Senior Manufacturing Manager, Fatty Acids & Hydrogenation

Unilever; Kota Medan ᯔᯩᯑᯉ᯲; On-site; IDR 1,200,000,000 - 1,800,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever in Medan, Indonesia seeks a Manufacturing Manager for Fatty Acid 2 and Hydrogenation to oversee safety, quality and efficiency on site. You will lead cross-functional teams to meet production targets, manage budgets, and drive continuous improvements while ensuring regulatory compliance and strong stakeholder collaboration.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Engineering with 8+ years in manufacturing or oleochemicals, deep process knowledge, and proven leadership, communication, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in manufacturing or oleochemicals.
• Strong knowledge of process engineering, maintenance and SHE standards.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Halal, Kosher, GMP and Unilever Safety Standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with quality, food safety, environmental, occupational health and safety, and process-safety requirements.
• Stop plant operations in emergencies and lead incident response, reporting, mitigation, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate across departments to achieve production volume and capacity-utilization targets and meet delivery schedules.
• Control raw materials, operating conditions, repairs, product quality, yield, losses, waste, and utility efficiency.
• Establish workforce plans, work assignments, and performance expectations for the production team.
• Build team capability through training, coaching, mentoring, and competency-development plans.
• Review production, quality, and employee performance; implement improvements, recognition, discipline, and career plans.
• Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe workplace and review environmental and safety impact assessments.
• Make timely operational decisions to prevent accidents, equipment damage, and production downtime.
• Prepare and manage operating budgets, control conversion costs, and lead profitability improvements.
• Deliver zero accidents, 100% product compliance, no contamination or customer complaints, and budgeted production, cost, yield, and loss targets.

Skills

Process engineering

Maintenance management

SHE standards

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Unilever in Medan, Indonesia seeks a Manufacturing Manager for Fatty Acid 2 and Hydrogenation to oversee safety, quality and efficiency on site. You will lead cross-functional teams to meet production targets, manage budgets, and drive continuous improvements while ensuring regulatory compliance and strong stakeholder collaboration.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Engineering with 8+ years in manufacturing or oleochemicals, deep process knowledge, and proven leadership, communication, and