Section Lead

Unilever PLC; Cavite City; On-site; PHP 670,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever PLC is seeking a Section Lead for the BWPC Factory, Gateway, Cavite (Onsite). The role focuses on managing operations of the section to achieve safety, quality, service, waste, and cost targets.

Responsibilities include ensuring high output reliability, developing autonomous teams, coordinating production activities, and driving continuous improvement through UMS/R2S and digitalization projects.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in manufacturing or production environments.
• Ability to drive safety, quality, and cost metrics.
• Experience with change management and process improvements.
• Strong communication and collaboration across departments.
• Familiarity with GMP/SHE standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure minimum 95% output reliability and optimize productivity for agile, reliable service.
• Build and deploy agile work systems that empower autonomous teams.
• Coordinate all production activities within the section to meet schedule.
• Drive adoption of UMS and R2S methodologies and best practices.
• Lead autonomous maintenance and cost, OEE, and waste improvement initiatives.
• Provide coaching and training to develop team capabilities.
• Lead cross-functional projects to reduce losses and drive efficiency.
• Support digitalization projects to automate and improve data accuracy.

Skills

People management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder liaison

Team leadership

Continuous improvement

Job description

Job Title: Section Lead

**Location: BWPC Factory, Gateway, Cavite (Onsite)

ABOUT UNILEVER

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. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

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 passionate about people, business and operations then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Reporting to the BW-PC Sourcing Unit Manager, the Production Manager will be responsible for the total management of operations of his/her section in the BW-PC Cavite site, ensuring that key business metrics such as Safety, Quality, Service, Waste, and Cost are achieved.

As the Section Lead:

• Ensure min 95% output reliability and achieve best-in-class productivity to deliver agile and reliable service.
• Build and develop agile work systems that engage, empower, and motivate employees towards a highly autonomous work culture.
• Coordinate all production activities in the plant through the section.
• Ensures integration of UMS and R2S methodology and strategy as well as facilitation of best-proven practice in the factory.
• Drive autonomous-based maintenance of equipment.
• Achieve desired production costs, OEE, waste, etc. for his/her section
• Provide coaching and training for teams to drive capability development.
• Eliminate Waste and Loss according to the UMS prioritization process using AM, PM, FI and QC pillar tools and methodologies working with trinity and other pillars
• Create Technical and Process Standards to ensure process stability on the line.
• Train line crews on technical and process standards, and restoration of basic conditions (Stability sustainability).
• Identify and extend good practice to other lines.
• Application and accuracy of MMP Code data.
• Loss analysis & top loss elimination using UMS tools.
• Communicate the meaning behind data and the losses it pertains to.
• Deliver savings in accordance with a cross-functional glidepath.
• Lead projects and initiatives towards long term improvements for reducing losses, waste, NVAA, and other inefficiencies.
• Initiate and support digitalization projects aimed to provide automations to eliminate human intervention, increase data accuracy and visibility, optimize workflow processes, and allow for an interconnected factory system.

Experiences & Qualifications

• Preferably with 1-3 years of manufacturing leadership experience
• Fresh grads with active org leadership experience are welcome to apply
• Must fully understand and enforce SHE standards and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
• Must be able to effectively manage conflict while creating an inclusive work environment
• Preferably with experience in manufacturing equipment, concepts, and regulations
• Preferably with leadership experience in WCM/UMS, R2S
• Preferably with strong experience in change management
• Must clearly understand how operational performance ties to financials and be able to deliver cost-based objectives

Skills

• You must be a strong people manager/person : You must be prepared to lead all members of the site to success.
• You must use your strategic thinking skills : You will ensure that the manufacturing process delivers its required output at maximum efficiencies as planned. You will formulate short-term and long-term manufacturing strategies, together with the Sourcing Unit Manager.
• You are a teacher and a student : Participate in regional site meetings and work with the PC network to share/gain best practice for implementation within site.
• You are a dot connector : Liaison with all key stakeholders (departments) to ensure full alignment with production schedule and key production milestones including QA, R&D, Engineering, HR, Planning, & Logistics.
• You love to win and have fun doing it : This role is critical to ensuring engagement between departments, with an emphasis on Safety/Quality collaboration. Develop and invest in people.

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.