Unilever
FactoryDirector
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“Factory Director at Unilever. Skills: Operations management, Strategic planning, Continuous improvement, Financial management. Operate factory as per agreed standards. Design manufacturing activities”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver all targets; Deliver product superiority
Industry & Context.
Continuous improvement
Travels occasionally, Welcome visitors & auditors
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8-10 Years experience in Supply Chain, Make/Technology experience, SHE experience, Quality experience, Plan experience
Nice to Have
FMCG experience
What You'll Do.
Operate factory as per agreed standards
Design manufacturing activities
Set up manufacturing activities
Lead manufacturing activities
Deliver financial results
Co-design site strategic plans
Recommend site strategic plans
Develop continuous improvement plans
Implement continuous improvement plans
Manage site financial results
Deliver site financial results
Create programmes for financial results
Engage innovation implementation
Facilitate innovation implementation
Propose capital investments
Agree capital investments
Implement capital investments
Pursue site long term plan
Prioritize resource development
Plan resource development
Plan resource deployment
Maintain technical standards
Enable factory operation
Achieve high customer service
Support UMS activities
Lead UMS Steering Committee
Coordinate factory production
Direct factory production
Achieve production plans
Achieve product quality
Optimize labour utilization
Optimize energy utilization
Optimize materials utilization
Coordinate quality management
Direct quality management
Lead HR policy deployment
Manage employee relations
Build momentum of people agenda
Build momentum of culture agenda
Promote speak up nature
Create psychological safety
Ensure effective local stakeholder management
Ensure community issues alignment
Guard application of Unilever Policies
Ensure application of governance requirements
Lead integration initiatives
Lead collaborative work initiatives
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Nutrition Supply Chain teams; Technology & Innovation teams; Engineering teams; Extended supply chain
Full Job Description
**Title: Factory Director Reporting into : Ji-Bo Yang Work Level: WL3X Location: Burton Factory** **About the role** Burton SU is Unilever’s Home of Iconic British Foods, manufacturing the well-known brands of Hellmann’s, Colman’s, Marmite and Bovril. The factory serves the local business, being the largest Unilever nutrition factory in UK, the unique UL manufacturer of Colman’s Condiments, Colman’s English Mustard, Marmite and Bovril, Pot Noodle Sachets. With over 200 employees highly committed, Burton is a fast-paced and demanding working environment, producing more than 45kTons a year, improving performance year on year. Key focus areas include people and culture, efficiency through optimisation & digitalisation, delivering improved safety standards and delivering product superiority for the UK condiment cell including Hellmann’s **Main Job Purpose:** The Factory Director is responsible for operating the factory as per agreed standards. S/he designs, sets up and leads manufacturing activities, following the supply chain and BU strategies, to deliver all targets including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE. **Key Accountabilities:** • Deploy and Deliver the annual plan and financial results including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and SHE • Co Design & Recommend long term site strategic plans (Masterplan) to the Nutrition Supply Chain teams. • Lead site to develop and implement continuous improvement plans to deliver site targets – manufacturing performance management. • Manage and deliver the site’s financial results: annual budgets, Sourcing Unit Result, conversion costs and create programmes to deliver financial results • Engage and facilitate the implementation of innovations on site, for products, ways of working, service models and supply chain models • Propose, agree with Technology & Innovation + Engineering teams and implement the necessary capital investments to meet the planned production
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