Product Development Technologist Home& Hygiene

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HOME CARE

This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Unilever’s Home Care business, joining the Home Care Middle East & Turkey (MET) R&D team.

As a business unit, Home Care MET is around €0.8bn with a clear and ambitious strategy that drives our vision to continue being the most admired home care company. This strategy consists of three main pillars: where to play, how to win, and fuel for growth. We have the strength of some amazing Brands within the BU and look forward to talent like you joining our team to make this journey a memorable one!

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are passionate for High Performance, with your Purpose keen to deliver Consumer Love, launching great mixes with less environmental impact, then this role is just for you! You will lead innovations and operational excellent projects, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

The job will lead the R&D interventions for product development in innovation, cost efficiency projects including formulation development, product claims generation and substantiation, knowledge-based product selling material creation & development.

• Understanding of the consumers needs and coming up with new ideas to translate these to actionable improvements in all category platforms.
• Participating in Project Management Meetings for product innovations together with multi functional teams to share inputs for the R&D tasks throughout project life cycle.
• Lead formulation work-stream in innovation & cost efficiency projects and product superiority program to deliver formulation changes that meets consumer and brand requirements, which are safe, compliant with country specific regulations and compatible with packaging & supply chain.
• Screen and assess enabling technologies together with Global R&D counterparts based on product performance and product quality data to identify formulation routes according to given product action standards.
• Ensure product artworks such as product claims, usage instructions, caution statements, ingredient lists are prepared according to country specific regulations and Unilever guidelines.
• Collaborate with suppliers and Unilever Procurement to source new or alternative raw materials to meet formulation requirements.
• Work together with Supply Chain and Quality teams to give R&D support for consumer product complaints and factory quality problems.
• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities according to business needs.
• Lead Product claim co-creation process together with Consumer Insight and Brand teams. Ensure these product claims are substantiated via providing required technical data and compliant with country specific legal and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborating with Universities and 3rd Parties for performance/analytical tests, claim endorsements to deliver business needs.
• Being Knowledge Based Selling (KBS) Champion in Home & Hygiene Category to ensure KBS program is aligned with Brand Teams, developed according to business priorities and presented in various internal / external platforms.    
• Close coordinatizations with Global R&D teams to ensure smooth deployment of Big Bet projects according to business plans.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• Working experience in R&D at least for two years. (Preferably in FMCG)
• Project Management experience in R&D.

Skills

• Formulation chemistry – understanding of ingredients, ability to modify and manipulate formulations
• Product claims generation, definition and substantiation
• Good Verbal/Written Communication Skills in English
• Working with people with Multicultural Backgrounds
• Multi Tasking ability
• Ability to work independently with Cross-functional team members
• Analytical Thinking
• Creativity
• Digital and Data Skills

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• 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. 

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.