Job Description

If you want to work for a global, leading Ice Cream player with 7.9bn Turn Over in 2023, come join Unilever Ice Cream! The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Ben & Jerrys, Breyers, Magnum, Talenti, Popsicle, Good Humor, Klondike, and Yasso. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilevers other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As an Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent as we build our diverse and inclusive culture. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organization. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company.

Background & Purpose of the Job: The primary purpose of this job is to support the development and implementation of a UMS (Unilever Manufacturing System) program specific to Covington manufacturing operations. This is accomplished by providing support for the Business Unit and Pillar Team initiatives. It is imperative that individuals in this job demonstrate an uncompromising commitment to TPM principles. Individuals in this job will routinely interact with all levels of the organization to solicit support to ensure success of the UMS program.

What Youll Do:
Principal Accountabilities:
Plan and schedule UMS activities to include training, audits, meetings, improvement projects, etc. Communicate with support areas (management, engineering, maintenance, scheduling, etc.) to establish status and schedule of activities to secure appropriate support and ensure successful execution of plans.

Market and promote UMS. Assist in the training of teammates on UMS principles. Coach individuals regarding UMS methods and act as UMS resource to departments. Routinely lead teammates during small group activities.

Distribute scheduled UMS work and/or activities to employees per established UMS standards and/or initiatives. Monitor progress and performance to establish improvement of processes while maintaining or exceeding established safety, quality, and efficiency standards.

Assist in development and maintenance of documentation to support and promote UMS initiatives. This includes development and maintenance of activity boards, record-keeping, meeting minutes, presentations, operational studies, procedures, etc.

Job Skills:
Understand interaction of equipment and systems, to improve outputs, interpret data (SPC, graphs, charts, OEE), identify problems (5-Why Analysis, CAP-Do Cycle), and formulate proper decisions. Understand TPM principles and demonstrate a commitment to those principles.

Utilize computer software to communicate, analyze, and document TPM activities and develop training materials including Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills used in preparing presentations and One-Point-Lessons. Accurately interpret written and oral instructions and follow systematic instructions.

Superior facilitation, organizational, and presentation/delivery skills. Ability to clearly explain technical topics to operators in both a classroom and hands-on environment.

Excellent interpersonal relationship skills. Interact effectively with all organizational levels including TPM staff at other Unilever sites, educational professionals, and equipment suppliers. Motivate, energize, and foster team activities and relationships. Ability to resolve conflict.

Competencies:
Developing Self and Others: pursues opportunities to develop or enhance own experience and capabilities, evaluates what went well and what didnt and learns from these experiences, supports the development of colleagues.

Breakthrough Thinking: recognizes when a current opportunity or problem is similar to a previous one and uses the experience to help the current situation, is intellectually curious about new approaches to problems or opportunities, uses available information to aid problem solving.

Organizational Awareness: knows who the key players are and involves them as appropriate, uses own networks within the plant/business to get things done.

Change Catalyst: aligns own actions willingly with change initiatives and seeks to understand the rationale for the change, accepts change as the only way Unilever can grow and become more successful, constructively challenges in order to better understand the why, responds quickly to a change in priorities, has the courage to tell it like it is.

Team Leadership: clarifies individual and team roles and responsibilities, provides guidance on the team and individual behavior and takes the lead in developing solutions to business issues, handles personal and interpersonal issues effectively, acting to build the overall team spirit.

What Youll Need To Succeed:

Knowledge and skill requirements:

• Experience with direct continuous improvement activities including creation of training documents (OPLs, SOPs, etc) and development and coordination of kaizens/projects.
• Must have experience collecting, analyzing, and communicating data such as analysis of top losses and trends. PowerBI, Tableau, or other data visualization software experience is a plus.
• Must have experience successfully coordinating highly visible activities such as TPM audits and training.

Pay: The pay range for this position is $67,000 to $100,500. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

For more information about your Federal rights, please see and Pay Transparency Non discrimination Provision .

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accommodations@unilever.com . Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.

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