Dimuthu Jayasinghe Email & Phone Number

Sri Lanka

Colombo/Dankotuwa

• Key Responsibilities;
• Lead the R&D function building R&D Capabilities and Strategy for future sustenance as part of the leadership team.
• Support the company innovation agenda by providing insights into new product development by;o Identifying market gaps and providing product solutions to address themo Identifying & evaluation of new ideas that will.
• Value improvement of Home & Personal Care products to gain advantages in cost and quality.
• Support to build the quality agenda of the business to win against competition in the market.
• Building systems and processes to streamline R&D activities.

Mumbai Area, India

• Key Responsibilities;
• Seconded to Hindustan Unilever Limited, India as a Senior Development Manager at the Global Design Centre for Oral Care, Mumbai, India.
• Functioned as a technical project leader for global innovation projects for the family health brand of toothpaste (Signal/Pepsodent).
• Support to formulating the global innovation strategies for family health brand.
• Functioned as the South Asia team lead for deploying Unilever Oral Care innovations.
• In charge of steering strategic capability projects including value improvement of family health brand (Signal/Pepsodent) and Close Up toothpaste.

Sri Lanka

• Key Responsibilities;
• Led a 13 member team consisting of Home & Personal Care (HPC) Formulation Development, HPC Product Evaluation and Packaging Development (HPC and Foods categories).
• Led the deployment of regional & global Unilever innovations as per the Unilever category innovation plans.
• Responsible for the control and monitoring of the innovation deployment budget in Sri Lanka, for HPC products & packaging.
• Contributed to the harmonisation of Unilever formulations(HPC) and packaging (HPC & Foods).
• Led the development of local brands marketed by Unilever (Sunlight Soap, Wonderlight Soap, Pears baby range) as per the local marketing requirements.

Milan Area, Italy

• Key Responsibilities;
• Assignment at the Unilever Category Technology Centre for Oral Care in Milan, Italy, responsible for the project on the global harmonisation strategy of Whitening & Advanced Oral Care Product Platforms.
• Closely interacted and networked with the European & global Unilever teams of Oral Care Category, recommending harmonisation opportunities for toothpaste and gel formulations.
• Networked with regional & global Unilever R&D and Market Research teams in Europe, Asia & Middle East regions to conduct preliminary testing to validate the harmonisation strategies proposed.

Mumbai Area, India

• Key Responsibilities;
• Second to Mumbai, India for career development in R&D management as a member of the Unilever Global Technology Centre for Oral Care responsible for the Market Development Platform.
• Responsible for the design and rollout of key projects pertaining to the Oral Care Category involving Whitening, Anti-cavity & Anti-germ benefits.
• Gained working knowledge & experience in regional & global project management and product deployment to countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
• Developed Technical Transfer media to communicate to countries the technical requirements for the successful implementation of the projects.
• Developed and recommended a novel chalk toothpaste formulation & whitening toothpaste formulation with exceptional gross margin gains.

Sri Lanka

• Key Responsibilities;
• Management of Innovation Process with regard to all Home & Personal Care Categories.
• Responsible for formulation development of Oral Care, Skin Care and Hair Care products and contribute to the timely launch or relaunch of products into the Sri Lankan market.
• Developed formulations in the above categories exclusively for Sri Lankan market using regional/global Unilever expertise to satisfy consumer expectations.
• Developed formulations which were proven to be cost effective, without compromising quality, in line with consumer needs.
• Extensive interactions with suppliers to develop raw material complying to Unilever specifications.

Sri Lanka

• Key Responsibilities;
• Led the key strategic initiative for Unilever Sri Lanka to understand Multipurpose Co-operative Societies business dynamics as part of the Management Trainee Programme.
• Mapped out key Multipurpose Co-operative Societies in the island and provided the company with a business model to service outlets.
• Networked with the distributors (customers) to identify business opportunities in key provinces.

Sri Lanka

Key Responsibilities:Analyse and recommend quality compliant products of Adhesives & Agro Chemicals

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General, Distinction Pass

Postgraduate Diploma In Marketing, Marketing, Pass

Bachelor’S Degree, Botany, Zoology & Chemistry, First Class Pass

Was awarded for achieving the highest score of the batch at college.