Unilever Fragrance House Global Program & Operations Director
Core
Lead global program delivery, lab infrastructure strategy, and hub network design for Unilever's Fragrance House to transform fragrance creation and deployment across Personal Care, Beauty, and Home Care businesses.
Role type
Senior IC Global Program & Operations Director
Builds
Global fragrance creation hubs, laboratory infrastructure, and end-to-end program execution systems
Domain
Consumer Goods / Beauty & Personal Care / Fragrance R&D
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Global operating model design, large-scale program management, infrastructure strategy, fragrance facility operations, scalable governance frameworks, strategic commercial judgement, data-driven decision-making
Preferred skills
Experience in fragrance/flavours/ingredients, consumer goods innovation, R&D operations, specialist laboratory environments
Technologies
AI capabilities, digital lab systems
Responsibilities
Translate business group priorities into multi-year program agendas, set long-term strategy for global laboratory facilities, define future global hub footprint and lead new hub design/launch, manage global ingredients palette for resilience and cost-effectiveness, build and develop a globally distributed Programme & Operations organisation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC