Home Care Collaborative Manufacturing, 5S & ManEx Lead

Company: Unilever

Location: London

Posted: April 11th, 2026

Home Care Collaborative Manufacturing, 5S & ManEx Lead

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Job Title: Home Care Collaborative Manufacturing, 5S & Manufacturing Excellence Lead

Location: 100VE

Work-Level: 3X

Travel: Up to 40%

Job Purpose

Home Care is a €12B Turnover Business Group, including some of our most iconic brands like OMO, Persil, Surf, Comfort, Domestos and Sunlight.

Home Care Supply Chain is a lean organization, re-wired for speed and agility. A Lean, Agile and Digital Supply Chain is an integral part of the Home Care Business Group strategy to create a Bright Future, through improved innovation execution, margin delivery, an efficient asset base and the capabilities enabled by great people and technology – our Net Productivity Programme. As part of this programme, Home Care Supply Chain supports factories in continuous improvement efforts, directly impacting production costs and unlocking speed and competitiveness. And Home Care Collaborative Manufacturing, 5S & ManEx team has an instrumental role in achieving this target through interacting closely with all HC BUs as well as various global areas which support GM enhancement.

This Involves

Innovation: Constantly seeking new ways to enhance processes and products.
Agility: Being able to adapt quickly to changes in the market and operational environment.
Digital Transformation: Leveraging digital tools and technologies to streamline operations and improve efficiency.

Home Care Collaborative Manufacturing, 5S & ManEx Lead Will Lead The Strategy For Home Care CMs Globally; Develop And Deploy The Digital Strategy In The Key Factories, Create And Deploy The Advanced Checklist And Training Material For UMS. Deploy The Foundation Assessments To The Key 16 Factories Globally In Home Care And Represent SC In The 5S Programme. And Will Support HC Factories On Delivering Its Targets By Unlocking Savings Through

Owning the HC 5S Programme for all Supply Chain pillars: Production, Logistics and CMs.
Continuously developing the Collaborative Manufacturing strategy which aims to reset the cost base and deliver innovations.
Leading and conducting the UMS agenda with the factories, including UMS Assessments.
GVS – Global Virtual Site – Global Leader.
Digital Strategy lead for Home Care globally.
Cross BG: responsible for constantly reviewing the Foundation Checklist and Training Materials, creating the Advanced Tier which encompasses the Advanced Checklist and

Training Materials, HR4F and global reward programme.

This requires an outstanding understanding of the end-to-end supply chain and key supply chain KPIs. A very good knowledge of systems and processes is also required.

Responsibilities

Lead the 5S Core Meetings, Steering Committee and 5S Workshop once a year.
Make sure the 5S savings are clearly linked to the Net Productivity Programme.
Keep up to date and deploy the CM strategy supporting the BUs on consolidation, internalisation and facilitating the launch of innovations.
Monthly connections with the BUs to discuss CM plans and make sure Safety and Quality fundamentals are in place.
Coordinate the team to make sure the CM Pillar withing the 5S Programme is connected to the savings delivered by the BUs.
Lead the CM council making sure the external areas have a common place with the CM team to align possible conflicts in the strategy and in the approach with the BUs.
Represent HC CM in the cross BG Forum where communalities are aligned and project Mesh* is discussed.
Put into action the HC Digital strategy making sure the key digital initiatives are deployed and implemented in the 16 biggest factories
Top lead the monthly Digital calls with the top factories making sure the capex and benefits are correctly collected.
Lead the Digital governance with Digital and Tech area and the Chief SC Product Officer.
Lead the cross-BG Council on UMS.
Perform the UMS assessments in the most relevant factories for HC.
Facilitate the GVS approach, meetings and best practices sharing.
Project which aims to integrate CMs and Unilever system wise, giving full visibility and eliminating current risks on quality and service.

Experience

ALL ABOUT YOU

Required: Solid experience in Supply Chain including a leadership role in a factory as Factory Director. Planning and/or Strategic Planning experience.
Preferably: Logistics and Engineering experience.

Skills And Qualifications

Interpersonal Skills: Strong relationship skills.
Teamwork: Ability to work in teams.
P&L Understanding: Clear understanding of P&L.
Stakeholder Management: Capacity to manage senior stakeholders.
Language: Fluent in English.
Cultural Understanding: Respect different cultures.

NOTES

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever-changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience.

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Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Distribution and Supply Chain
Industries
Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Food and Beverage Services

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