**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 General 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 or Engineering Degree
- +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:
- Purpose and service
- Passion for high performance
- Consumer love
- Growth mindset
- Agility and speed
- Talent catalyst
- Personal accountability

📌 R&d Lead Mexico Pc (Cuernavaca)
🏢 Unilever
📍 Cuernavaca