Job Description

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date. Job Title: Claims Technologist Location: Port Sunlight Work-Level: WL1 RH3/RH4 Do you have a passion for innovation and consumer products? Do you love getting stuck into data and bringing it to life? Do you want to be a part of Homecare\xe2\x80\x99s Clean Future agenda, fundamentally changing the way that some of the world\xe2\x80\x99s best-known laundry liquids are created, manufactured and packaged, and helping to swap chemicals made from fossil fuels for renewable ingredients, creating low carbon footprint products, and making our formulations fully biodegradable to leave no trace behind? If you do, then you\xe2\x80\x99ll want to know that Unilever\xe2\x80\x99s Global Homecare Category is recruiting for its Laundry Liquids Design team at Port Sunlight, Wirral. This is an excellent opportunity to join an exciting team and develop your skills and career working on some of the world\xe2\x80\x99s biggest laundry brands such as Persil, Surf and Omo. Understanding and meeting the needs of our consumers is at the heart of laundry product development. This role will play an important part in understanding how to formulate our laundry liquid products to perform in globally relevant wash conditions, and in developing new protocols, measures and digital tools to help us create the right innovations for the future. Effective claims and creative benefit demonstrations tell our consumers what to expect from our products and play an important part in the consumer experience. The holder of this role will help to shape, define and support claims and product communication for our global brands. You will work in a multi-disciplinary business environment, ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical insights and data to support our Global Innovation Portfolio. You will also act as the claims lead on projects, identifying the needs and owning the whole claims process. JOB PURPOSE You will join the claims workstream in Global Research & Development team and work closely with Global and Cluster formulation, regulatory, legal, marketing, CMI and CTI teams on storytelling of our products. Drive claims strategy via claims workshops and claims support testing for our big brands. Create claims to identify best ways to promote our advanced product technologies and enhance product superiority. Lead the internal or external claim support work and the external endorsements for the completion of claims sign-off process. RESPONSIBILITIES

• To lead the transformation of claims co-generation process with within innovation project teams, being responsible for the design, agreement, and implementation of claims support plans.
• To lead the claims sign off for Global projects in line with cluster requirements via partnering with marketing, legal and regulatory teams.
• To employ a sound understanding of the category, brands, competitive environment and technology and act as a core member of Project Teams, partnering with CMI, formulation, marketing, Supply Chain and Customer Development teams to identify insights that will drive new product & pack opportunities for new projects, based on analysis of trends, consumer needs, new technology impact on consumers, sensory data & strategic understanding projects.
• To support Activities for Competitive Growth: Be ahead of competitor moves via tracking competitor launch/ relaunch/ activities closely, share them within wider team and generate discussion platforms for action planning.
• To analyse and interpret technical data and convert into compelling claims & communications and provide clear conclusions and recommendations.
• To build the capability beyond the existing internal & external network via new links.
• To tailor new methods and protocols for claim support
• To support digitalization: Drive the digital R&D agenda for claims sign off process.
• To support Homecare Cleaner Future Programme via defining the cleaner future language for our products. Support trust & transparency agenda with formulation, marketing and CMI teams.

ALL ABOUT YOU KEY SKILLS

• Proven ability to plan and manage own projects within a technical area
• Ability to manage and communicate with stakeholders, including those from non-technical backgrounds
• Strategic Thinking in order to build strong claim support plans
• Ability to interpret complex data, from multiple sources, for concise, clear insights / conclusions and communication to a variety of audiences
• Energetic & passionate for success
• Good in storytelling
• Problem solving skills with practical creativity
• Ability to work with in multi-functional teams
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Good organisation and time-management

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• BSc or MSc (or equivalent) in Physical Sciences or Engineering (Textiles or Chemistry).

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Experience of FMCG or the detergents sector

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Occasional travel may be required
• The job includes both laboratory and office-based work (some of which may be agile)

NOTES Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible. By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions. Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Ian Miles on Ian.Miles@unilever.com What we offer Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever-changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience. To find out more, including more information about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here. Relocation to the UK Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to \xc2\xa35,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.