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UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR A DIGITAL QUALITY SPECIALIST ICE CREAM – EUROPE BUSINESS UNIT
Location: Weena, Rotterdam – the Netherlands
Full-time
Local conditions apply
INTRODUCTION
Happy People, Happy Planet, Winning Smiles
With over 100 years of experience in delivering smiles, we plan to continue this for many more years to come, with our people and planet first.
We have 35 brands, including 3 one billion Euro brands, in over 60 countries. All driven to spread happiness through indulgent yet responsibly made/marketed products. Taking care of our 3 C's, Cabinets, Cows, and Cocoa.
As the largest ice cream company in the world, we have over 100 years of experience in spreading joy and happiness.
Are you ready to be part of our Ice Cream Business and spreading the joy with us?
MAIN JOB PURPOSE
The Ice Cream Quality Specialist plays a key role embedding and influencing quality in the European Business Unit, working alongside the cross-functional and leadership teams as well as quality teams from other business units and business groups.
The main responsibility is E2E quality, providing direction and leadership that drives a positive, consumer-focused quality improvement culture. In addition, it supports digitalization throughout the manufacturing sites, transformation programs and suppliers in a truly collaborative Quality partnership.
The Digital Quality Specialist is data driven and digital person that co-creates processes and ways-of-working for the Business Unit and takes the lead on initiatives to improve Quality Culture.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?
Support Unilever Quality and Business Unit strategy, governance and goals through specific improvement programs and targets focusing on digital transformation agenda.
Influence quality culture. Positively support consumer centric quality culture and its deployment across and through other functions within the business.
Partner with the business unit on initiatives to improve Product superiority.
Proactive, structured engagement in management of change to help with the identification and action plan creation for preventing and/or mitigating potential threats.
Provide quality inputs and recommendations for decision making forums, following risk-based approach.
Support Quality and Business Unit digitalization strategy, including QA relevant Digital tools, translate business need to functional requirement for the tools, and coordinate roll-out & implementation.
Use and analyze Quality data to drive insights, improvements, and to help shape the Quality strategy for the Business Unit with specific focus on SU and Suppliers.
Support Manufacturing, Country, and Business Unit in managing Consumer Safety, Legal or other incidents.
Work with all relevant functions on the identification and transfer of “Best Practices” and “Lessons Learned” across the organization (within BU, BG and region)
Provide overall quality coaching, upskilling, and quality trainings in own areas of competence.
Coordinate EU Quality Pillar as part of the newly launched UMS Program.
Define with project team, project success criteria in line with fulfilling customer and consumer needs, while taking into consideration other business targets
Ensure that Unilever Quality Management System and Quality Digital Agenda is followed by Business Unit in his/her area of scope.
Support change management to existing and new manufacturing sites through activities that assure quality/hygienic control processes are in place and operating efficiently.
Help to define manufacturing quality required improvements and priorities across manufacturing sites through Business units.
Provide support on continuous improvement and/or the co-creation of new quality framework, procedures, processes, and tools in his/her area of scope.
Displays flexibility by supporting other BU Quality roles if required.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Preferably, University degree in general sciences or technical discipline (preferred: Food Process Engineering, Food Science or Microbiology degree)
Minimum 3 years FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) business experience in Quality, R&D or Manufacturing
Experience in F&R, Digitalization, CapEx, Quality One, DVOC, BuildApp, PowerBI and UMS
- Fluent in English and availability to travel when required.
SKILLS YOU SHOULD HAVE
Digital project management and Program management
Flexibility to adapt to different situations and ways of working.
Flexibility to support other roles in BU quality if needed.
Great interpersonal relationships and strong team player
Ability to influence other groups or functions.
Digital Native, Analytical ability and Statistical Process Control
Problem solving and continuous improvement processes.
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?
Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!
Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.
Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office , you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.
Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
Home work allowance
Company laptop and mobile phone
Green Mobility Policy.
EXCITED?
Join Unilever and our team! To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV and a motivation letter. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.
Looking forward to meeting you!
Please note this is a Direct Search led by Unilever. Applications from agencies will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against.
By highlighting the gender diversity at the workplace, Unilever encourages women equally men to apply. If you look for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.
NOTES:
Please save a copy of this vacancy for personal use as it will disappear from the website after closing of the role. Deadline for applying is at 23.59 the day before the Job Posting End Date.
