R&D Lead Mexico PC

Función:  Mexico R&D Personal Care LA Lead

Reporta a: R&D Head Latam

Scope: Mexico PC R&D

Localidad: Cuernavaca

Términos & Condiciones: Full time, local hiring. No international relocation available.

Main Job Purpose

Personal Care Latam is a multi Bn euros business and has a critical role on the delivery of Global Unilever’s results. Mexico is the second biggest country in the region having a critical role in driving growth.  

This R&D PC role plays fundamental role in the shaping Innovation, Activation, Savings and Technology program. It will be the business partner for Mexico Commercial lead. 

Scope/Key Interfaces: 

Key Accountabilities:

• Co-lead Personal Care (PC) strategy build and program execution with Mexico Personal Care Leadership Team
• Responsible for delivering PC LATAM’s OKRs and specific deliverables agreed for PC Mexico. 
• Drive & execute PC R&D Savings & Resilience agenda for Mexico.   
• Co-lead with Marketing and Consumer Insigths area the Innovation/Renovation/Activation agenda and supports that incremental revenue and in-market executions targets are delivered.  
• Co-lead, design & execute Brands & Products superiority (UBS) plan for Mexico.  
• Understand consumer and competitive context in Mexico to identify business opportunities & consumer needs, generate consumer insights & pre-empt threats and risks. 
• Develop and lead the team, ensuring a talent pipeline working along with R&D colleagues. 
• Lead R&D PC in Cuernavaca and ensure Safety & Operation of the Labs. 

We expect this person to: 

• Partner with PC Mexico leads, defining and delivering the short and longer-term category Innovation and Savings program, also shapes and delivers the UBS agenda. 
• Partner with PC Mexico Supply Chain, Customer Development & Marketing teams to define and execute activation agenda aligned to key strategic choices.  
• Partner with Deos & Skin Cleansing Latam R&D leads based in BR and ARG. 
• It is responsible for the direct management and development of Mexico R&D PC team. 

Required Experience

• Science orEngineeringDegree

• +4 years Managing large teams on a fast moving consumer goods company

• Business Acumen - a person oriented to provide business solutions by connecting the technology to the business needs. 

• Stakeholder Management - High Level of seniority and influence 

• Strategic Mindset - Balance between Customer Centricity and Technology & Science 

• It is desirable to have experience in Personal Care or Beauty and Wellbeing industries

• It is desirable to have experience with LATAM market.

• English advanced

Key skills & Behaviours

• Confidence, energy, adaptability, personal mastery, business acumen and resilience

• Positive and can-do mentality; make it happen!  

• (Learning) Agility; Change mindset and willingness to challenge the status quo and learn  

• Excellent in strategic thinking and influencing  

• Strong display of following SOLs:

• Purposeandservice

• Passion for high performance  

• Consumerlove

• Growth mindset  

• Agilityandspeed

• Talentcatalyst

• Personal accountability