Assistant R&D Manager - Personal Care

Unilever

Egypt

Ref: MP598-224

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The main purpose of the role:

• Supports the local category agenda linked to a C4G mindset
• Supports the implementation of regional / local R&D elements of the Category innovation program
• Delivers the savings agenda for NAMET, and bringing forth new ideas based on local benchmarking
• Understands the local market, competitors, and can initiate local opportunities and lead these to market
• Supports the SC agenda as required by the program
• Project leadership as a TPL being fully operational in project management skills

Main Accountabilities

• Responsible for driving deploy excellence across NAMET organization through successful execution of new formulation and processing development. The role entails owning the all aspects of the product mix, and manages it to promote brilliant execution and maintain compliance to Unilever ' s quality system, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with other functions to identify value improvement projects, develop and implement strategy, and assist in setting strategic technical direction.
• Provide support for innovation projects through project management, including such activities as collaborating to develop business cases, defining business and/ or technical requirements, and preparing detailed project plans and schedules. Generate project/technical risk assessments and provide mitigating plans
• Partner with Local Market Activation in providing technical activation/promotional support for market introductions and support maximizing impact technology for the category.
• Monitor Competitor activity, supporting Global Design and Regional Deploy with regional consumer needs and insights. Has a working knowledge of how to understand the local market, include consumers, competitors, and 3rd party capability manufacturing capability
• Responsible for managing quality and product safety in the Operating Company, providing the link to the Supply Chain and Personal Care Regional R&D.
• Assists or lead - as appropriate/ agreed with the Personal Care Regional R&D Teams the seamless incorporation of new product technology/mixes into the Local Supply Chain. Support SC on any third party activities for PC products
• Implement/adapt regional/global technical specs of Packaging for local Supply Chain, in consultation with the appropriate Personal Care Regional R&D Design Team.
• Autonomous in decision making process on various task/projects being handled from time to time

Requirements

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical engineering or a Science Degree

Technical:

• Strong IT skills
• Fluency in oral and written English
• Planning skills
• Project Management skills

Behavioural:

• Strong communication skills
• Works independently and can work with remote teams
• Organised
• Rigour (attention to detail)
• Team player and can collaborate
• Sense for high quality work

About the Company

Unilever is one of the leading FMCG company with 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people's lives in so many different ways.

Our brand portfolio has made us leaders in every field in which we work. It ranges from much-loved world favourites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave.

From comforting soups to warm a winter's day, to sensuous soaps that make you feel fabulous, our products help people get more out of life.

We're constantly enhancing our brands to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. We invest €1 billion every year in cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop our products.

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