Manufacturing Director

Job Description : MANUFACTURING DIRECTOR GCC Work Location: United Arab Emirates Travel required: 30%-50%. Your Role: The Manufacturing Director Arabia & NAME is responsible for operating the Factories across Arabia as per agreed standards, as well as driving One Make and SC Digital agenda across the NAME MCO. S/he leads Arabia manufacturing activities to achieve desired service levels on time. S/he delivers site targets following the supply chain and category strategies including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation, supply planning and OSHE. The Manufacturing Director also has overall Make and SC Digital Docking responsibilities across the NAME MCO, leveraging capabilities, growth opportunities, and best practices. Your Responsibilities In Arabia · Lead and is responsible for 3 sizeable factories- operational efficiencies, quality and cost · Drive the Future-fit organisation for factories through Digital Transformation · Lead the WCM agenda across Arabia · Manage the sizeable 3PM Operations in Arabia (total of 10 3PM) · Drive the continuous pillar of the Armada Strategy (3-year SC strategy plan) · Ensure high output reliability and higher capacity utilization to enhance the competitive advantage of Arabia factories to compete effectively with the best-in-class competition · Enhance the profitability of factories through integrated optimized supply chain and future proofing of operations · Own operational budgets for the Factories and ensure delivery against the agreed budgets, covering all areas of spend on the site (People cost, energy, Maintenance, Materials usage…) · Work to find ways of reducing Raw Materials waste and organise the manufacturing teams optimally · Own annual and longer-term capital budgets and take responsibility for implementation of approved projects for the factories · Drive the Responsible automation & Employability agenda with HR business partners · Identify and develop opportunities, land agreed innovations through proper scale up · Lead and be responsible for SHE and Process Safety of operations, and develop strategic intervention plan to achieve highest standards of safety by design · Protect and build the reputation of the factories · Develop future technical leaders for robust and efficient Arabia operations and for wider Unilever operations by developing high performance, empowered teams · Drive the D&I agenda for shopfloor through lobbying with government bodies · Lead employee relations, ensuring high engagement levels Your Responsibilities In NAME · Make and SC Digital Docking responsibilities across the NAME MCO, leveraging capabilities, growth opportunities, and best practices. · Lead the development & sharing of best practices across the NAME Manufacturing network and work across silos to deliver the Make goals · Help develop and land Manufacturing best practices across NAME with regional/global teams · Drive an integrated strategy and operating framework for the NAME 3PM Operations (total of 16 3PM’s) · Acts as single point of contact for global and regional teams for the geography category matrix · Harmonize the innovation process across NAME SU’s Key Interfaces and relevant stakeholders for this role: · Directly Responsible for 3 sizable factories in Arabia (DPC, LJA and BUL), managing 3 senior Factory Managers · Docking Lead for Manufacturing NAME and SC Digital agenda Arabia & NAME · Engagement with MCO-level strategy and performance management forums · Reports to the VP Supply Chain Arabia & NAME Required Knowledge and Experiences: · At least 10 Years experience in a Supply Chain role (Manufacturing, OSHE, Quality are must) · Minimum 5 years working in a role leading a large manufacturing operation with a proven track record in Leadership · Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field · Experience leading in a team based environment · Experience in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) is strongly preferred. Who You Are: · You’re a born Leader: You thrive in manufacturing leadership environments and able to galvanize a team to deliver results and reach goals. · You’re a strategy Guru: You’re a person with a plan- able to create a long-term strategy plan, including run strategy, asset, and people; prioritize and plan resource development and deployment. · You’re a paradox Navigator: You thrive in complex problem solving, able to maximize the end-to-end supply chain and work with brand teams to deliver competitive growth through supply chain operations. · You’re a culture & change Champion: You have a pioneering spirit and a growth mindset- and can develop this in others. You are a believer in transformational change and able to bring people with you on the journey. You can build a winning culture through relationships and inspire others to deliver continuous improvement.

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