Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr,Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. Faced with climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace” 

About Data & Analytics: (D&A)

D&A has a purpose to make Unilever Data Intelligent by powering key conclusions with data & advanced AI.

The vision of a Future-Fit Unilever is of anorganisationpowered by data throughout all aspects of the company’s operations and processes; leveraging data to vastly improve innovation and build stronger brands, drive excellence in execution with our customers, enhance the consumer experience throughpersonalisationand deeper engagement, and transforming our internal operations to run more efficiently.

Our team of D&A specialists operate in every part of ourbusinessand we are looking to grow our capabilities with tomorrow's stars. A unique opportunity to work in a data and analytics role, with one of the strongest FMCG brands in the world, giving you the ability to link your work directly with business growth, and working on cutting edge technology in an innovative environment. Your role will havedirectimpact on Unilever’s purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace.

About Your Role:

The Global Retail Data & Analytics Manager is an influential leader, responsible formanaging the programmeroadmapwith our key customers,developingand managingproducts to deliver the vision. 

Customer Developmentis a critical area of focus for Data & Analytics. In support of the CD strategy, our objective is to make the right decisions, faster than anyone else in the industry, to drive growth and competitive advantage throughout our end-to-end consumer experience, customer and store engagement, employee experience and optimization of our operations.

The needs ofcustomers, stores, distributors, shoppersandemployeesare changing, and we must support customer development in evolving to meet their needs through data and analytics: 

• Customers need… us to help them grow categories, drive penetration, frequency and basket size through promotion, assure on-shelf availability at the lowest possible cost, and grow their own margin through improved trade terms

• Stores need… to be better served by us through direct reach, improved service quality, and support to create brilliant store experiences

• Shoppers need… what they want, when they want it, available in their store of choice (off or online), with the right assortment aligned to the shopping mission they are on, activated based on a “segment of one”

• CD employees need… better data, better insights, better tools to do their jobs more effectively

Areas of Focus:

Building relationships withbusiness partnerandsenior stakeholders – including within customer development and markets, to align the top data and analytics pain points and priorities .

Act asproduct manager forCustomerDevelopment -organised retailsolutions, continuously enhancing and optimizing the solutions for performance, usability and value .

Secure funding for key projects/programs agreed as a part of the above strategy .

Manage end to end budget to meet financial targets .

Manage theend-to-endroadmapforOrganised Retailcapabilities, including technical delivery and change management/adoption.

Serves as design authority, prioritizing features, upgrades, changes and fixes. 

Input intothe data and analytics innovation agenda forOrganised Retail.

About You:

The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded commercial and analytics professional. They will have a deep knowledge ofthevalue chain inUnilever, specifically in Customer Development, that is complemented by application of data, analytics,and emerging technologies required to deliver a world classcapability. Most importantly, the ideal candidate will enjoy rolling their sleeves up to drive towards outcomes.

• Hands on data and analytics experience

• Technical expertise to dissect data/analytics solutions and “know what good looks like” 

• Demonstratedprogram management and delivery acumen 

• An experienced stakeholder engagement manager

• Ability tobuild strong business partnerships and understandwhat data and insights solutions will best fit / meet their needs 

• Experience building business cases and owning delivery of the projects/programs

• Innovative and interested in emerging capabilities, constantly looking for new technologies that can add value.

• Ability to manage multiple requests and priorities simultaneously in acomplex environment.

• Ability to communicate complex analytic and data science solutions in a precise, and actionable manner.

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.

D&I Statement

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.