Latest Recruitment at Unilever

How would you position a new product in a competitive market? How would you persuade retailers to take it on, to put up new displays, to take the risk of buying lots of stock for something new and unfamiliar? What will you do? How exactly do you make some of Unilever's most popular brands even more popular? How do you take products that in some cases have a 100-year heritage behind them and bring them bang up to date? What will you do?

We are behind some of the world’s most recognizable brands but resting on our laurels isn’t going to keep us competitive.

You will learn your craft hands-on over the course of various placements – and you’ll also receive some of the best marketing and sales training around.

Who is it for? Any work in this area demands a lot of motivation and an ability to tackle tough situations. After all, you’ll be on the front lines, working as an ambassador for our products, making sure people forget the competition and think of Unilever first. You will need self-motivation, passion to win and the ability to build strong relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Building relationships with the "customer"
• Developing promotions
• Negotiating and developing understanding of shoppers
• Challenge your understanding of both our business and our consumers
• Closely engaging with consumers to develop a deep understanding of their preference and needs
• Lead assignments that build business and brand equity.
• Engaging with consumers, through our brands, to communicate and engage consumers in our sustainability mission.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (Upper Second Class Honors) and a strong academic track record
• One-year corporate experience
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High levels of motivation, enthusiasm and personal initiative and drive
• Strong analytical skills
• Passion for pace and competitiveness of the retail market

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At Unilever, Finance is much more than dealing with numbers. It is about using finance management statistics from informing multibillion decisions, and directly influencing the development and growth of our brands.

Moreover, Finance Management works at the heart of local, regional, and global teams to ensure all decisions are in the best interest of the total business.

What Will You Learn

• Learning from Experience, You will experience yourself evaluating innovation launches on global brands like Rexona and Ponds, or shaping investment decisions with major customer.
• Learn from People; you will get the business coaching from experienced managers, individual mentor and even a buddy.
• Formal Learning; You will have training sessions that encompasses a mix of professional, general and leadership skills.

You can work in

• Finance Business Partners; you will focus on best practice and enhance decision support skills.
• Accounting and Information; you will deal with information management processes to create value for the business.
• Expertise Services; you will work across everything from insurance and risk, tax, to investor relations and pensions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (Upper Second Class Honors) and a strong academic track record
• One year corporate experience
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High levels of motivation, enthusiasm and personal initiative and drive
• Strong analytical skills