Assistant Manager Manex

Unilever; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever is seeking an AM Manex for its Foods Factory in Lahore to lead Focused Improvement and Manufacturing Excellence initiatives. You will drive loss reduction using WCM tools and coach teams in problem solving across the site.

You will report to the Factory Head and coordinate cross-functional improvements, sustaining DMS governance and delivering cost savings through Kaizen and FI activities in a local scope.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in mechanical, electrical or chemical engineering.
• Experience in manufacturing in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company.
• Experience as a team member within a project management team with awareness of project management tools/techniques.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the site’s lead practitioner for Focused Improvement (FI), Kaizen, and Manufacturing Excellence (ManEx) methodologies, driving a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence across the sourcing unit.
• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to leaders, managers, and operators on World Class Manufacturing (WCM), problem-solving methodologies, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools to build organizational capability.
• Facilitate the identification, execution, and replication of best practices, ensuring effective knowledge sharing and lesson transfer across the site.
• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for site performance governance, overseeing the integrity, reporting, and management of key business and operational KPIs.
• Lead and coordinate performance improvement initiatives, including productivity enhancement, efficiency optimization and cost savings delivery.
• Drive governance and sustainment of the site’s Daily Management System (DMS), ensuring robust performance tracking, accountability, and timely escalation of issues.
• Support the development of the site’s strategic roadmap and ensure effective governance of strategic initiatives and transformation projects aligned with business objectives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities, remove performance losses, and accelerate operational excellence initiatives.
• Provide regular performance insights and recommendations to site leadership, ensuring proactive decision-making and sustained business results.

Skills

WCM Practitioner

Postgraduate engineering

FMCG experience

PM tools

Education

Postgraduate degree in mechanical/electrical/chemical engineering

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Job Description:

Unilever is currently hiring for AM Manex!

Function: Manufacturing Excellence

Work Level: WL1

Reports to: Factory Head

Scope: Local

Location: Foods Factory, Pernawan, Lahore

Terms & Conditions: Full Time

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

The person is responsible for the coherent application of WCM techniques across the sourcing unit. Working under the guidance of the site ManEx Manage, she/he will apply rigorous cost deployment to convert losses to cost using loss trees and associated tools. This analysis will support the prioritisation of equipment, training and process interventions (4Ms) to eliminate those losses identified.

The ManEx Coordinator for Site is the sourcing unit’s leading practitioner for Focussed Improvement activity and Kaizen. This involves the teaching of problem solving tools and their frameworks, as well as facilitating the application of best practice and sharing of lessons across the sourcing unit. The ManEx Coordinator provides Teaching, Coaching and Mentoring on WCM issues for all leaders and operators within the sourcing unit.

What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be

• Serve as the site’s lead practitioner for Focused Improvement (FI), Kaizen, and Manufacturing Excellence (ManEx) methodologies, driving a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence across the sourcing unit.
• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to leaders, managers, and operators on World Class Manufacturing (WCM), problem-solving methodologies, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools to build organizational capability.
• Facilitate the identification, execution, and replication of best practices, ensuring effective knowledge sharing and lesson transfer across the site.
• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for site performance governance, overseeing the integrity, reporting, and management of key business and operational KPIs.
• Lead and coordinate performance improvement initiatives, including productivity enhancement, efficiency optimization and cost savings delivery.
• Drive governance and sustainment of the site’s Daily Management System (DMS), ensuring robust performance tracking, accountability, and timely escalation of issues.
• Support the development of the site’s strategic roadmap and ensure effective governance of strategic initiatives and transformation projects aligned with business objectives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities, remove performance losses, and accelerate operational excellence initiatives.
• Provide regular performance insights and recommendations to site leadership, ensuring proactive decision-making and sustained business results.

What You Need To Succeed

Experiences & Qualifications

• WCM Practitioner – Experienced WCM Practitioner able to identify the key synergies between pillars and Teach, Coach and Mentor teams on the full range of continuous improvement and Quality Improvement tools.
• Post graduate level education in mechanical, electrical or chemical engineering.
• Experience of manufacturing in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company.
• Experience as a team member within a project Management team with an awareness of project management tools/techniques.

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.
• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. 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.
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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.

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