DirecciónABOUT UNILEVER
With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.
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JOB PURPOSE
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.
In Unilever International, As intrapreneurs, we introduce Unilever’s brands into white space geographies like Korea, Pacific Islands, Mongolia, and spearhead launches of iconic household brands like Dove, Lifebuoy, Sunlight, Fair & Lovely, TRESemme into big markets like U.S, China, Europe and SEAA.
As Unilever’s growth engine, we establish global white space businesses in key channels such as Health & Beauty, Discounters, E-Commerce and alternate channels such as travel retail, marketing to institutional partners like the United Nations, and seeding Unilever brands to overseas diaspora who crave for a taste of their familiar home brands.
Singapore is our global hub leading strategy, marketing thinking, seeding plans, and alignment with the global categories and supply chain.
SPEED is the mantra for our resounding success. To serve the underserved, we embrace a founder’s mentality, explore unchartered territories, redesign end-to-end business models to establish successful businesses. We make a difference by:
- Having a permanent hunger for growth
- Being obsessed with the customer and consumer
- Having a passion for execution
- Inspiring and nurturing our UI tribe with compassion
- Working and winning as 1 team together
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
We build market positions in white spaces by identify new opportunities, developing, defining, negotiating and nurturing strong business relationships. We own the P&L end-to-end and partner with customers, distributors, our business groups, and cross-functional customer to deliver growth.
The Scope of this position is European and global Scope.
You’ll be fully responsible for identifying potential whitespace opportunities, collaborating with distributors and retailers to execute market entry for new brands and categories that deliver incremental turnover.
Your key responsibilities include…
- Identifying and assessing new opportunities for growth across all Business Groups
- Setting up collaboration with new and existing distributors and retailers across all channels
- Agreeing on portfolio, pricing, and trade and marketing support plans
- Coordinating and guiding your cross functional team, to deliver the stocks and execute the plan
- Joint business planning and periodic connects and follow up with your customers
- Present your results to internal stakeholders in the Business Groups and MSO’s
You’ll work closely with…
- Unilever International’s world class cross functional team, consisting of: BG Marketing, Area Marketing, Supply Chain, finance, legal, customer service, Qualit, credit management
- Unilever BG and MSO, often senior supporter’s of our shared business and results
- Your customer’s team
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
To be a star, you’re likely to…
- Be an entrepreneur who loves Unilever’s brands
- Embrace a high growth at high speed mindset
- Have strong financial acumen and analytical skills
- Have strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills with senior stakeholders
- Love pragmatically solving problems
To be great at this, you’ll have…
- Minimum 4 years experience in customer development
- A masters’ degree in a commercial discipline
- Have experience leading in cross-functional teams
- Proficiency in English
Leadership
- You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
- As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
- Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
- PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
- PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
- CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
- PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
- AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Hybrid Work: A model that combines in-office work (40%) and work from home (60%), allowing us to harness the best of both worlds.
- 4 weeks of Flex Work per year: Opportunity to work remotely for the entire week without coming into the office.
- Flexible hours: Work hours with a wide range of starting and ending times to accommodate your needs.
- Restaurant Card and canteen service in our offices.
- Parking: Possibility of parking at the offices at a reduced cost and with free electric chargers.
- Online language courses.
- Wellbeing Programs: Resources and activities to promote physical, mental, emotional, and purposeful wellbeing.
- Online store with exclusive discounts on UL products and other recognized brands.
- Hairdressing service: Hairdressing available within the office at special rates for employees.
- And many more!
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity 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. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
