Engineering Manager for Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care

Unilever; Danauindah; On-site; USD 30.000 - 50.000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care divisions based in Cikarang, Indonesia. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, manage complex engineering challenges, and contribute to business growth. This role requires a collaborative mindset, a passion for innovation, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience as an engineering manager.
• Experience in FMCG handling beauty or personal care products is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering projects from concept to implementation.
• Oversee maintenance for operational efficiency and compliance.
• Collaborate with R&D and marketing on innovation projects.

Skills

Good communicator

Stakeholder management

Structural thinking

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering-related field

Job description

Engineering Manager for Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care

Unilever is currently hiring for B&W and PC Engineering Managerbased inCikarang, West Java, Indonesia

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Job Purpose

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are an Engineering talent who thrives on thinking creatively to develop competitive edge technology, is eager to tackle highly complex challenges, passionate about grooming engineering talent, and driven to contribute directly to business growth, then this role is just for you!

Main Responsibilities

The role leads development and execution of strategies to enhance product offerings and optimize manufacturing processes to deliver additional value to business. This includes managing engineering projects from concept to implementation, integrating new technologies, and improving production systems for efficiency and quality. The manager also overseesmaintenance ensuring equipment is regularly serviced and operational and utility continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include asset maintenance, continuous improvement, collaborating with R&D, marketing, and production teams to manage innovation, asset maintenance and ensuring effective – cost efficient- and high-quality operations. The manager develops preventive maintenance schedules as per Unilever Manufacturing System (UMS), troubleshoot equipment issues, and ensure compliance with regulations. Additionally, they prepare reports on project progress and innovation initiatives, while mentoring and fostering a creative, collaborative engineering team.

The role also has to drive factory masterplan, building new edge capability for supply agility to support the business growth

Candidate Criteria

Experience & Qualification

Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in engineering-related field

Preferred experience min 3 years as engineer manager, handling various technology complexity

Experience in other FMCG company which handle beauty or personal care productswould be an advantage

Skill

Good communicator and stakeholder management

Structural and strong analytical thinking

Leadership

You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your teamdeliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

You are still responsible for your own results and as a team leader, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

PERSONAL MASTERY: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own wellbeing and resilience.

CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.Inspires powerful teamwork and collaboration, connecting people for better results.

Note: Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment journey. If you require any support to complete your application or any subsequent stage throughout your recruitment journey with us at Unilever, then please specify how we may be able to assist you.

Additional Information

The role is based in factory located in Cikarang, West Java. Local hire and permanent.

Please be aware if you are applying for this role, we require you to have working rights in the country where the role will based in. If successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity 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. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

Chemicals & Plastics Manufacturing 101-1,000 employees

PT. Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia (UOI) was established on January 3rd, 2012 and is wholly owned by Unilever Netherland.

UOI is one of the biggest Olechemical factories in the world and has been built on an area of 18 hectares, located in Special Economic Zone (KEK) Sei Mangkei, Blok M, N, R, S Huta VI District of Bosar Maligas, Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia, where 30% of equipment manufacturers using domestic products, the plant is designed to process CPKO (Crude Palm Kernel Oil) and 95% of the products will be used by Unilever factories around the world.

PT. Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia (UOI) was established on January 3rd, 2012 and is wholly owned by Unilever Netherland.

UOI is one of the biggest Olechemical factories in the world and has been built on an area of 18 hectares, located in Special Economic Zone (KEK) Sei Mangkei, Blok M, N, R, S Huta VI District of Bosar Maligas, Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indonesia, where 30% of equipment manufacturers using domestic products, the plant is designed to process CPKO (Crude Palm Kernel Oil) and 95% of the products will be used by Unilever factories around the world.