ABOUT 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.

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.  If you are curious by nature, energized by connecting the dots and uncovering growth opportunities within complex data, and passionate about being a co-pilot to drive business impact through intimate understanding of consumers then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL BE YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Support the cluster lead in business partnering with Nutrition and Home care leaders (Directors, Category Managers and Brand Managers) in the region
• Represent the voice of the consumer in all decision making in the business
• Lead category, brand, market reviews to drive short term and long opportunities for the Nutrition & Home care business
• Deliver significant Markets & Portfolio led growth insights on the top innovation projects and key country/category cells in countries.
• Monitor, analyze and course correction of innovation and communication projects
• Ensure that market/consumer knowledge is shared, understood and acted upon within the team
• Manage day-to-day operations for the marketing research work for Nutrition & Home care category in the business units.
• Understand the full range of CMI tools and protocols to drive rigour and capability throughout the category
• Provide a robust performance tracking tool, and analysis for the regional category performance and present findings in key monthly / quarterly forums.
• The candidate is expected to classify and develop research projects based on Unilever guidelines. He / she will create briefs MR agencies/ Center of Excellence who will run the project, he/she will ensure to provide the category expertise and input. Nutrition & Home care CMI is expected to debrief of results to business partners to drive insights into action.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• 7+ years of CMI/market research experience
• Data savvy – leverage and understand multiple sets of data to craft a compelling story
• Experience in continuous research, retail audits and household panel is key
• Communicates powerfully and regularly internally and externally
• Good understanding of trends
• Excellent knowledge of new and agile market research tools
• Interest in human behavior / psychology and neuroscience
• Key stakeholders’ management
• Able to lead big projects
• Good analytical skills
• Leadership skills and potential to grow as a leader
• Demonstrable track record of outstanding partnership with business partners and stakeholders, communication, OTIF delivery, strong point of view, identification of growth opportunities

Skills

• Excellent analytical thinking and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics and influence decision making across stakeholders.

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. 

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.