Senior R&D Associate

Job ID:R- 43283

We are looking to hire a Senior Packaging Associate in our Skin Cleansing team based in Mumbai:

Purpose

The Personal Care Category for Unilever is over 18 billion Euros enabled by R&D to deliver Unilever growth roadmap through various innovation & Savings. Skin Cleansing has been recognized as key category which will play major role in company's growth and Lifebuoy is key Global brand contributing to skin cleansing business globally. Lifebuoy’s brand heritage lies in its roots of being invented by William Hesketh Lever in 1894 with mission of Saving Lives. Lifebuoy’s purpose is to save lives and help consumer stay one step ahead of infections; the brand has an authoritative and empathetic personality, enlightening and empowering with expertise and functional superiority through its products. Lifebuoy crossed 1Bn euro and brand has expanded into 55 new markets in 2020 and continue to be in the growth path and saving lives especially during pandemic wave.

If you want to be part of the journey serving humanity and delivering to business via superior innovations, value (cost) improvement programs & driving the Unilever Sustainable ambition, join the Lifebuoy Packaging team in Mumbai. We are committed to Saving planet while Savings Lives and Packaging plays a prominent role in these domains and is a key capability to drive competitive advantage for Unilever.

This role is within the Global Design packaging team and the person will be responsible for Design of the global packaging solutions for key brands in Skin cleansing and majorly for brand Lifebuoy.

This position will need to strongly interface with Brand Development, Supply Chain, Procurement, Product Development, Processing, Consumer technical Insight, consumer marketing insight team and the external packaging eco-system, in order to drive & deliver the packaging program. The position will get experience in building packaging roadmaps and will need to demonstrate the ability to manage multiple package development projects and prioritize tasks based on project timelines.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Deliver packaging which not only meets the required quality and technical standards, but also delights the consumer, and sustainable packaging.

• Liaise with packaging converters and material suppliers in the development of packaging components /flexible structures.

• Manage assigned primary and secondary packaging projects, with minimal guidance, working with marketing and the cross-functional project team, ensuring packaging is fit for purpose to meet the packaging brief, and delivered on time, in full

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

• Where relevant, to deliver, as a member of a cross-functional project team, solutions to agreed projects, on time in full

• Identify and implement potential cost saving activities across the packaging portfolio

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

• To interface with other functions in support of project delivery (e.g., marketing, supply chain, procurement)

Skills:

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

Experience

1-3+ years of experience in Rigid & Flexible Packaging for FMCG.

Qualification
Post-Graduation in Packaging Technology, BTech/MTech in Packaging Technology

Key Competencies:

• Personal Mastery

• Passion for High Performance

• Agility

• Business Acumen

• Eye for details

Key Skills:

• Basic awareness to working knowledge and expertise of a range of packaging materials

• Ideally, working knowledge of the key packaging materials for the category

• Technical specification & supply chain support. Project management experience

• Deep understanding of flexibles, plastics and moulding techniques

• Basic awareness on global regulations related to packaging.

• Basic awareness of containerization techniques (CAPE software)

Relevant Experience:

With 2-3+ years’ experience in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, ideally with some packaging experience. Added advantage – experience in home care/ F&R or in exports packaging.

• Candidate should be creative in personal care characteristics, have design mindset, external orientation, appetite to explore new ideas across format like rigids and flexibles etc and ability to work with diverse people/functions across geographies.

• Able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary & multi-cultural teams.

• Willingness to support global WoW with time zone differences.

• Flexibility in work style to be able to manage several projects simultaneously.

• Intermediate to Advanced Intermediate Level English (person must be able to write emails and reports in English, which can be easily understood, and can actively participate at English-speaking business meetings).

• Must effectively communicate on technical issues with other technical personnel and non-technical personnel and management orally and in writing

• Excellent influencing ability, both internal as well as external

• Good communication skills

• Occasional travel: ~5 days / month

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The success we’ve achieved means that, today, 2.5 billion people will use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life.Our brands give us a unique opportunity to create positive change, to grow our business, and to achieve our purpose of making sustainable living commonplace.2.5 billion people use our products each day400+ Unilever brands are used by consumers worldwide190 Countries in which our brands are sold155,000 Unilever people deliver our success€52 billion Our turnover in 2019