Foods Head of Engineering Latam

Function: Supply Chain

Scope: LATAM

Location: Bosques, Mexico City

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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.

This is an exciting opportunity to Lead the Engineering & Technology, Manex & Digital and Sustainability Vision of Foods BU in LATAM within the context of the E2E Supply Chain. Coordinating the research and identification of potential new solutions for process, pack and digital innovation in the context of future factory transformation. Working collaboratively, this role will identify the capability to make a step change in current Operations and where possible, create new operating capability.

This role will be the “Face of Innovation”, this role will ensure prioritization in line with strategic objectives of the Foods BU to ensure coordination of technology deployment and alignment with Master Plans. Critical to the role is a broad network of internal and external contacts and the capability to leverage strategic partners. Key activities will include organizing Solution Bootcamps, Hackathons, Design Workshops, Tech Surveys, and other such events that will catalyze innovation. This role is responsible for MANEX, Digital and Sustainability projects for LATAM Foods.

If you are an innovative and passionate individual with proven leadership abilities for creating great impact on the supply chain environment, then we would love to hear from you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

We are looking for a strong, results driven Engineering Director. As a Supply Chain Leader you will manage and improve the performance of our technical teams alongside being responsible for the day to day operational running of our world leading engineering function for Foods BU in LATAM region.

You will have technical expertise gained through deep experience of engineering project execution. Furthermore, a technical background (from design and / or factories and/or R&D processing engineering and construction) coupled with, control and execute all BU Foods CAPEX, strong design skills, excellent leadership skills and the ability to operate and collaborate in a global network. You will be able to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of stakeholders, some of whom may not have a technical background. Besides that, this position is responsible for MANEX agenda for LATAM Foods factories and all sustainability roadmap projects for this category. It is a very robust and complete position that seats on Latam Supply Chain leadership team.

• Drive Digital & Automation evolution agenda through Technology & Engineering (T&E) projects related with sustainability goals for the Foods BU in LATAM.
• Drives the technological journey to achieve the Unilever and Foods Sustainability goals such as; Plastic reduction, Zero Carbon Operations, Waste Elimination, etc.
• Drive Manex Agenda to improve CPT reduction year over year.
• Provide strategic planning leadership by setting strategies and priorities based upon anticipation and application of industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Lead the cluster of Technology & Engineering (T&E) teams, as per core design guidelines from global, construction, and project management to local teams.
• Analyze processes and systems, to identify and recommend improvements, and execute changes to improve efficiency and performance.
• Establish a network of collaboration with LATAM & Global Network to continuously improve factory performance from engineering perspective in line with factory master plans.
• Lead the UMS agenda for all the direct and indirect sites for Foods LATAM.
• Provide guidance to the site maintenance engineering teams.
• Support the upskilling of employees with divisional manufacturing technology.
• Lead the management of CAPEX budget in an efficient way, and support & lead automation projects through the technical expertise (with sustainability mindset, reinforcing our commitment)
• Lead engineering community across regions whilst managing external relationships with vendors, contractors, and consultants. 
• Ensure timely input to key site Master Plans, ensuring clear targets, derived from agreed PoCs

Experiences & Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

•  Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant field;
• Extensive experience in Project Management, Maintenance, Sustainability, Manufacturing or Manufacturing Excellence;
• Strong leadership skills in line with Unilever’s Standards of Leadership;
• Experience of change management;
• Influencing skills;
• WCM experience;
• Advanced/Fluent English.

Desirable Requirements:

• Strong senior leadership experience;
• Foods Category Experience;
• Advanced/Fluent Portuguese;
• Previous experience in Regional Roles.
• Previous experience as Factory Leader – Supply Leader;

Skills

• Strategic and hands on mindset, someone that is proactive and can thrive in an ambiguous environment.
• With previous experience and strong technical background of performance excellence, process safety, pack and digital technologies.
• A person that drives collaboration across Unilever, together with a global network of Partners, external networks, industry associations, universities, and research organizations. 
• Who stay abreast of changing technology and environmental landscape globally through external networks, industry associations, universities, and NGOs. And search for benchmark other industry performance to ensure Unilever takes advantage of best available technology.
• A professional with a technical background in engineering, modelling, and data analysis.
• Ability to influence strategic deliverables in a widely matrixed organization and with senior executives and to manage multiple requests and priorities simultaneously.
• Talent to identify new ways of working and business models and influence strategic objectives including inclusivity and diversity.
• An inspirational leader that supports others to generate new ideas.

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.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates 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.