Oral Care R&D Job Unilever – Apply Now!
Are you a chemical engineering expert ready to transform the future of oral care? Unilever is seeking an Innovation Process Expert to lead advanced R&D initiatives in Oral Care. Based in Mumbai, this role blends science, sustainability, and technology to drive innovations that reach billions of smiles worldwide.
- Job Position: R&D PC Oral Care Innovation Process Expert
- Job ID: R-18192
- Category: Research & Development
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
About Unilever
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Function Introduction
The Oral Care category, through its Billion Smiles Mission, strives to bring healthy teeth and beautiful smiles to 1 billion consumers every day. Unilever Oral Care is the market leader in the key markets in which it operates. The category represents a huge
growth opportunity for Unilever through investing in brands with superior technology and consumer-end benefits. As the Innovation Process Expert, you will create and implement processes for innovation and technologies for our core oral care brands. You will apply leading-edge chemical engineering skills, including digital tools and modelling, to identify and develop innovative manufacturing processes that deliver more sustainable, more cost-efficient, and superior consumer oral care technologies. This role will be based in India (Mumbai) and reports to the R&D PC Oral Care Group Leader, Innovation Formulation & Processing. Some local (within India) and occasional international travel is anticipated.Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop process engineering for the innovation funnel for PC Oral Care Global R&D Capabilities.
- Translate the category D&E business strategy into an R&D programme to deliver innovations, technologies, and manufacturing processes.
- Apply a deep understanding of chemical engineering and physical sciences to design and develop the processes for innovation and technology.
- Lead digitization of pilot plant processing and application of process modelling.
- Partner with the Supply Chain team to effectively implement innovations and new processes into sourcing units.
Key Skills
- Preferably a first degree in Chemical Engineering or a closely related discipline, with demonstrable evidence of creating and implementing new processes for semi-solid formats.
- Strongly preferred experience in Oral Care laboratory and pilot plant scale formulation and processing, including a deep understanding of engineering principles and underlying physical and colloid science.
- Experience in leading the development and application of digital tools and modelling to develop innovative process solutions that provide more straightforward, more cost-effective, and flexible processes.
- Good understanding of statistical tools and complex/extensive data analysis.
- Demonstrable ability to deliver technology and innovations in the context of multiple and evolving resource needs.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants 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.
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