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Job Title:
Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator
Employer:
Unilever
Location:
Nairobi
Country:
Kenya
Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Procurement and Purchasing Jobs
Number of Positions:
Deadline:
Saturday, 25 April 2026

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Unilever is a global business impacting 3.4 billion people daily across more than 190 countries. Our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace, and we believe that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At Unilever, your career is more than a job – it’s an opportunity to work on brands that improve lives and create a positive impact on communities worldwide. We pride ourselves on an inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment, offering tools and support for employees to shape their own career paths. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our culture, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Full-time

Deadline: 

25 Apr 2026

Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator Job at Unilever

Unilever

Job Description

Unilever is seeking a Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator to drive business improvements and eliminate waste across factory personnel. This role involves teaching and coaching semi-autonomous teams on UMS tools and supporting the digital factory transformation initiatives in Nairobi.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Full Operating knowledge of UMS pillar structure and how pillars inter-link to deliver and sustain real business improvements. Inculcates the UMS philosophy of eliminating losses and waste across all factory personnel.
  • Teach, coach and mentor semi-autonomous teams to utilize all necessary UMS tools, linking these to the reduction of losses in the factory.
  • Lead and facilitate UMS workshops, which focus on priority losses (liaise closely with HR, the Skills Trainer, and Manufacturing Manager to integrate and synergize all training and analytical interventions).
  • Support the development of local UMS training material but draw on global material wherever possible.
  • Continuous Improvement –Use the results to identify and prioritize losses in the production area. Apply rigorous Cost Deployment and the Zero loss concept to eliminate losses. Deploy these analytical skills across the factory.
  • Nairobi Digital factory assistant lead in deploying DFOS and Buildapp module roll out and all other digital transformations.
  • Champion PM activities at specific locations withing assigned factory as may be required by the Manex manager in liaison with the Eng Manager
General Reporting:
  • Factory operating system meeting
  • Daily alignment meeting
  • Weekly performance meeting

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