Beauty and personal care
10 Unilever operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held director and vice president operations, manufacturing and supply chain roles at Unilever, including factory directors, site leaders and regional supply chain heads. A reader can learn how Unilever runs its factories and organizes manufacturing and supply chain work.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ana Lopez, MBA
LinkedInExperience: End to end Supply Chain NA Foods Nutrition VP · Unilever
End to end Supply Chain NA Foods Nutrition VP at Unilever since January 2021, heading the end-to-end food supply chain organization including planning, manufacturing, engineering and continuous improvement, per the profile. Ana Lopez was also VP Manufacturing North America at Unilever (2019–2020) and Vice President of Manufacturing at Johnson & Johnson (2016–2019).
Baoqing Sun
LinkedInExperience: Beauty & Personal Care OperationsVice President · Unilever
Former Beauty & Personal Care Operations Vice President at Unilever (2023–2025), leading regional beauty and personal care product operations across multiple brands and distribution channels, per the profile. Baoqing Sun was also Senior Director, Beauty Operations at Procter & Gamble (2018–2021) and Beauty Operations Manager at L'Oréal (2014–2017).
Biren Bhatia
LinkedInExperience: Site Unit Director , Pondicherry Multi Category Cluster · Unilever
Site Unit Director, Pondicherry Multi Category Cluster at Unilever since March 2025; the profile describes leading operations at a multi-category cluster site as Cluster Manufacturing Director. Biren Bhatia was also Factory Director at Unilever (2023–2025) and Factory Manager at ITC Limited (2015–2019 and 2019–2022).
Felipe Figueiredo Gonçalves
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Supply Chain Latam - Home Care · Unilever
Vice President Supply Chain Latam - Home Care at Unilever since May 2025; the profile headline also names the role President of Unilever Industrial. Felipe Figueiredo Gonçalves was Global Head of Contract Manufacturing and ManEx- Home Care (2022–2025) and Factory & Third-Party Companies Director (2017–2019) at Unilever.
Gianluca Tancredi
LinkedInExperience: Supply Chain Vice President, Global Head of Safety, Manufacturing Excellence & Manuf. Sustainability · Unilever
Beauty and Personal Care Supply Chain Vice President Europe and North America at Unilever since November 2019. Gianluca Tancredi was Supply Chain Vice President, Global Head of Safety, Manufacturing Excellence & Manuf. Sustainability (2014–2019) and Manufacturing Excellence Director - SEAA (2012–2014) at Unilever, and Greenfield Site Start-Up Leader & Operations Manager at Procter & Gamble (2008–2011).
Iluska Pb Lopes
LinkedInExperience: Supply Chain VP Beauty and Wellbeing Latam · Unilever
Supply Chain VP Beauty and Wellbeing Latam at Unilever since March 2026, in the Operations department at vice president level. Iluska Pb Lopes was Head Supply Chain Unilever Chile (2024–2026), Factory Director - Indaiatuba Site (2021–2023) and Homecare Engineering Director (2020–2021) at Unilever.
Kunwar Apoorva Singh
LinkedInExperience: Director - Operations · Unilever
Former Director - Operations at Unilever (2022–2025), based in Doom Dooma, Assam, per the profile, and Head - Contract Manufacturing Supply Planning and Technology, Beauty & Well being at Unilever since 2025. Kunwar Apoorva Singh was also Plant Manager (2015–2016) and Engineering Manager (2016–2018) at Unilever.
Luciana Limaverde Gomes
LinkedInExperience: Northeast Factories Director · Unilever
Northeast Factories Director at Unilever since May 2023, in Pernambuco, Brazil, and Factory Director there from 2021 to 2023. Luciana Limaverde Gomes was also Senior Manufacturing and Inbound Manager (2019–2021) and Project Manager (New Factory) (2016) at Unilever.
Martin Collins
LinkedInExperience: Factory Director · Unilever
Factory Director at Unilever since September 2026, and Regional Supply Chain Director - European Manufacturing Excellence & Digitisation at Unilever from 2023 to 2026. Martin Collins was also Operations Manager - Port Sunlight Home Care Liquids Factories PSL1 & 4 at Unilever (2021–2023).
Michael Whelan
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Unilever
Director Of Operations at Unilever since January 2017, in the Operations department at director level. Michael Whelan also held a supply chain manager role for North America (2015–2016) and was Manufacturing Manager (2012–2015) and Manufacturing Lead Manager (2011–2012) at Unilever.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the level of your question, since a factory director, a regional supply chain head and a global manufacturing excellence lead see different parts of the system. Check each person's dates, especially for anyone who has left Unilever or changed roles, before asking how the company operates today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Unilever decide what to make in its own factories versus with contract manufacturers?
- 02How are manufacturing excellence and safety programs rolled out across Unilever factories in different regions?
- 03Which measures do Unilever operations leaders watch most closely to judge a factory's performance?
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