Hindustan Unilever Looking for Manufacturing Excellence Lead (Factory Based) at Mecca Full Time

Reports to:Transformation Engineering & Manex Assistant Manager

Scope: Local

Location: Jeddah, KSA

Terms & Conditions: Full Time

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the one size fits all approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

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 passionate about improving the life of people, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Project Management:

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of capital engineering projects. May be dedicated to deliver a single project of significant size or a portfolio of smaller projects.

• Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day management of projects including stakeholder engagement, contractor management, site safety, budget management.

Principal Responsibilities

• On Time in Full (OTIF) end to end delivery of assigned capital projects adhering to Unilever standards and ensuring safety as our number 1 priority.

• Development and maintenance of good stakeholder relationships.

• Manage Capex proposals and approval cycles.

Outputs / Performance Metrics

• OTIF delivery of Project / Project Portfolio.

• Delivery of UE Performance Metrics for Projects:

  – Safety
  – Budget
  – Schedule

• Customer / Stakeholder Feedback.

Internal Logistics Improvement:

• Lead NVAA (Non-Value Adding Activities) for Logistics activities on site.

• Support/Lead Logistics projects on site.

• Material classification:
  – Define replenishment strategy (warehouse, line side).

• Streamline material flow from Supplier to Factory and improve the material flow from supermarket to production lines.

• Analysis of Trucks & Balancing.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.

• 3+ Years experience of Project Engineering in FMCG / related Industry or gained in an engineering consultancy environment.

• 1+ years operating in a management capacity.

• Good Project Management experience.

Desired:

• Attained Professional Engineer Status.

• Have Internal Logistics Experience.

• First-hand experience / track record of delivering major (Multi Million) capital projects within Unilever or similar FMCG environment.

Skills

• Professional Engineering Skills (Educated to degree standard in an engineering discipline).

• Engineering Design Process Management (Working Knowledge).

• Project Delivery (All sub skills – Fully Operational).

• Maintenance Principles and Best practice (Working Knowledge).

• UMS (Unilever Manufacturing System)/WCM EEM (Fully Operational).

• Contract Management & Conflict Resolution (Fully Operational).

• Budget Management (Fully Operational).

• PMP skills is preferred (certification not mandatory).

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.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity 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. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their Whole Self to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.