‘Home’ is where people feel good, safe and belong. Home is a feeling, not a place. Unilever Home Care is an €11BN business and one of the leading global players, the division consists of 4 categories; Fabric Solutions, Fabric Sensations, Home & Hygiene & Life Essentials and is home to many household brands including Dirt for Good, Comfort, Domestos and Cif to name a just a few. Our purpose is Clean Future – an industry leading program to make our portfolio sustainable through bioscience and circularity.

ROLE PURPOSE

In this highly competitive environment we have defined a clear strategy that optimises our current business, whilst understanding how consumer trends will impact our category in the future. The main purpose of this role is to support the strategy director & the home care leadership in delivering this strategy across our business. This is a highly strategic and analytical role which will help bring discipline into our workstreams so we make sure everything is connected from category strategy to priorities to plans and performance management. This role has high visibility as opportunity to be in touch with senior leadership from both global functions and markets.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead division innovation performance management & reporting to enable senior decision making to drive actions and improvements.

• Funnel sufficiency: Drive data discipline and integrity improvements within innovation management systems, working alongside global and local market teams.

• Innovation performance: Drive 100-day reviews & PLE reviews across Home Care, including ensuring completion and driving improvements with the core innovation management team.

• Contribute to Strategy Reviews (ULE, Board, 1HC etc.); independently craft storylines and presentations - take information from various sources and synthesise into a clear and compelling narrative for leadership, external investors, etc.

• Drive division priorities, action outcomes of various innovation reviews & update key stakeholders appropriately.

ALL ABOUT YOU

• Strong analytical ability, a head for detail, combining data & intuition to synthesise insights and identify solutions.

• Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations suitable for senior decision making

• Strategic thinker with good business acumen, able to balance speed & rigour

• Ability to collaborate across markets and functions

• Ability to flex style and frame information to effectively communicate with senior stakeholders.

• Strong interpersonal skills, pulling a team around them where needed, influencing across work levels.

• Passion for Sustainability, sharing Unilever’s belief in doing well by doing good

• Autonomous and self-motivated

• Highly organised with strong time management skills, to flex when priorities change.

• Demonstrated ability in project management and cross-functional team working.

• Excellent communication & influencing skills at all levels.

• Previous experience in category strategy role desirable.

• In-depth knowledge & experience of Unilever data systems (Power BI, IPM etc).

What we offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary, but also our pension scheme, an annual bonus, a free gym,a staff shop and shares. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and agile environment. We strive to achieve a family-friendly culture and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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.

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