Ice Cream SUIT Engineer

If you want to work for a global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023, come join Unilever Ice Cream! The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Magnum, Talenti, Popsicle, Good Humor, Klondike, and Yasso. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent as we build our diverse and inclusive culture. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you for you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organization. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company.We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.

JOB PURPOSE:

SUIT Engineerplay a crucial role in supporting the factory by validating and assisting with planned changes in manufacturing related to Innovations. This involves maintaining cost-effective production while optimizing processes and adopting a flexible approach to challenges such as labor shortages, raw material shortages, supply chain disruptions, technological and product innovations.Reports to the Product and Innovation Engineering Manager.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lison with R&D, Marketing and Supply chain Manufacturing to propose a solution for Innovation project.

• Identify the make/supply solutions to solve the problem. 

• Marketing together with R&D Design, identify the ambition for the consumer experience and how this will be delivered through product, process, and packaging design. 

• Follow Early Product Management methodology to forecast resources and Capex needed, and to determine how likely the project is to hit launch. 

• The starting point is to provide an initial technical brief describing the problem and proposed solutions.

• Develop project brief with R&D team.

• Complete due diligence on the supply chain elements foreseen for the Validate Phase testing/launch plans (including transit trials where necessary). Define testing plan to define any risk , and propose mitigation plan, eg pilot plant trials, factory trials, transport trials, etc.

• Capex survey and approval (If new capabilities are required). 

• Are the capabilities of the new assets future fit? 

• Risk Assessment to the agreed CRQS/PQS (SHE and Quality) 

• Clear definition of recipe and process flow diagrams in PLM, including critical parameters & tolerances for materials, semi-finished goods and processes. 

• KPI's and KAI's (Success Index) consolidation & targets 

• Waste targets in line with IC Innovation Waste Policy 

• Launch Monitoring Plan - definition & formalisation of action standards for first months after launch 

• eMOC (equipment and/or process 

• Post project technical review.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED: 

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

You’re a born leader:Assist Product and Innovation Engineering Manager on capital, innovation, and value improvement projects in the Ice Cream category. Responsible for providing estimates, options assessment, and technical support for these projects. Carries out tasks related to project assessment, technical support and implementation with minimum supervision. Ensures compliance with Unilever Hygiene, equipment and safety standards, specifications, and best practices. This shall include formulation/process/equipment evaluations, industrial trials, preliminary engineering, project cost controls, timeline, establishment of commissioning plan, plant/equipment commissioning, production startup.

You’re a change maker:Our success is dependent on change, and the SUIT role is a critical contributor to driving improvements against all business metrics (safety, quality, finance, innovation, etc).

You’re a dot connector:Liaison with all key stakeholders (departments) to ensure full alignment with project scopes, timelines, impact and key project milestones.  This role has significant interaction with R+D, Marketing and the impacted facility teams.

You love to win, and have fun doing it:Have the ability to balance a variety of priorities while maintaining healthy relationships across the engineering team, key stakeholders and customers.

What You’ll Need To Succeed
Essential
•   3+ years’ experience in Project Engineering with FMCG experience strongly preferred.
•    Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a project management role.
•    Professional engineering skills
•    Project Delivery experience
•    Experience managing project budgets.

Preferred
•    Firsthand experience / track record of delivering major capital project in Ice cream category

For example:

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team delivers with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

• You are still responsible for your own results, 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.

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Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

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