Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.

Our Supply Chain teams play a vital role in getting our goods to consumers; from sourcing raw materials to manufacturing and delivering the end product. You could be finding a new way to get 12,000 litres of ice cream across the desert without it melting; or designing a more efficient distribution network to enable us to store and deliver our products sustainably to our customers. Our Global Supply Chain includes approximately 100,000 employees who work with over 70,000 suppliers and 1.5 million farmers.  We manage a logistics network that transports across a distance of over 1.5 billion km a year.  

In the UK & Ireland, we are home to the production of PG Tips, Magnum, Pot Noodle, Persil and many more. Looking forward, we want to embrace the digital revolution in order to build a more agile, integrated and synchronized Supply Chain. ​Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world and see the true impact that you’re having in the work you do. There’s always a new challenge to tackle and our people have the opportunity to make a big impact every day on a local level, across Europe and the world. 

JOB PURPOSE

The FI Project Leader will provide guidance, leadership and coaching in terms of both Factory Improvements theory, and its practical application. They will ensure that a PDCA approach is understood and followed across site, that RCA is correctly identified, and tools correctly deployed with this framework (5W1H, PPA, WHY-WHY etc). This will entail working closely with engineers and pillar leaders from the different departments/pillars (Q, PM, Ops etc), and supporting them with their strategy, application, and delivery of FI. In addition, they will lead a number of their own improvement projects throughout the year.

Key Accountabilities

• Identifies productivity and cost improvement opportunities and keep others accountable to increase manufacturing capacity
• Ensure the logic of WCM and CI is followed in the calculation of consumption of raw materials and packaging for the manufacture of semi-finished and finished products and analysis of deviations
• Support and partner pillar leaders and functional heads in driving a consistent approach to FI, loss reduction and their individual pillar strategies.
• Working alongside the Operations Managers and WCM&FP Manager, continuously develop a Process Engineering function fit for purpose.
• Lead or support cross-functional major or advanced kaizens, including the training and upskilling of other team members and operational teams
• Successful achievement of performance targets, through loss identification, leading kaizens or supporting kaizens, in the following areas:
• Energy Usage Reduction
• Raw & Pack Waste Elimination
• Non-Value Added Activities Elimination
• Changeover Time Reduction
• Minor Stoppages Eliminatinon
• Quality Incident (A,B,C,D) Reduction
• Ensure the horizontal roll-out of improvements to all relevant areas once they have been proven to be of benefit in the initial application
• Lead by example in the application of the 7 WCM tools and working in accordance with the 7 WCM principles.
• Ensure the application of the full set of WCM methods and tools to identify root causes, define countermeasures and validate their effectiveness to prevent reoccurrence across site kaizens.
• Lead and develop the use of advanced analytical tools in focussed improvements – High-Speed Camera, 3-D printer, advanced tools etc

ALL ABOUT YOU

• Technical knowledge on the technologies and processes of Aerosol and Roll-On manufacturing
• Understanding of the material (pack and FG) characteristics and its interactions with other elements and machines
• Analytical skills
• Understanding Lean Manufacturing theory and application
• Understanding of FI tools and CI processes
• Excel and digital tool skills
• SPC experience
• MTM understanding and application

ADVANCED:

• Technical knowledge on the technologies and processes of Aerosol and Roll-On manufacturing
• Mechanical/Electrical skilled Engineer
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Process Safety
• Industrial Engineering

WHAT WE OFFER

Not only do we offer a competitive salary, but also our pension scheme, the opportunity for a local annual bonus, a staff shop and shares. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and agile environment. We strive to achieve a family-friendly culture and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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.