# Category Engineer

Earlier this year, Unilever announced an agreement to combine its Foods business with McCormick & Company, creating a scaled global flavour powerhouse. The proposed combination would bring together iconic Foods brands, including Hellmann’s and Knorr, with McCormick’s portfolio to create a global leader across spices, seasonings, condiments and complementary food categories, supported by strong retail and foodservice platforms. McCormick brings more than 135 years of heritage, a presence in 150+ countries and a portfolio of trusted brands. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, with completion estimated for mid-2027. Overview/Responsibilities: The Category Engineer position based in the Chicago - Kilbourn Factory, will manage the end-to-end delivery of the condiment’s technology projects for the Dressings Category in NA. This includes direct capital project management of innovation and technology changes at Kilbourn, and third-party manufacturers. Provides support and expertise to the day to day and reliability activities at the factory and runs trials at the factory for all pack and process changes. Reports to Category Engine

- **Id**: 3817723
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/unilever-category-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T16:42:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T03:30:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6069
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cosmetics & Makeup, Cleaning & Household Products, Hair Care Products, FMCG & Consumer Brand Groups

## Company

- **Id**: 4977
- **Name**: Unilever
- **Domain**: unilever.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/unilever>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 99
- **Open postings**: 53
- **Ghost share**: 0.019
- **Stale share**: 0.019
- **Repost share**: 0.321
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 13
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T16:42:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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