This Co-Op is for January 2019-June 2019.

Background & Purpose of the Job

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Refreshments, Home and Personal Care products with sales in more than 190 countries. In the United States, some of our brand icons are: Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers,Degree, Dove personal care products, Hellmann’s, Klondike, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum,Popsicle, Q-tips, Simple, Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto,TRESemmé and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies. Unilever offers vast and exciting career paths within R&D. Creating new innovations and enhancing our existing brand portfolio – it’s all yours in Unilever’s R&D Packaging function. As a Packaging Co-op at Unilever you will learn how we develop packaging using the latest technologies, bringing new innovations to life for our consumers.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

With guidance from a mentor and manager, Packaging Co-ops will support and then lead projects. You’ll represent R&D Packaging on cross-functional teams and be empowered to manage your own projects, making valuable contributions to the business and touching a wide array of packaging formats. Responsibilities include developing technical specifications, organizing plant trials, providing project timelines and tracking reports, develop and execute test plan/success criteria. Qualified candidates are able to analyze data/test results, work under pressure to meet project deadlines and effectively communicate with manager and team members.

• You’re a born leader: You will lead your own projects.
• You’re a dot connector: You will analyze testing data and provide recommendations for the best way forward.
• You love to win, and have fun doing it: You have a passion for learning how new technologies can be implemented to meet strategic goals.
• You’re a story teller: You will present your projects to management.
• You’re a culture & change champion: You bring your own experiences and uniqueness to the team, which is valued in our inclusive work environment.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• We are looking for undergraduate candidates at Junior or Senior status or Graduate candidates.
• All must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. Relevant coursework in packaging engineering or other technically related fields.
• You must have the ability to execute projects and analyze research data/studies.
• Deliver data to support insights and recommendations and work under pressure to meet project deadlines.

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities

What We Can Offer You

• Culture for Growth
• Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits
• Every Voice Matters
• Global Reach
• Life at Unilever
• Careers with Purpose
• World Class Career Development Programs
• Check Out Our Space
• Focus On Sustainability

Unilever has a simple but clear purpose – to make sustainable living commonplace. They believe this is the best long-term way for the business to grow. On any given day, two billion people from around the world use Unilever products from iconic brands like Dove, Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Lipton, Dollar Shave Club, and Knorr to look good, feel good, and get more out of life.