Unilever: Summer Graduate / Internship Programme 2018

Job Description

Job Number: 17000CIW

Key Responsibilities:

• HR Business Partner: It’s important that our HR service is fully aligned to our business goals. You’ll help implement HR strategy that’s always on the right track. This includes building talent supply, change facilitation, organisational effectiveness, performance improvement, employee and industrial relations as well as human resource expertise.
• Learning and Development: By identifying learning needs in our organisation, you will develop initiatives to ensure everyone develops to their full potential.
• Employee Relations: Full adherence to labour legislation is something we’re 100% committed to getting right. This will be your sole focus. Reward: The key is to ensure that Unilever employees are rewarded according to sustained high performance, responsibility, output and high potential.
• Talent Management: The future of our business depends on having a pipeline of superb talent. This role would see who show the potential to succeed within our Unilever environment.
• Organisational Effectiveness: Taking an overview of our organisation, you will specialise in development, change initiatives and structural progress within our business.

Minimum Requirements:

A Bachelors degree in any discipline with preference for BCom, BBS, BPsych, BSocSc degrees.

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Job Description

Job Number: 17000CIL
 
Key Responsibilities:  

• Global Brand Marketing:  The Body of Unilever marketing is made up of both brand development and brand building. Brand development is considered the head of the body. You will decide the strategic direction your brands will take in different markets. You will think of ways in which to marry the needs of the market with the brand strengths and drive market development through the development of toolkits that are appropriate and implementable.  Brand development allows you the opportunity to work with global teams in crafting brand and consumer strategies that will ultimately influence consumer behaviour toward your category and ultimately your brand. You will project lead innovation that is key for market growth and brand growth. This will allow you to work cross functionally and interact with people from different areas of expertise to deliver an innovation In full and on time
• Local Brand Marketing:  This is where strategy comes to life through implementation. Brand building is the body of marketing. In brand building you are expected to treat your brand as a growing business. To this end you will understand your brand from a consumer/shopper and customer perspective. Here you will take the brand toolkit and make it come alive in your market. You will work closely with shopper and consumer insights to find the sweet spot that works for your brand. You will explore different channels in which to explode your brand messaging. You will also work closely with your customer team in developing activation that is tailored by retailer and that will assist you in growing your brand share and volumes. You will also project lead innovation that is delivered by your brand development team, along you to work cross- functionally.
• As part of your development you will experience Customer Development i.e. taking our brands to market by partnering with trade i.e. Wallmart, Pick n Pay, Checkers, Clicks etc. Here you become the face of Unilever amongst our customers i.e. traders, retailers & wholesalers.

Minimum Requirements:

 Bachelors Degree with any discipline. We have a preference for BCom and BBS degrees

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Job Description
 
Job Number: 17000CIX

Key Responsibilities:

• The Supply Chain Plan function consists of Demand, Supply, Innovation and Strategic planning. They collaborate with our brands and customer teams to prepare an estimate of sales for our wide range of products. Plan supply of products within the safety stock and working capital boundaries. On a larger scale, work across all functions and major global teams to land our numerous innovations and investment/capex plans. Source function strategically procure raw material, packaging and non/production items. The deliver function is responsible for guaranteeing that a product is delivered to the end consumer/ customer in the most effective and efficient way. Ensuring that the consumer receives it on time, in full, at the right quality and quantity.
• Customer Service Excellence Planning and Logistics: This is a challenging but enjoyable juggling act. You will need to estimate the future demands of our customers, then synchronise the combination of thousands of materials with production line availability to create our many products. You also need to co-ordinate where the finished product needs to go and how it is going to get there. Getting this together at the right time and in the right quantity is a challenge reserved for the best and brightest.
• Supply Management “Procurement”:  Responsible business and value for money both start here. We’re astute in how we source the many raw materials, packaging and non-production items that we use. You will be on the front line, representing Unilever to suppliers.

Minimum Requirements:

We have a preference for BEng, BCom, BBS, BSC degree's in any discipline.

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Job Description

Job Number: 17000CIS

Key Responsibilities:

• Channel & Category Management: Consolidate and drive category growth (eg. Laundry) through the execution of relevant activities (activations) and innovations. You will work with finance on managing category budgets and ensure category profitability. Provide inputs to Supply Chain on upcoming demand and work closely with marketing to deliver innovation activity into the trade.   
• Account Management: You are the face of Unilever to our key retail and wholesale customers. You will work on joint customer business planning that will deliver profitable growth for our retailers and for Unilever. 
• Shopper Marketing: Uses strong shopper insights to work strategically with key retailers to develop and execute joint marketing campaigns that help grow both our businesses.

Minimum Requirements:

A Bachelors Degree in any commercial discipline. We have a preference for BCom, BBS, BSocSc.

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Job Description

Job Number: 17000CIN

Key Responsibilities:

• The primary function of Finance is to play a key part in protecting and unlocking value for Unilever by playing a stewardship and performance management role for the business.
• This is done through three key pillars; Finance Excellence Team, Finance Business Partners and Financial Controllers. Along with the Finance Expertise Pillar. The key pillars each interact with our core functions; Customer Development, Supply Chain and Marketing – giving you a solid understanding of the organisations Value Chain.
• Experience in the above areas, as well as honing in on the Unilever Finance Skills framework and completing your CIMA experience in your time as a UFLP is exactly what we need to groom our future leaders in an ever changing connected world.

Roles:

• Finance Excellence Team: Delivering decision support, process excellence and performance management across our business.
• Finance Business Partners:Driving value in the moments that matter to the business. Being agile to attend to partnering big decisions and performance interventions.
• Financial Controlling: Controlling is the core of what we do in finance. Protecting and unlocking value through stewardship, brilliant finance fundamentals and proactive risk management.
• Finance ExpertiseThese are our financial experts in areas including Taxation, Treasury & Risk, Pensions and Internal Audit. And are important in ensuring we make the correct decisions in challenging subject matter.

Minimum Requirements:

BComm with Accounts 2 in your undergraduate Degree