HOW DO I APPLY?

REWARDS & BENEFITS

The Unilever Future Leaders Programme (UFLP) is about having a big impact on business, right from the start. It’s about growing iconic multi-million euro, market-leading brands from day one. It’s about learning business fast. You’ll tap into continuous business mentoring, excellent training and hands-on responsibility. You’ll learn like you’ve never learned before.

It’s challenging, make no mistake. But we’re looking to make managers of you within two to three years. By focusing on your whole development, personally and professionally, we’ll concentrate on three key areas: learning by experience, learning through people, and formal learning, including qualifications:

Learn from experienceFrom day one you ll be given the responsibility to solve a variety of surprising and important issues – you ll have real ownership of key decisions. It s the fastest way to learn. All elements of our business interact, so you will be working with experts across many disciplines on a number of different placements within your chosen area.

You’ll learn the art of building relationships and growing categories with our retailers and how to position our brands perfectly for their specific needs. You’ll become an expert in our market leading brands – understanding our products and innovations and how they will appeal to consumers and shoppers.

And by experiencing multiple aspects of the business hands-on, you’ll be better placed to progress your career.

Learning from peopleYou’ll receive direct attention to focus on your needs and help you develop your skills. You’ll learn from the best: business mentoring from experienced managers, individual coaching, advice from a trainee ‘buddy’, as well as having the UFLP network to call on.

What are the rewards and benefits?• A competitive base salary reviewed

every six months for the first two years, based on performance

• An annual bonus based on personal and business performance

• Longer-term management share awards, based on performance.

Other benefits include:• Contributory pension • Flexible working• Discounted staff shop• Access to sport, leisure and

numerous other on-site facilities.

What are the requirements?You’ll need the following to apply:• Practical experiences• Academic degree, check your local

Unilever website for requirements per country

• International experience• Extra-curricular activities in order

to develop your personal leadership skills

How do I apply?The application process for the Future Leaders Programme involves four stages:• Application form with online test• Telephone interview• Selection day.

All the information you need to know, including an application form and advice on how to apply, can be found on our website at www.unilever.com/careers

PlacementsFor more information on internship opportunities please take a look at the following website: www.unilever.com/careers-jobs/graduates and choose the Country you would like to apply to.

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We have big ambitions to grow our business – but to do it we need great people who can challenge the way we do things, bring new ideas to the table and dare to take big decisions. We want our future to be shaped and made by you.

Formal learningYou will follow a learning roadmap throughout the two- three years of the programme to become a manager. It starts with an Onboarding programme that helps you to get a deeper understanding of the business and to start building your network. Furthermore a mix of general and leadership skills programmes delivered through e-learning and instructor-led training sessions support your journey to become a leader.

GO-TO-MARKET

UNILEVER FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAMME www.unilever.com/careers-jobs/graduates

OUR FUTURE SHAPED AND MADE BY YOU

A big impact Made by you

BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPABILITY

LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIENCE• Challenging assignments• Variety of assignment in

order to learn business fast

• Real responsibility• Working on innovative

products

LEARNING THROUGH PEOPLE• Trainee buddy• Experienced manager as mentor• Individual coaching• Trainee network

FORMAL LEARNING• Professional qualifications• Business area training• ‘Soft skills’ training such as:

personal effectiveness, persuasive communication.

“ I MANAGED THE SALE OF NEW COMPRESSED DEODORANTS INTO 6,000 STORES.”

OFC 176MMOBC 176MMOUTSIDE FLAP 174MM

Loved the world overWe make some of the world’s most loved brands: Dove, Magnum, Lipton, Ben & Jerry’s, Knorr, Signal and Hellmann’s, to name a few. Over 173,000 employees around the world work to bring our brands with a purpose to life. With more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing sold in over 190 diverse countries, no other company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways, from providing foods and refreshment to cleaning clothes and washing hair.

What does Go-To-Market mean? You will have the opportunity to work across some fantastic categories and on some of the world’s most loved brands. You will be engaging closely with consumers to develop a deep understanding of their needs, before leading assignments that build on business and brand equity. Marketing and Customer Development is about the pursuit of market share and volume growth in a dynamic and challenging environment.

In Marketing you will have the chance to experience crafting brands for life. Customer Development (Sales) ensures that our brands are available wherever the shopper wishes to buy them.

What Will I Be Doing? In Marketing you’ll be constantly deepening the already expert knowledge of our brands and the people who use them. In the Brand Development process you’ll use this level of insight to help develop our products’ personalities and strategies on a Global or European level. In Brand Building you learn to translate these strategies into local market contexts and manage essential elements of the marketing mix.

In Customer Development you’ll build partnerships with a wide range of our customers, which can include: supermarkets, superstores, convenience stores, drug stores, discounters, online retailers, ice cream parlours and even theme parks. This will help us reach our target markets, which could mean working together to maximise a new product launch, recommending the right range of products, negotiating an annual business plan, or looking for new business opportunities.

What do we look for? We are not looking for a specific academic background but former experiences in the commercial field is essential. Go-to-Market is an area where your personality will set you apart. We are looking for diverse and innovative thinkers. It takes a special blend of people skills and commercial

WHAT’S WORKING IN GO-TO-MARKET LIKE?

NATASHA - Go-to-Market Trainee (Focus: Customer Development)

What was your responsibility?We had a massive launch of new compressed 75ml cans across Dove, Sure (Rexona) and Vaseline. We needed the consumer to understand that the new products were the same value as the older, bigger can, but better environmentally. My role was to sell the product into key Unilever customers in the UK and to design, create, and produce the trays that it would sit on within the stores. The idea was that they would match the big cans height-wise, so it was clear they were ‘equal’.

That’s a big responsibility.It was amazing, actually. Mainly because this project was ten years in the making and has big implications: more space on shelves, less trucks on the road, less materials, higher margins: a big change. The retail execution was going to be where the product lived or died. To be handed that as my remit a few months in was really cool.

How did it go?Really well. The take-up of the new product was high. It won a lot of awards as a launch and as a product, and its been used as an example for other countries beginning their roll out – I have been on calls with Brazil and Argentina to support them.

“When we had a massive launch of new compressed cans across Dove, Sure and Vaseline, it was the culmination of a project ten years in the making. The retail execution was going to be where the product lived or died. To be handed the responsibility for both designing its shelf presentation and selling it into 6000 stores was amazing. It was really fast-paced, I’ve learned how much tiny details and clear communication make a massive difference, and best of all it’s now being used as the template for a global roll-out.”

Natasha studied Modern Languages at Oxford. Her placement working on compressed deodorants was her second on the Future Leaders Programme. Her last placement was Account Manager for Tea and Dressings for a retailer, and she is now Global Customer Marketing Manager, Oral Care.

Unilever is one of the largest advertising firms in the world, and manufactures some of the world’s best-known brands. Go-to-Market consists of all of the brand activity in the functions: marketing and customer development. This means that all commercial and sales activity within Unilever can be found here.

BIG NUMBERS MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE

Voted No.1 in Europe in the Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership

2bn consumers worldwide use a Unilever product every day

Products sold in

190 countries

€49bn global turnover

More than

400 brands globally

acumen; you’ll need to be creative and analytical, credible and confident as well as having a passion for growth, coupled with the power to influence and negotiate.

What will the programme involve? The programme is designed to grow you within 2-3 years into a manager, through hands-on learning along-side world-class experts. You’ll develop your individual leadership skills by working on live projects which offer you all the experience you need to become ready for your first management role. You will have at least three rotations within your role, which will give you a wide range of experience in a broad range of dynamic and exciting areas of the business, which may include:

• Brand Development, where you will work in one of our international hubs to create compelling brand visions and develop plans across the full marketing mix - Including brand communication and innovation.

• Brand Building, where you will learn to translate exciting brand visions into local market context and manage integrated brand experiences across channels.

• Category Management, where you will oversee a category of products, become an expert on the marketplace and our competitors and advise customers on suitable ranges for their shoppers.

• Key Account Management, where you will build relationships, agree a tailored business plan, or negotiate promotions

• Field Force, where you will build relationships with our local customers’ and be given customer-facing responsibility. You’ll be servicing your own customers and learn from our experienced Area Sales Managers.

What was the effect on you?It really grew my confidence, made me more proactive and open-minded. I learned the extent to which tiny details can make a massive difference, and how clear communication is vital to making anything a success, especially in project management.

A big impact made by you

“I SOLD ONE OF UNILEVER’S BIGGEST INNOVATIONS INTO 6000 STORES. ”

14brands with sales of more than €1 bn a year

40% of group turnover

IFC 176MM IBC 176MM INSIDE FLAP 174MM