Vaseline Global SEA & Indonesia R&D Technical Project Leader

Position: Vaseline Global SEA & Indonesia R&D Technical Project Leader

Scope: SEA and Indonesia

Location: RDC, Minburi Factory, BKK TH

About Unilever

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About the Role

Vaseline has been committed to promoting skin health since 1870, recognizing its essential role in overall well-being. Our mission is to ensure that everyone, everywhere, has access to the skincare they need. The Vaseline SEA & Indonesia business units have played a pivotal role in the brand’s success, contributing 20% to the 1 billion EURO turnover of the global Vaseline business. This achievement stems from groundbreaking innovations and close collaboration with cross-functional teams and Marketing.

The Vaseline Global SEA & Indonesia TPL role is tasked with driving bold innovations to meet business objectives. This role focuses on transforming consumer insights, unmet needs, and business strategies into impactful innovations. It requires close collaboration with Marketing and leadership of cross-functional teams—including CTIC, CMI, Packaging, and Supply Chain—to ensure on-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery of initiatives.

Main Responsibilities

• Translate Vaseline strategic vision and consumer insights & unmet needs into consumer-winning products. Amplify success further with AI and Beauty Tech implementation.

• Ensure exceptional degree of competitiveness and future-prove our innovations by always being on top of competitor activities that include their design and cadence.

• Lead and inspire cross-functional project teams (a team of CTIC, Packaging, and Supply Chain), fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence in execution.

• Drive all Vaseline SEA+INDO innovation activities focusing on desire and superiorities at all touch points. Partnering with Science and Technology (S&T) team to ensuring 100% uptake of Skincare blockbuster technologies.

• Collaborate closely with Global Brand Marketing, Medical Marketing, as well as Science and Technology (S&T) team to develop impactful claim assets and compelling content.

• Amplify Vaseline authority as expert in Skincare across all touch points that includes digital and retail platforms in the market through (i) collaborations with external partners such as dermatologists, and (ii) participations at various conferences and symposiums.

• Work in close partnerships with relevant teams, country, and Business Unit partners to build and enhance capabilities within the market in social-first marketing and the evolving consumer beauty needs. Act as a driving force and guardian for the quality, desirability and consistency of execution.

Experience & Qualification

Experience

• Technical Leadership: 7+ years of proven experience in innovation, product development, science research or related roles - experience in Beauty & Wellbeing is highly desirable.

• Project Planning & Execution: Demonstrate success in executing R&D activities that align with business objectives, drive consumer demand thru winning innovations and deliver measurable results.

• Team Leadership & Management: Proven ability to lead, inspire, and develop high-performing project teams, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented environment.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience working effectively with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, CMI, S&T, CTIC, Packaging, Supply Chain, as well as other R&D partners in other regions outside SEA & INDO.

Skills

Technical Leadership:

• Strategic Thinking & Planning: Ability to translate business objectives, consumer insights and unmet needs into consumer-winning products that drive consumer demand and achieve measurable results.

• Category, Consumer, and Competitor Expertise: Deep understanding of Skincare category and technologies (internal technologies as well as competition), consumer needs & pain points.

• Product Storytelling and Passion for Creativity: Skill in crafting compelling technology and product narratives, developing engaging technical assets that can be further leveraged to elevate holistic product usage experiences that resonate with target audiences.

• Passion for Beauty: A demonstrable passion for the beauty landscape, its products, keeping up with trends, innovations, and key players, reflecting a genuine enthusiasm for the field.

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Team Leadership & Management: Proven ability to lead, motivate, and inspire high-performing marketing teams, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented culture.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, external authority and experts (e.g. dermatologists), and stakeholders.

Analytical & Scientifically-Driven Mindset:

• Data Analysis & Insights: Proficiency in using data analytics tools and techniques to help generate winning claims that resonate with consumers.

Leadership

• You are now a Technical Project Leader. Project team looks to you to lead and provide guidance, and to appropriately challenge team to get even better results.

• You are still responsible for delivering to the highest standards. You must be resilient so you can lead others to deliver with passion. You must be able to flex your style and your plans to guide project team through difficult times.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed.

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

• TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best. Inspires powerful teamwork and collaboration, connecting people for better results.

• CONSUMER LOVE: Brings the voice of the consumer into everything we do, always.

• BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates opportunities for profitable growth through the core and beyond.

Unilever es una organización comprometida con la equidad, la inclusión y la diversidad para impulsar los resultados de nuestro negocio y crear un futuro mejor, cada día, para nuestros diversos empleados, consumidores globales, socios y comunidades. Creemos que una fuerza laboral diversa nos permite igualar nuestras ambiciones de crecimiento e impulsar la inclusión en todo el negocio. ¡En Unilever estamos interesados en que cada individuo traiga su 'Whole Self' al trabajo y esto te incluye a ti! Por lo tanto, si necesita algún requisito de soporte o acceso, le recomendamos que nos avise en el momento de su solicitud para que podamos apoyarle a través de su viaje de reclutamiento.