Unilever: Assistant Product Development Manager

• Delivery of the formulation technical mix elements defined in the product brief within category driven projects with a bias for action.
• Deliver strategic formulation insights to enhance category performance meeting external orientation & growth mindset objectives
• Plan and execute robustness testing, factory & pilot trials and measurement activities of formulation options
• Accurate recording, analysis and reporting of experimental data
• Contribute and/or lead in maintaining a fit-for-purpose experimental facility (laboratory, instruments, method development)
• In conjunction with Consumer Technical Insights Team, deliver consumer insights, product testing & claims/competitor challenges technical support demonstrating external orientation & growth mindset.
• Define technical specifications for materials & formulations with a growth mindset
• Provide Technical support to Supply Chain for launch, re-launch, and quality compliant management.
• Seek value improvement opportunities for category delivery.
• Align all aspects of formulation work to SHEQ & Regulatory & Unilever enabling systems requirements.
• Network effectively between local deploy and global category design teams to ensure relevance of the mix to the market.
• Lead technical project team through on time in full delivery of category projects as assigned; exhibiting real accountability, team alignment & leadership and bias for action.

• Must have a B.SC in any Science related field
• Minimum 2 years working experience within R&D with a focus on Formulation and Development
• Must have a passion for the Personal Care Category.

28th August 2013

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