brand manager

finance manager

procurement manager

supply chain specialist

senior scientist

Unilever

Global brand development in London either meeting in Studio marketing office or Unilever Chelsey corporate offices for top-level meetings. Daily review of US innovation teams needs due to time change. Once US projects and directives have been executed, then regroup with Creative Team for their input on product strategy, brand launches, upcoming events, and projects. Depending on which country is in town or on the calendar host multiple int'l conference calls to source and resolve various regional responsibilities and challenges. Manage and orchestrate top-level professionals product testing results along with organizing multi-tiered international flow communicating project guidelines and goals while relaying info to US innovation teams in real time. I learned invaluable huge corporation policies and procedures, research practices, politics, and expedient project follow through. Management and global leaders were all brilliant and motivating maintaining strong focus and understanding of objectives. Co-workers were very diverse throughout EU and aggressive in making a strong imprint on the brand however they saw fit although they were not as friendly or brand loyal as I had hoped. Hardest part of the job was supporting the new brand direction I felt conflicted about that ultimately decreased revenue globally while working long hours to help in a movement i didn't truly believe in with people who were more in it for themselves rather than the company. The most enjoyable part of the job was experiencing and embracing the EU/UK culture and presenting at the global marketing conference while championing new projects + streamlining a once troubled US vs UK synergy.

Meet sales Reps and make calls on many different classes of trade.

Management had a " Cavalier Attitude" to hiring Sales Reps. One was hired before I on-boarded with the firm in Wantaugh ,L.I.
Then he was assigned to Cover Fairfield County, CT and Westchester County outside NYC. It generally took him 2 hours in the morning before he reached his first call and 2 hours at the end of the day in the evening to get home. He burned out quickly.

Management had a " Cavalier Attitude" to attending meetings on time. Often meetings were scheduled at the office for 8;30 AM and the Manager would stroll in at 10 to 10:30 AM saying it was traffic.
We all faced the same traffic. 

The hardest part of the job was competing with top brands like Crest from Proctor and Gamble and Colgate. These were well established brands and had consistent advertising and marketing support on TV . Lever did not support these brands and they died on the vine and were sold to Arm & Hammer. After many new product failures Lever learned that the best way to build a #1 brand name was to BUY it and they did a great purchase of Chesborough-Ponds after I left the firm.

Selling and maintaining placement of any product line in a grocery store/chain is like going to war every day. If your products are not supported by a strong marketing program as well as well trained and staffed sales force the products will not survive over the long term as viable inventory items in the trade. 

The Sales Reps that I worked with at Unilever were all great and very  hard working people. The Management on the other hand thought that the most important part of the day was lunch.
Need I say more.. 

Its been a long time since I was at Lever and the key items that I sold have all been sold to other companies. So things must be improving there.

Unilever is a golden opportunity for people seeking a career. Who want a diverse work force & environment. I feel the one I work at in Sikeston, Mo does a great job at not just better employees through benefits, and job positions. But work hard on being involved in our community at work and outside of it. There is a lot of data strategy I believe there to help solve problems long term, and find solutions. But I do feel there should be more focus to adding individual performance data that includes people who are on the lines and how much certain individuals effect lines, and that each line gets a focus time in the year so that they can examine the performance entirely. And not just based on shift, crew, product, and machine performance. And I think everybody on production floor should start same position unless they were previous employed at Unilever or has operator experience in the same type of factory setting as Unilever. Alot of people struggle to understand one anothers job position out there or limit themselves to only doing what is required of their job position, and the company as a whole suffers from the divisions of certain positions.i rate it 5 stars bc for one its a career 2 because of diversity in workforce and leadership. 3 benefits, job opportunities, and 401k. Employer matches 5 percent in 401 k and often puts a lil more then you do in it at 5 percent a piece. The people who work at Unilever all in all are all caring, and respectful people. Language and the way people treat each other are better at Unilever then any other place I've worked at by a lot 

Working at the hair test center at Concepts in Unilever is always fun. The staff is extremely friendly and understandable. On a daily basis I have to make sure the Hair Test Center is running smooth and under control. This is done by getting the product ready for every study, coding syringes, filling syringes with product, labeling the product to hide the brand, sorting consents in order, and signing in panelist that are participating in the study into the system using iPads. I also help stylist throughout the day with questions or concerns, as well as supervising them when manager is away from the Hair Test Center. 

I could say that with time I have learned how the company works and why concepts exist. I have also been able to learned from my co-workers to be a better team player and keep a positive attitude around the office. I was also able to recruit panelist over the phone, which is something I have never done before. 

The job is not hard at all but if I have to point something hard about the job, I would probably say that is the the fact that sometimes people cancel their appointment or don't show for the study. The number of cancelations or no shows can stop us from completing the study by a certain deadline. Which means we have to recruit more panelist and reschedule the study for a different day. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is the positive attitude everyone has, the respect, professionalism among everyone, as well as the flexible schedule.

A typical day for me was a night. I worked 3rd shift, which meant starting at 11 pm on those days not scheduled for early overtime. Relieve 2nd shift operator on line, check mix remaining until shutdown and adjust with new mix accordingly. Take weights and measures on product, record on operators sheet. Assist material handler and wrapper as needed. Prepare to shut down machine at 125am. Make adjustments to product as needed. Clean up floors and remove trash to central location. Shutdown, rinse machine, molds, vats, freezers, extractors. draw CIp water and CIP freezers, vats and molds. Draw sanitizer water, remove CIP water. Clean floors.Foam floors and walls and outside and inside machines.After CIP and sanitizer removed from mold, chill to operating temperature, draw mix for startup and start machine for daily run. Run machine until 1st shift comes in to relieve. All items on paperwork needed to be filled in properly. 
I learned that no two days can be the same and run without incident. Accidents can happen quickly and painfully. 
The floor supervisors start out clueless and dangerous as do new handpackers. You must work safely if you want to go home with all the correct parts still working.  Coworkers can be fun and cranky at the same time. Don't discount experience. Signs are there for a reason. 
The hardest part of the job was keeping a good run going. Some days we had good runs with no downtime, other days we couldnot  get the line to produce. KNowing your machine was key to getting good runs. 

WHEN ITS TOO BUSSY WE WORK VERY HARD AND HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE FAST LANE PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE AND MERCHANDISED IN A RIGHT PLACE MAKING SURE THAT PRICES ARE THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOUR PRODUCTS ARE CLEAN AND TIDY.I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH CUSTOMERS,THAT U DONT JUST PACK STOCK AND IT SHOULD BE PACK IN THE WRITE PLACE WITH THEIR COMPETITORS,THE FAST SELLING PRODUCTS SHOULD HAVE MORE FACING THAN THE OTHERS REMOVE DAMAGES ,ALWAYS DO A FLOOR WALK EACH AND EVERY MORNING,HOW TO BUILD DISPLAYS,YOU HAVE TO MONITOR YOUR SPACE MAKING SURE THAT NO ONE CUTS SOME OF YOUR FACINGS,IM WORKING IN A GOOD ENVIRONMENT WHEREBY I HAVE GOOD MANAGER WHO HAVE GOOD MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND HE IS AN UNDERSTANDING PERSON AND WE WORK VERY HARD MAKING SURE THAT WE ABIDE BY THEIR RULES AND THE COMPANY RULES AS A WHOLE,IT WHEN YOU FIND OUT THAT U HAVE PACKED YOUR PRODUCTS IN YOUR SHELVES AND WHEN YOU COME BACK YOU FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THE MERCHANDISER FROM THE OTHER COMPANIES HAVE TAKEN YOUR SPACE YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR SPACE MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET YOUR SPACE AND PUT BACK YOUR THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE END OF THE DAY SOME OF THEM THEY EVEN STOP TALKING TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO HANDLE THINGS IN A GOOD WAY TO AVOID THAT,I ENJOY BUILDING DISPLAY,PROMOTING STOCK NEGOTIATING SPACE PACKING STOCK DOING PRESENTATIONS DURING STOKVEL AND COMMUNICATING WITH COMPANIES.

if it was a good group to work with would be rated A+ . But its a very unfair group I work with. Work is not evenly distributed and management doesn't want to hear it. 

Unless your part of the click you get poor reviews and bad ratings I was hired to do a job not play all day. Those that get good reviews sit around literally clipping coupons 2 1/2 days per week while the rest of us get slammed with work then reprimanded for our errors. 

Try to understand they never got a bad review and always got the yearly raise, you can't get bad reviews if you make no error or if you have NO WORK, (those are the employees in this group that get the good ratings the one that sit around clipping coupons and shopping and taking smoke breaks every hour on the hour and never get in trouble for being away) 

So unless management changes I can't rate this department very well. 

We had a fill in years ago that was wonderful but he retired you could approach him with your concerns and they weren't blasted all over the company and you weren't black balled as this management doesn't seem to realize when she tells the supervisor something even though she was told not to tell (very untrustworthy) she tells her click who tells (well you understand the telephone concept).

so good luck I hear there are many departments that are good, fun to work for in Unilever but if you try to get out of this group you get punished too. So its sad I couldn't stay with the company in another capacity. Looking to get out....

When I started working for Unilever, they offered great pay and amazing insurance! I had a child while working there and my insurance covered everything. I paid about $150 out of pocket thru the whole process, delivery and all. Last year they started a new "transition" insurance plan that doesn't even cover half of what it used to and this coming year we'll be fully transitioned to the new plan which is even worse! It's a hard hit to take when your family has come to rely on this. And the hours aren't great for a family/work balance. I've worked there for almost 6 years and still no opportunity to get on first shift. They even make it hard to change from one off shift to the other. Only plus about the hours is that usually overtime is voluntary and not mandatory. They do offer 10 paid vacation days for the first five years, an additional 5 days for every five years you work with them until you cap out at 20 days. You also get 3 paid personal days each year as well as paid holidays. The pay rates are great and the hardest thing about all the jobs is being able to stand on your feet for 8 hours. But once you get your feet broken in, it's a breeze. And if you know what you're doing, management pretty well leaves you alone. It's a good place to work if you're not worried about family life and your family doesn't need good health coverage.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The team environment was very balanced and successful. Problem resolution was always with everyone in agreement. Panel hiring interviews were developed with case studies presented by each candidate. This allowed us to bring in quality employees were shared our vision from day one. Good balance with work and family environment for a large corporation. I had some tremendous mentors in my early years that helped me be successful in
my career goals. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
A few managers over the years proved to be lacking in sharing their success and giving credit to their department members who met their assigned goals.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good communication with our President who held a Monday morning corridor meeting with encouragement and great Q&A sessions to start our week. He encouraged transparency with all of us. A positive and spectacular leader.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Review emails, phone messages and to-do lists and prioritize goals for the day, while working around team and department meetings and Project work  ongoing work on upgrades and expansion to our customized SAP system.

Working for Unilever provided a fun opportunity for me to be able to adapt to work situations on the fly. A typical work day was from 8-10 hours. A lot of times I was in positions where I was out of my comfort zone. This helped me to be able to think outside the box and get a better feel for the business world. I was also able to have input on management decisions with minimal personality clashes. Also rising through ranks from line packer to Intern then Supervisor, allowed me to have a better vision of how employees could be impacted based on my actions. Through this my ability to connect with others has also been enhanced..

The hardest part of the job was working 3rd shift. Most of my mentors were on 1st shift and problems occurred that I had never encountered previously. As a result I didn't always have a safety net. Through this I learned how analyze and make better decisions with the companies best interest at hand. Also my ability learn on the fly began to strengthen as well.

Management worked well with each other. People were always vocal about problems and communication was never factor. Being younger person in the management team they often coached me along. They were quiet when I did the right things and gave constructive criticism when I would get stuck or messed up. The end result was that they allowed ample room for me to grow and let my management skills blossom.

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