Manager - Manufacturing Excellence & Digital Transformation

Mumbai HO, INFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead Manufacturing Excellence, Unilever Manufacturing System (UMS), and digital transformation across the Foods India manufacturing network to improve productivity, cost competitiveness, and operational agility.

Role type

Manager, Manufacturing Excellence & Digital Transformation

Builds

A competitive, agile, and resilient manufacturing network with standardized digital capabilities and continuous improvement culture.

Domain

Food manufacturing / Operations Excellence / Digital Transformation

Required skills

Manufacturing operations leadership, UMS/WCM/Lean expertise, structured problem-solving, data analytics, stakeholder influence, cross-functional program management, change leadership

Preferred skills

Digital manufacturing experience, automation exposure, engineering or supply chain background, postgraduate management qualification

Technologies

UMS, WCM, Lean, data analytics tools, automation systems

Responsibilities

Deploy and mature UMS across factories, build productivity roadmaps, drive structured interventions on chronic losses, partner on digital use cases for shop-floor decision making, coach teams in problem-solving, influence cross-functional stakeholders to remove barriers

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC with strategic influence

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded i