Oral Care Whitening Platform Leader

Unilever Brazil; Wirral; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Oral Care Whitening Platform Leader to lead innovation in whitening technologies for Oral Care products. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Chemistry and experience in the Personal Care sector. Responsibilities include managing projects, collaborating with R&D teams, and developing scientific insights. This role offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, and flexible working options in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Subsidised gym membership

Discounted staff shop

Shares

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry or related science discipline required.
• Experience leading innovation projects in Personal Care or Beauty sector.

Responsibilities

• Manage long-term whitening platform and technology innovation projects.
• Collaborate with R&D teams for innovative whitening measurements.
• Monitor and analyze academic and competitive landscape.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Project Management

Scientific Curiosity

Education

PhD in Chemistry

Job description

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: Oral Care Whitening Platform Leader

Location: Port sunlight

JOB PURPOSE

The Oral Care category aims to provide healthy mouths and beautiful smiles to 1 billion consumers daily. Unilever leads the market in key regions, offering significant growth potential through innovative brands with superior technology and consumer benefits.

The Whitening Consumer Benefits Platform Leader will be responsible for developing the use of whitening technologies and appearance measurements for Oral Care products. The ideal candidate will have a scientific background relevant to oral care and whitening/appearance with a record of delivering of technologies, insights and measurements to a FMCG business.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the longer-term whitening platform to meet future business, consumer requirements.
• Manage long-term technology innovation projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional R&D teams to identify and implement innovative whitening measurements and insights for funnel innovation projects.
• Establish and sustain relationships with externals, including academic groups and suppliers pertinent to whitening and appearance measurement.
• Develop personal scientific ability in areas pertinent to oral care whitening, such as tribology, appearance, and measurement.
• Monitor and analyse the academic and competitive landscape.
• Prepare and present project updates, reports, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain a pipeline of competitive intellectual property.

ALL ABOUT YOU

• PhD in Chemistry or a related science discipline. Expertise in application of hard tissue science, appearance measurement and/or tribology is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in leading innovation projects with a medium to long-term horizon within the Personal Care, Beauty, Wellbeing sector, or a comparable future-oriented technology team.

• Ability to collaborate with academic and supplier partners to use technologies, develop measurements, and ensure delivery.
• Able to communicate science and technology concepts to R&D and marketing teams.
• Effective communication and people skills for collaborating within cross-functional teams.
• Project management skills focusing on accountability, risk management and timely delivery.
• Knowledge of IP management.
• Experience in application of experimental design, statistics and modelling tools to guide innovation direction and decision making.
• Experience or knowledge of the principles of clinical trial design preferred.
• Passion for high performance, generates intensity and focus to motivate individuals and teams. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for delivery and results.
• Business Acumen: creates opportunities, engaging different partners to deliver their programme.
• Personal mastery: sets ambitious standards for themselves and others they collaborate with. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• Agility: able to pivot quickly and remove obstacles.
• Scientific curiosity is essential in this role.
  

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About Unilever

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 embrace diversity in our workforce. 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.We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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