Hindustan Unilever
Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
Job Title : Senior IT Manager - Manufacturing
Work Location : Uniops Bangalore
ABOUT UNILEVER:
Be part of the world's most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life - giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.
Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you'll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you'll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we'll work to help you become a better you.
ABOUT UNIOPS:
Unilever Operations (UniOps) is the global technology and operations engine of Unilever offering business services, technology, and enterprise solutions. UniOps serves over 190 locations and through a network of specialized service lines and partners delivers insights and innovations, user experiences and end-to-end seamless delivery making Unilever Purpose Led and Future Fit.
Background
Unilever is digitally rewiring its supply chain, focusing on generating real-time & democratized information, capitalizing on advanced technologies, and building digitally connected factories. This will help deliver competitive, volume-driven growth while supporting an increasing demand for agility and will have to be underpinned by sustainable cost reduction. The Supply Chain Transformation is expected to enable -
Improved agility and customer-centricity across end-to-end supply chains through the facilitation of faster recognition of stakeholder preferences and feedback. This, in turn, will allow quick adjustments to manufacturing flows and material flows in factories.
A competitive edge through supply-chain resilience - thereby requiring connected, reconfigurable supply ecosystems.
Speed and productivity through increased levels of automation and workforce augmentation coupled with upskilling and reskilling effort.
Being cost-efficient and resource-efficient, to boost growth and support tool, technology, platform investment in Manufacturing shopflr, Quality, Safety area.
Responsible for factory end to end process starting from Gate and till material process in manufacturing shopflr and product move to HUL Distribution centre.
Supply Chain cost savings are an essential part of the virtuous cycle of growth and support the business efforts to increase the core operating margin. These savings will be driven by improvements in efficiency.
Supply chain leadership seeks continuous improvement in manufacturing to drive cost savings and higher returns, providing extra fuel for growth as cash is redeployed in new strategic opportunities.
Manufacturing is going through a profound change due to the hyper-acceleration of the fourth industrial revolution. It is touching not just the production process, but the entire operating model. This new operating model includes how business processes are managed & optimized and the usage of technology to transform the ways of working, derive insight & making data-driven decisions. And this will become the blueprint for the entire organization's operating model.
Rapid development and deployment of new digital solutions require us to accelerate the adoption of agile methodologies, using small, cross-functional teams and rapid, iterative processes. There is also an inherent need to upskill talent within the organization at the same scale and pace as technology.
World-class Manufacturing (WCM) will help our factories and SC to deliver safety, quality, sustainability, service, and cost results in line with SC strategy. Digital factory initiate is one of the key strategic programs which contributes huge value to WCM and newly UMS and contribute Growth.
Digital Factory is the smart factory initiative in Unilever and will drive the adoption of innovative technology at scale, to ensure that we create more reliable & responsive operations and reduce manufacturing costs.
Digital Factory will -
Implement standard OT Architecture based on Microsoft Azure IoT and Edge Devices, implemented to extract information, and transmit it to Unilever Azure while ensuring compliance with Cyber Security Policies.
Application of data science and advanced analytics for translating factory and user needs into digital applications
Transform key manufacturing workflows from manual to digital, leveraging technology & automation to collect data in an efficient & effective way
Key Accountabilities & Activities
Manage the end-to-end delivery of digital factory master apps which is deployed in HUL Manufacturing process ex: DFOS,SPC,BuildApp,EMS ), new features, bugs, other supporting workstreams of the program like UX, Master data to be looked at.
Core SAP functional knowledge : Expertise with SAP ERP package with respect to Manufacturing/Quality module.
Understand the business context - factory processes, gaps, and requirements. Ability to translate it into technical documents and explaining the goals to the team to create the design with efficient model and abled to explained the Business stakeholderswith business language.
Platform Stability : Ensure platform stability by leading programs targeting vulnerable areas of the application features and technology landscape and environment upkeep.
Knowledge on Integration: Enable integrations and further democratization of Digital factory data for standard and custom reporting capabilities, other master apps in the Digital Factory platform, Data Lake, etc.
Platform Engagement: Close involvement with Platform team to ensure the different development streams/cross function deliver quality product features which are meeting the design principles.
Stakeholder Management/Business Value - Collaborate with global Make , Quality team, other cluster knowhow, South Asia Leadership team and factory level stakeholders to manage the product roadmap, prioritize and keeping them informed about regular releases, achievements, challenges and availability of tools in other market so that replication with lower cost can be achievable and create business value.
Service provide / Vendor partner Engagement : Ensuring that the Service Providers deliver IT services (Application Support and Application Maintenance) in accordance with the agreed scope & service level agreement (SLA) for Integration portfolio, in accordance with all applicable performance metrics, KPIs, user satisfaction targets, underpinning contracts.
Budget Mgmt : for Factory Module and manages expenditure within agreed spending plans and Project funding arrangement. Establish and ensure appropriate governance functions for all deployed programme to sustain the Digital Programme.
Essential Skills
8+yrs of IT experience with expertise in IT products for supply chain
Ability to handle E2E project journey including business value delivery
Strong business acumen to arrive at relevant solutions
Ability to manage delivery through partners
Confident, strong self-starter. Able to take a high-level brief and use contacts and information provided to voice concerns, seek detail, and build understanding to make recommendations.
Execution excellence and application support understanding
Project Management, understanding of Agile and Platform based delivery
Good understanding of SAP MM,PP,QM and SD,WM module
Good understanding on cloud capabilities, architecture understanding (preferably Microsoft Azure)
Understanding of Supply Chain process (Manufacturing knowledge)
Desirable Skills
Experience with Industrial IoT products (or related areas)
Good understanding of factory data acquisition layers (SCADA systems, PLCs, etc)
Experience in managing and scaling large & complex transformation programs.
At HUL, we believe that every individual irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, nationality, caste, disability or marital status can bring their purpose to life. So apply to us, to unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make the world a better place. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we'll work to help you become a better you!
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