Laundry Powders Product Manager - Turkey & Arabia

Unilever is currently hiring for Laundry Powders Product Manager Turkey and Arabia!

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CATEGORY/FUNCTION INTRODUCTION
MET (Turkey and Arabia) is a large geography with a very diverse GDP per capita, consumer habits and culture. Homecare MET is the biggest Business Unit across the 5 Business Units in MET.
There are 3 sub categories within Homecare: Fabric Cleaning (Powders and Liquids), Fabric Enhancers and Home & Hygiene (H&H). This role is responsible from FCL powders portfolio, which is the biggest sub segment within the Fabric Cleaning market, both in Turkey and Arabia today. This position is a critical role that will shape the powders innovation and saving program.

JOB PURPOSE
Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you.

Our vision within the MET HC team is:
We, as HC MET, are a united team powered by ''all-star'' people, brands & culture!
We put our passion & love for consumers into delivering purposeful & superior product experiences.
Fueled by our dynamic VUCA world, we play to win by making opportunities out of challenges.
We dare to be vulnerable, dare to fail, dare to dream together.
Because for us, HC feels like home.

If you are excited about this vision and would like to work on product development with us, then this role is just for you.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Leading the formulation development for the MET Laundry powders programme, both innovations and non-innovations (5S, Supply Chain support, material resilience programmes).
• Partnering with multiple global and regional stakeholders for each project to ensure OTIF delivery.
• Constantly strive for improved ways of working, optimised delivery and superior products
• Leading identification and execution of relevant technical capability building (including formulation excellence) and people development.
• Leading the Laundry powders formulation team; managing and developing 5 direct reports
• Leading the lab technicians and ensuring 100% Lab Safety in the Umraniye lab in Istanbul
• Pro-active and engaged contributions to the Cluster Leadership team
• Converting Product Superiority Program learnings into superior mix design with close competitor tracking: ensuring 100% superiority in power growth cells for MET
• Transforming the FCL powders portfolio by lowering greenhouse gas emissions, in line with our Clean Future ambitions

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor's degree in chemistry or chemical engineering or related areas.
• At least 5-7 years relevant working experience with a proven track record on project delivery in FMCG and formulation development

Skills

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to inspire and manage teams
• Excellent communication / influencing skills, with ability to translate complex scientific ideas and hypothesis into key messages for stakeholders
• An advocate of using digital tools to transform ways of working
• Problem solving skills with practical creativity.
• Ability to work within multi-functional teams.
• Able to demonstrate strong Standards of Leadership, particularly the Inner Game elements of Purpose & Service, Personal Mastery and Agility.
• Curious and innovative personality, determined to apply these skills to the most important and impactful consumer and business challenges.
• Accountability, impact and influence, lead with courage and risk-appetite – all with a strong growth mindset.
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Turkish

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
• 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.
• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
• CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
• BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

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.