AWE Project Manager - Ekaterra

About the Tea Business 

Unilever is proud of its Tea business, the biggest in the world, with world class purpose driven brands such as Lipton, PG tips and Tea Co. Recently, Unilever decided to separate the Tea business to ensure it can best achieve its potential. Unilever is currently reviewing several options for separation, including a demerger, an initial public offering, a disposal or through partnership models. The Tea businesses in India and Indonesia, and the partnership interests in the ready-to-drink Tea joint ventures will be retained.  

The balance of the Tea brands and geographies and all Tea estates, with generated revenues of €2 billion in 2019, is growing and profitable with proven potential both pre- and post-COVID-19. As a standalone entity, the Tea company remains number one in the world and is even better positioned to lead the industry and take full advantage of the opportunities in the category, with more focus and entrepreneurship driving greater growth and value. 

The current vision for the Tea company is to champion a tastier, healthier, more sustainable world of plant-based drinking. Purposeful thinking will be the core anchor of the business, its brands as well as its culture, and enables simple and agile decision making, supports an entrepreneurial mindset and is driven by passion for our consumers. 

As we move through this journey towards separation, we are seeking employees with a passion for exciting entrepreneurial experiences, who want to pursue unique career opportunities and have a desire to be an integral part in building the bright future of this plant-based company. 

Company Vision:

• To grow a world of wellbeing through the regenerative power of plants

Company Mission 

A virtuous cycle of growth for everyone connected to our business 

CONSUMER: we will craft winning brands that become the universal beverage of choice: serving only the tastiest products that enrich physical, emotional and social wellbeing

CLIMATE: we will lead the way and create a net positive, giving back to the planet much more than we take.

COMMUNITY: we will enrich lives by delivering more value per cup and share that value amongst growers, blenders and farming communities. 

EMPLOYEES: we will nurture the growth of every employee, maximising learning and impact of every individual

SHAREHOLDERS: we will lead value creation with sustainable high performance, delivered with transparency and consistency 
 

Summary:

This role is for someone who is driven, resilient and experienced in complex project management. The ideal candidate has experience in a Marketing Function and an interest in assisting the business in building a high performing Marketing Function in terms of operations, profitability, management, structure and strategy.

This role is for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is used to hitting the ground running. It is a unique opportunity to learn a great deal from Marketing Consultants and Senior Business Leaders across the Marketing Function.

The individual needs to be self-driven, commercially aware, bigger picture oriented & detail oriented. 

This role will be the right-hand person to the Workstream Lead, acting as a delegate on the Workstream Lead’s behalf as well as planning, tracking and assisting the smooth transition of the Marketing Function from the existing company to a new company.

The role will liaise with many teams including Workstream Leads, Consultants and Unilever employees across the world.
 

Main responsibilities

• Work with Consultants and internal teams to assist in the transfer of services for marketers in Ekaterra across Artwork, 
• Migrate local and global systems from UL to ekaterra. 
• Track status of migration and coordinate with stakeholders across countries
• Understand and lead transition plan on:
• Blue (artwork management system)
• Database Transition: Audit and identify all teams and shared folders across marketing and support functions 
• Liaising with IT team for actual transfers 
• Ways of working for readiness for end state with transition plan 
• Migrate all relevant local and global contracts from UL to ekaterra.
• Coordinate two stage transition
• Stage one – PMA transition
• Stage two – Tech transition

Manage weekly reports for separation and blossom team

Skills & Competences

• Complex Project management
• Commercial awareness
• Excellent interpersonal & stakeholder management skills 
• Tact and persuasive ability
• Teamworking skills
• Attention to detail
• Excel expertise
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self driven
• A good understanding of Artwork systems, processes and tasks OR a quick learner

Personal Attributes

• Lover of all things marketing 
• Enthusiastic and positive, with a curious and naturally inquisitive approach
• Tenacious, energetic and resilient
• Has a genuine and deep interest in plants and their relationship with people and the planet, champions the environment and sustainability
   

Our values:

• Sustainability
• Fun loving
• Risk taking ability
• Simple thinking
• Transparent and fair
• Innovative
• Promote diversity
• Ownership and accountability
• Entrepreneurial 

Excited about the Role? 

Please apply online. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch to provide you with an update on the status of your application.