R&D Global Skin Cleansing Men's Packaging Manager

• Packaging workstream leader, working with Brand Development and the cross functional project team, ensuring packaging is fit for purpose to meet the packaging brief, and delivered on time, in full
• Deliver packaging which not only meets the required quality and technical standards, but also delights the consumer and builds brand love, through using Unilever’s Packaging Excellence best practices
• Development of complex custom delivery systems which deliver key consumer benefit and open up new market spaces and address business needs from premiumization to plant positive solutions
• To help develop packaging capability within the team, and lead relevant group activities, at both a packaging, and at a category R&D, level
• Where assigned, to be the Technical Project Leader of a project, accountable for delivery of all R&D deliverables, and managing the programme of the R&D workstream leaders assigned to the project
• Manage, coach and develop WL1’s
• Develop comprehensive development testing protocols for all critical aspects of pack performance and ensure pack is tested against these
• Budget responsibilities where relevant
• To develop and test packaging in accordance with the One Unilever Packaging Process (1UPP), and ensure that the packaging team is fully trained and adopting the 1UPP
• To comply with the Unilever Code of Business Principles and all SHE and QA policies, including the support of product claims, risk management and environmental awareness

• B.S Degree (Packaging Science or Engineering equivalent)
• Minimum 7+ years in R&D packaging development within Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing or Prestige categories within both regional and global experience
• Technical Project Lead experience on multiple complex innovation programs
• Project Management experience with a proven track record of delivering multiple projects in tandem in a fast paced environment
• Experience as the R&D lead responsible for a complex brand program
• Highly Skilled and Experienced in managing and coaching people
• Expertise in key packaging materials for category – rigid plastics, bottles, closures, dispensers, aerosols, flexibles and paperboard and basic awareness of all packaging materials
• Technical Specification & Supply Chain Support
• Fully Operational Project Management Skills
• Fully operational knowledge of the package development process and engineering principles
• Ability to negotiate and clearly and concisely communicate timelines, deliverables and project risks on cross functional teams
• Ability to navigate all relevant-to-role digital systems and authoring documentation
• Understanding of consumer, business, category, and channel needs and the relationship to packaging decisions & execution
• Key competencies: Bias for Action, Leadership, Accountability & Responsibility, Growth Mindset, Consumer & Customer Focus, Building Talent & Teams

An entrepreneurial mindset is advantageous.

• Bonus eligible
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) eligible
• Eligible to participate in benefits plan (e.g., health insurance including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
• retirement savings benefits
• life insurance and disability benefits
• parental leave
• sick leave
• paid vacation and holidays
• access to numerous voluntary benefits)