Unilever Nigeria Plc Recruitment for UFLP Graduate Research/Development, 14th April 2017
Unilever is one of the largest global Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company
and manufactures some of the world’s best-known brands, such as
Rexona, Lipton, Omo, Lifebuoy. With 2 billion consumers using our
product every day, getting the final product to the consumer at the
right quality, at the right
time and price takes serious business
expertise. Supply Chain Management is responsible for the whole
process, from sourcing the raw materials to getting a great product
onto the supermarket shelf.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Ttle: UFLP Graduate Research/Development
Location: Lagos
What Will You Be Doing?
- Formulation Development: Whether the product is a deodorant,
shampoo or an ice cream, as a formulation technologist your role is to
make the marketing idea come to life, ensuring all the sensorial
properties (taste, aroma, appearance, feel, and smell) excite and
delight the consumer.
- Packaging Development: The battle for the “shelf” and the
consumer’s attention will be won or lost through eye-catching and
functional packaging. You will develop the best structural packaging
design concepts for the brands, and then engineer these into workable
designs using the latest technologies
- Processing Development (Engineering): With over three hundred
factories worldwide, a vast array of process technologies are applied in
order to convert raw materials into process.
- Chefmanship: As an Innovation chef you will draw on your
extensive knowledge of regional and global food trends; fusion of
flavours; and consumer needs to bring the power of meal times to life
through brilliant products that taste as good as homemade.
- Regulatory Affairs: ensures we can get Unilever’s products into
the market place and keep them there by guiding project teams through
country specific regulations such as advertising standards and,
ultimately ensuring that we protect the consumer.
- Consumer Technical Insights: The CTl role is to investigate how
consumers’ ‘needs’ or ‘desires’ translate into a product. You will link
the consumer to technology by commissioning product evaluation,
sensory research, and consumer habit observation studies.
- Nutrition and Health: Do you know that Flora margarine can help
you fight your high cholesterol? As a Nutritionists in R&D you will
lead the delivery of health benefits into our products as well as
What will the Programme Involve?
- The programme is designed to grow you into a manager in 3 years
(if your performance is up to standard), through hands-on learning
alongside world-class experts.
- You’ll develop your individual leadership skills by working on
live projects which offer you all the experience you need to become
ready for your first management role.
- Over three years you’ll cover at least three or four placements to provide experience in key business and functional areas
Requirements
What do we look for?
- Bachelors degree in natural/ applied sciences and /or
Engineering. We have a preference for BSc (Microbiology, Chemistry etc),
BEng, Chemical & Mechanical engineering Degree's.
- Strong analytical skills
What Will You Learn?
Learning from Experience:
- You will experience yourself evaluating innovation launches on
global brands like Rexona and Ponds, or shaping investment decisions
with major customer.
Learn from People:
- You will get the business coaching from experienced managers, individual mentor and even a buddy.
Formal Learning:
- You will have training sessions that encompasses a mix of
professional, business and leadership skills. For Professional training,
in the first and second year, you’ll be having three weeks of some of
the best Supply Chain training around through the Unilever Supply Chain
Foundation.
- After the first year, a wide range of internal and external
training programmes are available to develop both your skills and
competencies as you progress your career.
Support and Empowerment:
- We'll support you every step of the way to senior management but much of your progress will be up to you.
- You'll need to be focused and ambitious to get where you want,
identifying opportunities and taking responsibility for your own
development.
- We have a proven tradition of developing our own purpose driven leaders and encourage innovative thinking.
- Future focused feedback and challenging goals drives innovation
and ambition within a performance culture and an inclusive and informal
environment.
- We will push you to achieve your potential and make a big business impact where you learn from the best.
- Firsthand experience - it’s the fastest way to learn. Come join us create a Bright Future Made You.
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