Strategy & Planning Business Analyst – Foods Benelux & Europe

UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR A STRATEGY & PLANNING BUSINESS ANALYST – FOODS EU & BENELUX

Location: Hofplein, Rotterdam – the Netherlands

Local conditions apply

Full-time/Part-time

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in the Netherlands. If you are based outside of the Netherlands and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the Netherlands.

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. 

We want our business to flourish, and we know that our success depends on others flourishing around us. That's why our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace, and why sustainable, long-term growth is at the heart of our business model. 

Join the Benelux & EU Strategy & Insights team in Foods and collaborate to grow the business! Strategy & Insights aims to secure Unilever Foods’ success in Omnichannel FMCG within our top six EU markets. We are an integral part of the EU & Benelux Customer Strategy & Planning team, which focuses on developing growth plans for our leading customers across the Benelux and Europe. We pay special attention to the strategic future of the Foods business unit, covering category as well as channel insights. Digital Commerce is a key priority, alongside maximising our executional activities. Foods Strategy & Insights serves as the bridge between long-term strategy, and quarterly execution. This team collaborates with Sales, Category Management, and strategically advises on retail media activities (in collaboration with Shopper and Retail Media teams). 

This position demands expertise and drive to excel in Omnichannel shopper insights. It will oversee the dCommerce analytics Foods Benelux, providing a comprehensive view of dCommerce performance and monitoring the path-to-purchase process. Topics include offering insights on item-level profitability, market development, basket analysis, ROAS optimisation, share-of-search tracking, revenue management, and Shopper Marketing analysis

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?

• Deep analysis on Omnichannel performance and contributing to the Test & Learn agenda. 

• Gathering, cleaning, and analysing large customer and consumer datasets to understand shopping behaviour, assess sales performance, and identify growth opportunities. 

• Utilising and integrating multiple data sources (category, shopper behaviour, financial) to create reliable, actionable insights. 

• Develop and implement strategies to enhance shopper discovery, selection, and conversion, identifying points of friction for optimization. 

• Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of metrics, business reports, and dashboards to inform key business decisions and monitor KPI achievement. 

• Establish an end-to-end perspective of Omnichannel activities and be able to influence stakeholders to change and improve performance. 

• Promote organizational upskilling by encouraging best practices and fostering a data-driven decision-making culture. 

KEY INTERFACES: 

• Benelux & EU Foods Strategy & Insights Lead 

• Digital Commerce analysts in top six EU markets 

• Foods Category Managers 

• Foods Account Managers 

• Net Revenue Management Lead 

• Retail Media Lead and team 

• Global IT, Data & Analytics, Digital Transformation teams 

• Agency and technology partners 

• Consumer Market Insights (CMI) Lead 

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• 2+ years’ experience in consumer-oriented industry 

• First and foremost an analytical expert, who loves to dive into the data and understand what’s happening at the most fundamental level. 

• Adept Excel skills 

• Possesses strong project management skills, capable of leading a cross-functional project and showing consistent delivery of planning. 

• Skilled in collecting, cleaning, and analysing extensive customer and consumer data to generate actionable insights and support business decisions. 

• Strong verbal/written communication, and presentation skills to share your findings with the broader business. 

• Experience in translating quantitative insights to comprehensible actions. 

• Familiarity with the digital commerce landscape, channels, and emerging business models such as rapid delivery. 

• Fluent in English 

• Experience in category management or sales roles 

• Building PowerBI tooling and insight automation 

• Experience in predictive and inferential modelling 

• Familiarity with Retail Media (digital as well as in-store) 

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products. 

• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).

• Homework allowance

• Company laptop and mobile phone

• Green Mobility Policy.   

EXCITED?

Join Unilever and our team! To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV and a motivation letter.  Your application will be reviewed against our requirements, and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.

Looking forward to meeting you! 

Please note this is a Direct Search led by Unilever. Applications from agencies will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.

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.

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