experience in Formulation Development/Packaging Development in different categories is desirable.
- Experience of Technical Project Leadership in skin/hair is desirable.
- Experience of factory and operations will be an advantage.