Unilever Site Quality Lead

Site Quality Lead

Unilever

Negotiable

On-site - Manila3-5 Yrs ExpBachelorFull-time

Description

Function: Site Quality Leader

Scope: Cavite Foods Site

Location: General Trias, Cavite

Terms & Conditions : Full time position, on site

About Unilever

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. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, 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.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Site Quality Leader plays an important role to embed and influence quality in innovations, renovations, operations (factory and support function – including laboratory) and improvement of the Cavite Foods Site.

The main responsibility is to define quality requirements relevant to the model, co-create process and ways-of-working, provide technical support; as well as influence that applicable Unilever quality and innovation frameworks and tools are being followed (such as risk assessment and risk mitigation, building in consumer feedback and learnings from previous projects, launch monitoring plans, post-launch evaluations, hygienic assessment, statistical analysis)

The Site Quality Leader will interface with all relevant functions and areas (incl. Marketing, R&D, Legal, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Sourcing Units, Planning, Receiving Units, Procurement, local, regional, and global Quality teams) to guarantee alignment and engagement in all quality related activities.

Main Responsibilities

Understanding customer needs and requirements to develop effective quality processes and programs for the Cavite Foods Site
Managing supply partners program and monitoring their compliance
Ensure adherence to external Food Safety, Quality and legal compliances of the site.
Supervise site quality function and provide guidance and feedback
Be on the lookout for opportunities for improvement and develop new efficient procedures. Digitization is key integration requirement of any focus improvement agenda.
Factory Quality Strategy Development
WCM/UMS Q pillar strategy
Q CAPEX strategy
Promote Quality Culture in all site

Key Expectations

Provide quality inputs for business decision making forums.
Supports Unilever Quality strategy, governance and goals through specific projects and targets.
Define and implement end to end quality requirements for new business models and new channels.  Responsible for quality management of Cavite Foods Site innovations, renovations and savings projects and products for Unilever sourcing units and External Partners (such as Licensees, on site Repackers, and others)
Support roll out of new Brands or Categories / portfolios by partnering with Brand, R&D and Supply Chain, embedding Quality requirements to ensure Consumer Safety and Satisfaction.
Provide overall quality coaching and upskilling to other teams involved in the Site Operations [e.g. Research & Development, Planning, Operations, etc].
Coach and support project leaders on risk management for Innovation, renovation and savings projects; including risk identification, mitigation/contingency plan, recommendation, follow ups and communication to stakeholders
Provide support on continuous improvement for innovation framework and tools on mergers and acquisitions and different business models
Identify and transfer “Best Practices “and “Lessons learned” ensuring repeat / occurrence on site is early mitigated and preventive actions generated.
Support and drive Incident Root Cause analysis.
Facilitate quality data analysis related to projects and innovations [e.g.post-launch evaluation, consumer feedback, product inspections]. Ad hoc monitoring, analysis, and reporting of other data to identify potential problems/trends.

Education: Degree level, in a Science (Chemistry, Microbiology, Foods Science), or Engineering discipline

PROFILE

Ability To Influence Other Groups Or Functions.

Managing own workload and project planning. Must be able to take leadership on certain activities.
Flexibility and ability to adapt to different situations.
Openness to experimentation, new tools and digitalization
Flexibility and willingness to support several categories and/or capabilities if needed.
Problem solving and continuous improvement processes
Project Management
HACCP, GMP, ISO, Hygiene, allergen management

Desirable Experience In The Following Areas

Auditing skills
Statistical data analysis skills
Managing supplier issues and Quality systems
Customer / consumer complaint management

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

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.

Requirements

Please refer to job description.

Quality ControlAttention To DetailProblem SolvingCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsProcess ImprovementDocumentation SkillsTeam CollaborationFood Safety Regulations