Your Future Employer
Unilever is one of the world's leading FMCG companies, home to iconic brands including Dove, Vaseline, TRESemmé, Lynx, Persil, Domestos, Surf, Radox, Sure and Liquid I.V. Through products used by millions of people every day, we help improve health, wellbeing, confidence and care around the world.
Established over 100 years ago, Unilever has a proud heritage of innovation and a long-standing belief that great brands, great people and responsible business go hand in hand.
Today, we are transforming into a faster, more focused growth company centred on Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care and Home Care. Through world-class brands, cutting-edge science and technology, digital innovation and AI-enabled capabilities, we are building unmissably superior products and experiences for consumers around the world.
A career at Unilever offers the opportunity to work at global scale while helping shape the future of some of the world's most recognised brands. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, bringing curiosity, creativity and passion to solve real business challenges and make a meaningful impact every day.
What do we look for?
For our Non-Technical roles, we are open to students from any background who have an appetite for Supply Chain. Students must have completed the penultimate year of their undergraduate degree by the time they start their placement and be returning to study after their placement.
With a strong performance culture, challenging goals, and continuous feedback, we will support you to achieve your potential in an inclusive environment. You will thrive by gaining exposure to real business challenges where your energy and fresh thinking will have an impact. First-hand experience- it’s the fastest way to learn.
Our Supply Chain Management Industrial Placements are a chance to showcase your ambition, thinking, and skills, with total support from a line manager and a buddy.
Most of our roles are based at our Port Sunlight, Leeds, Burton and Kingston sites, and applicants must be able to relocate to any of our UK locations.
Some of our positions you could be allocated to include:
- Supply Chain Non-Technical –
- Portfolio Procurement Assistant at our Leeds or Port Sunlight offices, collaborating and negotiating with our suppliers, whilst championing our sustainability policies
- Contribute to performance tracking, digital tools, and stakeholder engagement. The role includes managing Personal Care Quality Scorecards, supporting Unmissable Brand Superiority (UBS) initiatives, and contributing to digital innovation projects like PQS (Product Quality Services) tracking and AI insights. Interns engage in quarterly reporting, data automation, and quality improvement activities.
- Customer Experience Specialist at our Leeds or Kingston offices, being the face of Unilever to our customer’s supply chain planning, managing our interacting operation and strategy
What could your day-to-day-role look like?
Supply Chain is Unilever’s biggest function so there is a huge range of opportunities you could take on! Some of these include:
- Helping launch the newest Beauty and Personal Care innovation.
- Helping to deliver sustainable engineering projects at one of our UK factories.
- Working in our UK/head office, ensuring our products arrive on time and in full at our customers!
Skills required include:
- Data analytics & data-driven decision making
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Proactivity
- Effective communication & business partnering
- Stakeholder management
- Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
What Can Unilever offer YOU?
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A competitive Salary of £27,898.00
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End of Placement Bonus.
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Subsidised Gym Memberships - availability varies by site.
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Discounted Staff Shop.
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Opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
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28 days (pro rata) of holiday inclusive of bank holidays. Once you have completed 12 worked weeks, under the Agency Workers Regulation your holiday entitlement will increase to 33 days inclusive of bank holidays, pro rata for the term of this placement.
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Opportunity to join one of our Future Careers Development Teams such as Outreach, Digi, Community & Wellbeing and many more! By joining a team, you can grow business-critical skills, develop Unilever Behaviours, and make a meaningful contribution to Future Careers.
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A dedicated buddy to help you onboard and learn about the business.
- An experienced Line Manager to develop your knowledge and understanding across the year.