Senior Global Marketing Manager – Unilever Professional

Unilever is hiring for Senior Global Marketing Manager – Unilever Professional

Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands

Reporting to: Home Care Professional Marketing Director

Scope: Global

Local conditions apply

Full-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 in applying, please feel free to do so but we can only proceed with your application if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the Netherlands.

About Unilever Professional

Unilever Professional (UPro) is the B2B growth engine of Unilever’s Home Care business, delivering professional cleaning solutions to customers across hospitality, food service, and commercial environments in more than 40 markets.

Since launching in 2019, UPro has built a strong growth trajectory and an ambitious vision to become a €1bn business by 2030. We are on a mission to make professional cleaning simple, effective and accessible—combining trusted brands with innovative, digitally enabled solutions.

The Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of professional cleaning globally.

As Senior Global Marketing Manager, you will lead digital demand creation at scale, accelerate growth in key categories, and play a pivotal role in building world-class marketing capabilities across markets. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, digital transformation and commercial delivery, working closely with global and regional teams to unlock growth.

Key Responsibilities

1. Digital Demand Creation & Growth

• Define and lead the global digital demand strategy across multiple markets

• Drive scalable digital campaigns and content ecosystems to generate measurable business growth

• Lead agency partnerships, media investment strategy, and performance tracking
  

2. Category Leadership – Dish Care

• Own the end-to-end growth strategy for Dish Care, a priority category

• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver innovation, activation and expansion plans

• Translate operator insights into compelling brand and category strategies
  

3. Marketing Excellence & Innovation

• Build best-in-class content and digital capabilities across UPro

• Leverage data and AI to optimise marketing performance and effectiveness

• Set and elevate standards for execution across global markets
  

4. Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and develop a high-performing team and external partners

• Act as a key marketing leader within the UPro organisation

• Influence senior stakeholders across a complex, matrixed environment

What We’re Looking For

Must-have:

• Proven experience in global or multi-market marketing roles, ideally in B2B or professional channels 

• Strong track record in digital demand generation, including campaign development, media strategy, and performance optimisation 

• Experience owning or contributing to category or portfolio growth strategies 

• Demonstrated ability to translate data and insights into commercial actions 

• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders
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Nice-to-have:

• Experience in professional hygiene, hospitality, or adjacent B2B industries 

• Exposure to AI-driven marketing tools and advanced analytics 

• Experience working in fast-scaling or transformation environments 

Why join us?

• Shape a high-growth, entrepreneurial business within Unilever

• Work on globally recognised brands with real commercial impact

• Be at the forefront of digital and AI-driven marketing transformation

• Collaborate with talented teams across markets and functions

• Unlock significant career growth and leadership exposure

What's 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 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 (deduction on your Fitness Subscription)

• Home working 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 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 applications from all genders. If you are looking for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.