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JOB PURPOSE
The Global B&W Strategy & Operations team partners closely with the Global B&W leadership team to drive outstanding multi-year performance. The team’s remit spans three pillars: Deliver (operations and innovation), Plan (business planning), and Shape (define multi-year strategy).
This Business Analyst role supports the Senior Global Strategy Manager and Director predominantly in the Shape pillar — turning data and insight into powerful strategic recommendations on portfolio, geography, channel and operating models. You will play a central role in running analyses, building opportunity-sizing, and helping to craft executive-ready presentations that influence decisions at the highest level.
You’ll gain exposure to global strategic projects shaping the future of Unilever’s Beauty & Wellbeing portfolio, as well as the opportunity work directly with senior stakeholders, including the Strategy Director and CMO. The role offers hands-on experience across data, strategy and communication in one of the world’s most dynamic categories.
This Strategy Analyst role supports the Senior Global Strategy Manager in the Shape pillar — turning data and insight into powerful strategic recommendations on portfolio, geography, channel and operating models. You will play a central role in running analyses, building opportunity-sizing, and helping to craft executive-ready presentations that influence decisions at the highest level.
You’ll gain exposure to global strategic projects shaping the future of Unilever’s Beauty & Wellbeing portfolio, as well as the opportunity work directly with senior stakeholders, including the Strategy Director and CMO. The role offers hands-on experience across data, strategy and communication in one of the world’s most dynamic categories.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Market and consumer data analysis and insight generation
- Partner with Consumer & Market Insights (CMI), Brand and Market teams to analyse and interpret consumer, market and competitor data
- Lead quantitative analysis to support portfolio, channel and category strategy, including market sizing, trend forecasting, pricing and share modelling
- Build and run models across market share, penetration, pricing, distribution and promotional effectiveness, leveraging both external sources (e.g. Euromonitor) and Unilever proprietary data
- Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights, ensuring analytical rigour, consistency and version control across workstreams
- Present your findings in clear, visually appealing charts and PowerPoint slides, with concise executive narratives
Financial and opportunity sizing
- Analyse large financial datasets, building models and assumptions to assess financial opportunities
- Support robust opportunity sizing through multiple triangulation approaches
- Collaborate with Finance to develop financial models and business cases, estimating revenue and cost implications
Support on broader goals of Strategy & Operations Team
- Support the Strategy & Operations team across key moments in the annual planning and strategy calendar
- Contribute to the preparation of major internal and external events, conferences, and leadership forums
- Support development of materials for strategy workshops, planning sessions and project gatekeeping reviews
- Demonstrate flexibility and a proactive, can-do approach across ad hoc priorities
ALL ABOUT YOU
- You will likely have experience in consumer/market insights or analytics, financial management or marketing. This would either be within an FMCG or a market research agency/consultancy
- You have a genuine curiosity about the beauty industry, consumers and market trends. Prior exposure to Beauty categories is a strong advantage.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel (data manipulation, modelling, scenario analysis) and strong capability in PowerPoint (storytelling and presentation design).
- Analytical and detail-oriented, with strong numeracy and logical problem-solving skills
- Flexible and agile – able to react quickly to shifting priorities, handle ambiguity, take on feedback and work in an iterative manner with senior leaders
- A collaborative team player, able to build relationships across functions such as CMI, Finance, and Marketing.
- Able to communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Fluent in written and spoken business English
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Role Context
- Warehouse Cell Leader: owns conveyors, cranes and automation assets; governs the R2S technical processes for the cell and is accountable for equipment reliability.
- Warehouse & Internal Logistics Leader (this role): leads the people and ensures adherence to R2S (CILs, CL, Tag entry), setting and holding the standard every shift.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Team & Ways of Working: lead, coach and develop; standardise SOPs/visual standards across crews.
- R2S Support & Assurance: ensure CILs to standard; warehouse team participates in daily meetings; escalate via governance.
- Safety & Zero Harm: challenge unsafe behaviours; verify RA/PTW/LOTOTO; lead SEWO RCA and preventative actions.
- Purple Book (S507) Compliance: keep aerosol warehousing audit-ready; cage controls (EE-rated MHE, Ex-equipment) and aged-stock reviews.
- Global Standards & 3PL: embed G306-02; verify Warehouse MMR (S3014); support Transport MMR (S3008); align with UPA/CTC.
- Stock & Quality: inventory accuracy; manage aged/blocked/quarantine; traceability/recall readiness; QMS/GMP; QualityOne e-incidents (RCA/CAPA).
- Performance & Governance: achieve SQSC&P targets; turn KPI trends into actions; run effective daily/weekly tiers.
- Flow, Systems & Automation: assure accurate WMS transactions; remove constraints; keep AGVs/ASRS and data reliable with IT/OT (asset ownership sits with the Cell Leader).
- Third-Party Management: Mitie/DHL/Linde/Stobarts—SLAs, service reviews, inductions/RAMS/permits.
- BCP & Emergency: maintain warehouse BCP; participate in COMAH drills and learning reviews.
- AI & Digital Safety: pilot proximity/computer-vision/YMS/telematics solutions; embed in Purple Book/G306-02; track KPI impact.
ALL ABOUT YOU
What You’ll Bring (Essential)
- Safety-first, visible floor leader; confident on Upper Tier COMAH (RA/PTW/LOTOTO).
- R2S discipline: Ensure CIL routines and tier meeting cadence are maintained to uphold operational standards.
- WMS in automated environments (AGVs/ASRS) integrated to ERP; SAP familiarity.
- Data-driven with a track record of turning SQSC&P KPIs into sustained results.
- Strong communication and partner influence.
- Digital safety/quality tools (SEWO, Q-Kaizen/BuildApp) and RCA/CAPA leadership.
- Contractor management competence for safe, compliant, cost-effective delivery.
- Inventory control (counts, stocktakes, variance RCA, write-off prevention).
- Warehouse QMS/GMP and traceability.
- Demonstrates understanding of secure storage practices, zoning, and managing aged stock in a warehouse environment, with a willingness to learn and apply relevant industry standards.
- Uses digital safety data (YMS/telematics/proximity, CCTV analytics, SEWO trends) to close gaps.
Nice to Have (Preferred)
- NEBOSH General Certificate or IOSH Managing Safely
- Delivered R2S improvements (CIL/5S/loss elimination) with measurable impact.
- Led automation/flow optimisation (layout, MHE utilisation, system change).
- Experience in multi-shift/24×7 operations and governance stabilisation.
- Deeper SAP and WMS reporting.
- COMAH or highly audited environment exposure.
- Inventory integrity programmes (shrink reduction, master-data, PI governance).
- Quality exposure (ISO 9001/GMP, internal auditor); hosted customer/3PL audits.
- Purple Book audit familiarity; UPA/CTC safety/security exposure.
- Piloted AI/proximity/computer-vision safety solutions with KPI improvements.
How You’ll Lead (Personal Qualities)
- Excellent communicator; clear, confident and audience-aware.
- Structured, data-led problem solver; drives root cause and prevention.
- Collaborative and engaging; builds trust across cells and functions.
- Energising coach; develops others and role-models leadership standard work.
- Resilient under pressure; delivers without compromising safety or quality.
- Safety advocate; persistent about Zero Harm and standardisation.
- CI mindset; challenges the status quo through R2S.
- Digitally confident; uses WMS/SEWO/Power BI to tell the story and drive action.
- Commercially aware; manages partner performance, cost and compliance.
- Quality mindset; protects consumer safety, product quality and stock integrity.
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