Unilever

Senior Manager, Collaborative Manufacturing – Continuous Improvement

Unilever

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Hoboken • New Jersey • United States

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Salary

💰 $115,680 - $173,520 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Participates on Unilever project teams in support of Brand Development and Brand Growth business targets.
  • Team interaction with Procurement, Marketing, Produce and Package Development, Finance, Planning, Quality, Customer Development and Legal.
  • Research, investigate, and develop emerging manufacturing technology and its application to our Supply Chain in all areas, including processing, packaging, logistics, and more.
  • Own the funnel of ideas and improvements for the CM technology transformations and continuous improvement.
  • Own the long-term technical planning of the CM to align with the brand strategies.
  • Execute on key strategic projects, including scope, budget, and schedule development and management.
  • Manage conceptual, front-end, and detailed engineering of key strategic projects.
  • Partner & interface with Global & Regional Digital, R&D, Engineering, Planning, and Procurement functions to determine optimum suite of activities for CM factories.
  • Develop and establish an External Services support model.
  • Develop digital program for CMs.
  • Supports innovation deployment in the spirit of vertical start-ups and ongoing launch success.
  • Ensures that the CM passes technical evaluations.
  • Responsible for monitoring KPIs, schedule timelines, process continuous improvements, cost savings opportunities, project and innovation management.
  • Shares best practices and lessons learned across the Category (where competitively possible).
  • Ensure safety standards are understood by the CM.
  • Support CM with safety mindset program.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 10+ years of broad-based Engineering responsibilities
  • Significant relevant factory experience and/or strong 3rd party experience
  • 5+ years experience supporting large scale CapEx & innovation projects
  • Project Management leadership with strong product management and early equipment management expertise (EPM/EEM)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with ability to negotiate
  • Ability to work with all levels and functions within an enterprise: Procurement, Engineering, Operations, and Finance.
Benefits
  • 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
  • access to numerous voluntary benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
engineeringproject managementproduct managementearly equipment managementcontinuous improvementmanufacturing technologyKPI monitoringbudget managementscope developmentsafety standards
Soft skills
communicationnegotiationteam collaborationleadershipinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsproblem-solvinginnovation managementstrategic planningadaptability