2025 UFS Young Manager Programme - Customer Development

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About Unilever Food Solutions

Unilever Food Solutions is a global leader in food products and services, operating in over 70 countries. Committed to empowering chefs, it combines high-quality ingredients with expert support to enhance the dining experience. With a strong focus on technology transformation, Unilever Food Solutions aims to become an industry leader, enabling superior experiences for operators while promoting sustainability and food safety.

The Unilever Young Manager Programme (UYMP) is about developing tomorrow’s leaders, today. UYMP is designed to prepare Unilever’s Young Manager by giving them challenging jobs that prepare them for business leadership roles. The Programme encompasses rotations within and across functions in an accelerated learning environment. This includes international stints, extended leadership contact, formal training, and professional development.

What will you be doing?

Within Customer Development (Sales), you will take on these challenges and bring our beloved brands to life for our customers, shoppers, and consumers. You will 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 be responsible for managing relationships and strategically partnering with our key retailers and business partners. It requires the passion to drive our business and to deliver customer value at the same time. We’ll make sure you gain broad experience in several different areas to develop your commercial expertise.

Over three placements, we’ll make sure you gain broad experience in several different areas to develop your commercial expertise, for example:

1. Customer Management (Sales) – You will build relationships, analyse relevant data, own financial forecasting, agree on a tailored business plan, or negotiate promotions.
2. Category Management - 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.
3. Business Operations – You will work closely with Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain functions, as well as the Customer Development teams to manage the link between brand ammunition and customer execution within a specific product category.
4. Brand Building – You will have the opportunity to do a placement in marketing and get exposure to commercial marketing working with iconic brands like Dove, Persil, Sure and Marmite, managing brand mixes across all their elements.

What will the programme involve?

You don’t need a specific degree background – this is an area where your personality will set you apart. It takes a special blend of ambition, people skills and commercial acumen; you’ll need to be credible and confident in front of people and have a passion for growing businesses, coupled with the power to influence and negotiate. First-hand experience – it’s the fastest way to learn.

Key Features of UYMP

1. Attract early graduates who aspire to succeed in world-class careers.
2. A blended assignment of multiple experiences across the business, multiple disciplines, and countries to build both professional capability and hone leadership qualities.
3. Accelerate the development of this top talent through early leadership opportunities, job rotations and structured ongoing education with hands-on experience in business challenges.
4. Graduates who have the knowledge, skills, ability, and attitude to become Unilever's Future Young Leaders, achieving and performing in a managerial role within 2 years.

No specific qualification is required, except for a completed bachelor’s degree and track records in leadership positions in student organizations or extracurricular activities. People skills are essential. You have strong communication, strategic influencing, and negotiation skills. You are achievement-focused, have proven project management skills and show initiative and flexibility to handle multiple priorities under pressure in a fast-paced and agile work environment. We are open to Malaysian fresh graduates or a maximum of 2 years of working experience.

How to Apply:

Please apply online and add your updated resume. Check out what you'll experience when you apply for one of our Unilever Future Leaders Programmes:

The interested candidate is invited to apply online and submit your updated resume to Unilever Careers Site (Graduates) before the closing date on 31 January 2025.

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