HC VN R&D Packaging Assistant Manager

About Unilever

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
• Deploy innovation projects through a team structure that delivers a consumer relevant mix on time and within cost target
• Technical delivery of formulation aspects into the project teams
• Implementation of the global/regional Category R&D agenda in the region.
• Translate consumer/competitor/supplier insights into technically deliverable ideas where relevant.
• When acting as Functional Leader, lead R&D project team members through successful delivery of category driven agenda
• Assist R&D Formulation Deploy Manager in operational resource related tasks such as forum/meeting representation, resource allocation or budget tracking.
• Foster team working within R&D and sharing of ideas/best practice through

EXPECTED R&D EXPERTISE CAPABILITY

 Relevant Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in food technology, food science, engineering, or related fields.
• Strong proven experience in Formulation/Packaging Development, R&D Project Deployment Business Partnering

Key Skill

• Product development, scale-up, and project management.
• Stakeholder management and leading non-reporting teams.
• Working with diverse, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities.
• Growth mindset, externally oriented and collaborative thinking.
• Problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset.
• Adaptability and agility in challenging situations.
• Entrepreneurial, positive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Results-driven with strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Fluent in English.

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.