Business Title: R&D PC (East) 5S Packaging Expert, Skin Cleansing

Category: Skin Cleansing Packaging, Mumbai

Reporting to: Deepti Biju ,Group Leader , Skin Cleansing  Packaging , Mumbai

Location (country/site): Mumbai HURC

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BUSINESS CONTEXT:

Personal Care is a +€13 billion business with much loved deodorant, skin cleansing and oral care brands including our 8 power brands Dove, Dove Mencare, Rexona, Lux, Axe, Lifebuoy, Pepsodent and Close-Up. We hold leading category positions in deodorants and skin cleansing globally and the #1 or #2 position in oral care in the countries where we are present.

Through our Personal Care brands, we’re taking action to drive positive change. With more than 1 billion people using our products every day, we have an opportunity to use our scale for good. So that people and the planet can thrive together.

Packaging plays a central role in our product and brand experience and the R&D team works closely with the Business Group (BG) global brand teams & Business Unit (BU) marketing teams to design and deploy the most consumer engaging, efficient and sustainable brand experience.

JOB PURPOSE / ROLE:

This Role is based in packaging function within the Business Group R&D team with primary responsibility of orchestrating the delivery of  Savings (5s) and Complexity reduction program of Packaging for all the Oral Care & Skin Cleansing (East) Brands. This role is responsible to also deliver the savings program end to end for India BU. This role will need to anchor and drive the global Savings workshop as well as India BU savings workshop partnering with procurement and supply chain and other cross functional teams. Additionally this role may also partly require delivering programs activities within innovation & non innovation (e.g. Renovation, Savings, Simplifications etc.) for the Lifebuoy brands, for global markets and as well as deploy it end to end in the India BU. The position requires strong people skills esp. stakeholder & peer management as well as strong project management skills to manage the large portfolio with minimal resources.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Track and   deliver PC Savings & Complexity Reduction Program

• Ensure OTIF  delivery of the Savings & Complexity reduction program for Personal care east (all brands) working closely with the brand packaging leaders and Capability teams, Savings central team, BU teams and strategy / operations teams.

•  Individual program delivery would be led by respective Brand member and BU other than for Lifebuoy and India BU.

• Manage project networks for the implementation of packaging ideas across different BUs with support of local teams and all other cross functions. This can also include support to BU to achieve their overall 5S targets in packaging.

• Curate the consolidated view and accordingly engage with Supply chain, procurement, Brand strategy and Savings & Complexity reduction teams.

• Manage assigned related primary & secondary packaging projects independently, working with Brand Development and the cross functional project team, to meet category objectives and key milestones.

• Technical analysis of new packaging designs and provision of feedback to project teams with respect to design viability & also identify possible solutions to sort technical problems minimizing changes to the design intent.

• Develop a strong external eco-system of suppliers, industry experts & new technologies in packaging

• Prepare and develop supplier technical briefs where required, working closely with suppliers

• To manage good technical data records – project data, specifications, test results

• Accelerate implementation of packaging savings by tracking, doing portfolio analysis, identifying opportunities , maintaining database for 5S by using digital tools like Buyers console , Marco etc.

• Market / Portfolio analysis to identify new trends via internal and external competition benchmarking .

• Lead packaging and ensure OTIF delivery of packaging development work for Global Skin Cleansing Category innovations and develop primary packaging designs to meet consumer and business needs

• All Savings programs under Lifebuoy brand for India to be delivered OTIF end to end.

• Build relationships with main key Suppliers through innovation or savings projects.

• Work with operations, regulatory, and quality teams to ensure all packaging is compliant with domestic and international quality standards.

• To comply with the Unilever Code of Business Principles and all SHE and QA policies, including the support of product claims, risk management and environmental awareness.

• Role will require travel locally as well as globally around 10% of the time

Skills:

• Technical Skills: The candidate should have working knowledge of key packaging technology areas, development processes, functional specification management with good knowledge of the manufacturing processes, packaging machinery interface, understanding supplier capability.

• Understanding of the packaging critical specifications and its supply base, cost dynamics across the regions.

• Detailed understanding on value chain of Rigids, flexibles & Paperboards Rigids packaging, Manufacturing technologies,

• Understanding of interaction of packs and extended supply chain elements.

• Bias for action and high sense of accountability and responsibility is must. Focus on Growth mindset and consumer centricity is also required.

• Design mindset, external orientation, appetite to explore new ideas and ability to work with diverse people/functions across geographies.

• Business acumen, agility, growth mindset, Consumer and Customer Love are critical competencies for this role.  

• Good communications skills. Must effectively communicate on technical issues with other technical personnel as well as manage business communication with senior stakeholders

• Excellent influencing ability, both internal as well as external

Relevant Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree/ Diploma in a packaging or engineering or polymer material science related areas

• 6-9 years in the packaging development preferably in the beauty and personal care industry experience

• Experience and expertise in flexible packaging and global project management will be an added advantage

• SAP PLM and Teamcenter/Active Workspace experience a plus

• Solid technical background for PKG material and manufacturing process

• Techno-commercial experience will be an advantage

• Proven ability to manage packaging related projects

• Must be able to communicate issues effectively to technical and non-technical personnel. (Brand, Finance, Creative, Manufacturing)
  

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