Manufacturing Excellence Lead – WCM & CI

Khanewal; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever is seeking an Assistant Manager – ManEx to drive World Class Manufacturing (WCM) across the sourcing unit. The role focuses on identifying and eliminating operational losses through cost deployment, loss-tree analysis, focused improvement, Kaizen, and other continuous improvement methodologies.

The successful candidate will train, coach, and mentor teams to strengthen problem-solving and manufacturing excellence capabilities.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate-level education in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering.
• Experienced WCM Practitioner with ability to work across WCM pillars.
• Strong knowledge of continuous improvement tools.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably FMCG.
• Experience working as part of a Project Management team.
• Ability to teach, coach, and mentor teams in WCM and continuous improvement practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead Focused Improvement (FI), Kaizen, and Manufacturing Excellence (ManEx) initiatives across the site.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Train, coach, and mentor leaders, managers, and operators on WCM and problem-solving methodologies.
• Apply root cause analysis and continuous improvement tools to identify and eliminate operational losses.
• Facilitate identification, implementation, and replication of best practices.
• Support knowledge sharing and transfer of lessons across the sourcing unit.
• Act as the SPOC for site performance governance.
• Monitor and manage key operational and business KPIs.
• Lead productivity, efficiency, performance improvement, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Drive governance and sustainment of the Daily Management System (DMS).
• Support the site's strategic roadmap and transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

WCM Practitioner

Focused Improvement

Kaizen

Root Cause Analysis

Problem Solving

Coaching & Mentoring

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Postgraduate degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

Unilever is seeking an Assistant Manager – ManEx to drive World Class Manufacturing (WCM) across the sourcing unit. The role focuses on identifying and eliminating operational losses through cost deployment, loss-tree analysis, focused improvement, Kaizen, and other continuous improvement methodologies.

The successful candidate will train, coach, and mentor teams to strengthen problem-solving and manufacturing excellence capabilities.