WL: 1E

Location: HPC Factory

Line Manager: Waleed Hassan (HPC Factory Manager)

ABOUT UNILEVER

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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

The purpose of the Quality Assistant Manager role at Unilever is to ensure that the factory's quality management systems comply with regulatory requirements and Unilever's standards. This role is crucial in driving quality improvement activities to guarantee product safety and address consumer and customer issues. Additionally, the position supports the deployment of quality strategies and the development of a quality-focused mindset within the team.

Leadership

• You are driven by the pursuit of excellence and consistently deliver outstanding results that inspire your team. Your resilience sets a benchmark for others, and you actively seek innovative ways to enhance processes, fostering collaboration and engagement throughout the manufacturing operations.

• You take personal responsibility for your well-being and the quality of your work, always prioritizing the needs of the consumer. With a humble yet proactive mindset, you remain vigilant, interpreting data and evidence to identify challenges and opportunities for improvement. Your leadership is characterized by a commitment to safety, quality, and continuous learning, ensuring that your team not only meets but exceeds operational standards while cultivating a culture of accountability and growth.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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. 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Supports deploying of UL Quality strategy, governance and goals through specific Quality projects and targets
• Supports building of Quality talent & change mindset through trainings.
• Ensuring core technology design for equipment and infrastructure, process changes and specifications meet local regulatory requirements and product quality needs (including cleanability, specification localization, etc.)
• Participates in / supports HACCP workshops and activities to ensure HACCP plans for the site are designed and operated to assure product safety
• Supports ensuring compliance to product technology GMP requirements.
• Participates in Quality Pillar for the Category GVS network sites gaining the experience & sharing the best practices in the factory.
• Supports efforts to ensure that Quality processes for IPM Functional Excellence are implemented for all innovations
• Participates in Early Management actions for product and equipment regarding quality requirements for innovation projects
• Participate in / supports (depends on project) Quality risk assessments for innovations
• Supports changes to existing and new materials suppliers through activities that assure quality / hygienic control processes are in place and operating effectively, e.g. follow up on audit action plans
• Supports ensuring that quality / hygiene control plans are established for production site changes or production capacity increases
• Supports Quality Management System deployment and continuous improvement through support to TPM Quality Pillar and Virtual Sites
• Supports resolving consumer/ customer product and package complaints and CRQS issues through analysis of care-line and CRQS audit information to identify improvements

Experiences & Qualifications

• 5 – 7 Years of Experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Production, Chemical)
• FMCG experience is preferred
• Experience in Manufacturing especially within category.

Skills

• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Communications skills internal & external.
• Analytical skills
• Managing & Leading Change.

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.