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Factory manager

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Unilever
Factory manager
Posted: 9 July
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Description

Job Title: Factory Manager

Department: Manufacturing

Function: Supply Chain

Work Location: PAN India

Main Job Purpose:

The Factory Manager is responsible for operating Factory as per agreed standards.

S/he leads manufacturing activities in the factory to achieve desired service levels on time. The Factory Director delivers site targets following the supply chain and category strategies including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE. Make factory future fit by building the capabilities of Digital, UMS and ongoing upskilling of employees at all levels.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Deploy and deliver to annual plan and financial results including targets on service, costs (Net productivity), productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE

2. Recommend long term site strategic plans to the BU Category and Supply Chain teams

3. Lead site to develop and implement continuous improvement plans to deliver site targets – manufacturing performance management

4. Manage and deliver the site’s financial results: annual budgets, Sourcing Unit Result, conversion costs and create programmes to deliver financial results

5. Engage and facilitate the implementation of innovations on site, for products, ways of working, service models and supply chain models

6. Propose, agree with Category Technology and implement the necessary capital investments to meet the planned production requirements, safety, environmental and cost targets

7. Pursue a site long term plan, including restructuring, re-engineering and retrofitting as agreed by VP SC Category; prioritize and plan resources development and deployment

8. Ensure that the technical standards of all manufacturing and non-manufacturing fixed assets are maintained. Enable the factory operation to achieve high level of Customer Service at optimal cost

9. Drive UMS activities

10. Drive Digital and other Future fit capabilities to drive improvements.

11. Create diverse and inclusive environment for the factory ecosystem.

12. Co-ordinate and direct the factory and co-packer operations to achieve the agreed production plans at the specified product quality with optimum labour, energy and materials utilization

13. Ensure Working Capital management systems are effectively used and deliver inventory targets set with Regional Category Planning Directors and Regional Supply Management Directors

14. Co-ordinate and direct the quality management in line with QA system and ISO 9000 procedures

15. Lead HR policy deployment and implementation on sites, including management of employee relations.

16. Ensure effective local stakeholder management and community issues aligned with Unilever policies

17. Guard and ensure the application of all Unilever Policies and governance requirements.

18. Lead on initiatives and projects aiming for sites integration and collaborative work along the extended supply chain

19. Be the statutory head of factory where there is a legal separation

Experience Required:

ESSENTIAL

20. 10-12 Years experience in Supply Chain (Manufacturing/Technology, SHE, Quality are must, additionally Plan, R&D an advantage)

PREFERRED

21. FMCG experience

Travel: As per job/site requirements

Contacts

Internal:

22. All SC Departments in Unilever

23. CD / BB Team/Finance Department

24. BU Teams (R&D/ SC/SM)

25. HR / Legal/ Corporate Affairs

26. Unilever factories and MSO’s

External:

27. Material Suppliers

28. Engineering, Utility and Equipment Suppliers, Contractors

29. 3PL Suppliers, Co-Packers

30. Trade Unions

31. Local Authorities

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