Job Title: Ecodesign Manager

Team: Research & Development

Work Location: Mumbai HURC

BUSINESS CONTEXT

Home Care Fabric Cleaning is a ~7 Bln Euro Business. Within that, Fabric Cleaning Powders is a ~4 Bln Euro business and continues to drive value creation through superior, sustainable, and affordable products enabled by differentiated technologies from Partner programs, bespoke technical, instrumental, and digital capabilities underpinned by strong consumer insights. Whilst the track record of the Value Creation program has been outstanding over the last several years, we need to ensure this program is “future fit” with a step-up on these key enablers.

ROLE

The incumbent will work closely with the Format Director, Technology Lead, and Home Care Digital partners to identify strategic workstreams for the “Future fit” Powders program (2-3 years) and deliver them through our partnership (S&T, Supplier and Digital). To do this, (S)he is expected to have a good understanding of technologies and the partnership ecosystem. A solid grounding in digital ways of working and application of digital tools to unlock speed and efficiency for the program is desired.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The incumbent will deliver to the following key workstreams of the “future fit” Powders program.

• Digital: Define and drive clear Digital targets for the team (Data capture in LIMS, model adoption). Work closely with DRD partners to identify opportunities for impactful model creation and democratization.
• Technology Readiness: Drive implementation readiness of new technologies, working closely with the technology & processing team and external supplier partners (as required).
• Technology Roadmap: Work closely with technology leads in GDC and S&T to identify opportunities for the next wave of technology (including synergies from existing palette of technologies). Execute lead opportunities to drive step change in Ecodesign and Value extraction. Be the custodian of technology and partnership knowledge. Create and maintain a technology knowledge bank.

Skills Needed for the Role:

Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Master's in Chemistry from a reputed institute. Experience in FMCG formulation design is preferred.

Core Skills: Curiosity and willingness to learn and apply new Science & Technology (including Digital) to the Powders program. Resilient to challenges and consistent focus on the goal.

Digital Fluency: Ability to interpret complex datasets, data visualization (JMP/BI/Excel), and data-driven decision-making. Demonstrated skill in digital and modelling is preferred.

Communication: Ability to engage with a range of stakeholders (External Partners, S&T teams, Digital team) with flexibility in influencing styles.

Unilever Behaviors: Whilst all defined Unilever Behaviours are expected to be demonstrated on par with the role, this role requires a demonstrated strength in the “Staying 3 steps ahead” behaviour.

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