Communications and Corporate Affairs Assistant Manager, Unilever Foods

Join Unilever as a Communications and Corporate Affairs Assistant Manager

UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR A COMMUNICATIONS AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (C&CA) ASSISTANT MANAGER UNILEVER FOODS

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

FOODS BUSINESS GROUP

Unilever’s Foods Business Group is a €13 bn business, which represents almost one quarter of Unilever's turnover. With a presence in almost every country in the world, our Foods products get chosen more than 2.5 billion times a year, with growth driven largely by our three power brands Knorr, Hellmann’s and Unilever Foods Solutions (UFS). The rest of our portfolio is made up of strong regional and local brands including Horlicks, Bango, Calve, Marmite and Red Label.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?

• Support the implementation, and management of a comprehensive internal communications strategy for the Foods Business Group.
• Organization of the internal communications editorial calendar, including creating and building content for our key internal communications channel, Foods Viva Engage Group.
• Work with internal teams and external agencies to deliver multiple overlapping activities in a fast-paced environment, in particular the design and execution of our quarterly Foods Townhalls.
• Project manage Foods C&CA pipeline of external storytelling on Unilever’s external channels (Unilever.com and social channels e.g. LinkedIn, Instagram), and support in identifying key owned media stories that ladder up to our Foods Strategy and power brands.
• Create monthly content for Foods Business President LinkedIn handle.
• Assist team in tracking expenses against department budget, and process purchase orders and reconcile within financial management system.
• Help prepare presentations and reports for team activities as needed (e.g. quarterly Foods C&CA reports).

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, or related field.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in communications or marketing preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, and strong attention to detail.
• Must be entrepreneurial, resourceful, highly organised and comfortable working in a small team environment where self-sufficiency is essential.
• Able to work to tight deadlines and deliver under pressure.
• Creative flair and ability to turn ideas into engaging and attention-grabbing content.
• Microsoft Office Suite skills, especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, as well as ability to design on-brand visual content using Canva.
• Able to create and edit short-form videos.
• Real team player, keeps a balance between personal accountability and delivery through teamwork.
• Bias for action, shows accountability and responsibility and has a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Desire for flawless execution.
• Experience with SharePoint maintenance and administration preferred.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!

• Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme, bike-plan.
• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
• We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
• Wellbeing weeks.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP). This is a free service for you and your relatives in case you might need help in a wide range of issues, including mental health, childcare, elderly care, legal advice, and more.
• Home work allowance.
• Company laptop and mobile phone.
• Green Mobility Policy.
• Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40%-60% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office, you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, parenthood, pregnancy or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against.

By highlighting the gender diversity at the workplace, Unilever encourages women equally men to apply. If you look for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.