Who do you actually work for at Unilever?
QUICK QUIZ
If Amy is an account manager on Domestos, is she...
- Working for Domestos?
- Working for the Home Care business group?
- Employe by Unilever?
The answer is all three. Here’s why: think of Unilever like an evergreen tree. The roots and trunk are Unilever itself, the foundation that supports everything. The branches are the business groups, and the leaves are the brands you probably already know.
That means Amy works on Domestos (the brand), within Home Care (the business group), but she’s employed by Unilever.
What is the difference between business groups and brands?
Unilever has hundreds of brands, so they are organised into business groups that bring together similar product categories, such as Home Care, Personal Care and Beauty & Wellbeing.
Much of our business is powered by a portfolio of global Power Brands, including familiar names such as Dove, Axe, Vaseline, Persil, Domestos and Cif. Together, these brands generated around about 78% of turnover in 2025.
For employees, that's where things get interesting. Because of the way Unilever is structured, there are opportunities to build experience across multiple brands, categories and markets throughout your career.
Would I work for a brand, a business group or a corporate team?
That depends on your role.
If you’re working on a Unilever brand such as Dove or Persil, your job will focus on shaping what’s next, whether that’s building social campaigns, developing fresh ideas from consumer insights, or testing and launching new products.
If your role sits within our wider business group and not a specific brand, your focus will be broader. You might be helping shape strategy across multiple brands and markets, spotting opportunities for growth, or building tools, ideas and ways of working that connect experts across the globe.
Business groups set direction, connecting teams and expertise to drive performance while providing opportunities for people to grow with our brands. Our brand teams turn that into reality, working closely with markets and local teams to deliver ideas that connect with real consumer needs by staying one step ahead and shaping what’s next.
But neither works in isolation. It’s the combination that makes the structure work.
And then there is a third level: corporate. Here you will be working across brands and business groups, providing expertise in areas such as Communications, Human Resources, Research & Development, Finance and Technology.
Who are Unilever's leaders and what do they do?
Unilever is led by an international leadership team that helps shape the future of the company and its people. Together they set the business strategy, overseeing our business groups, brands, and teams, making sure our people across the world are working towards a shared vision. But it’s not just about setting direction from the top. Their role isn't to manage every decision. Instead, they provide direction, set priorities, allocate resources and create the conditions for people and teams to succeed. They help connect long-term business goals with the day-to-day work happening across the business.
That doesn’t happen behind closed doors. You’ll regularly hear from the leaders at company-wide events where they will share updates on performance, priorities, and what is coming next, whether that’s quarterly results or changes in strategy.
Ultimately, this means you’ll be working in a business where communication is open, priorities make sense and you can see how your work fits in with the big picture.
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