Business Analyst - Personal Care Europe

Job Title: Business Analyst - PC Europe

Location: Kingston

JOB PURPOSE

The BU Business Analyst combines data and analytics expertise with business acumen to partner with commercial teams to deliver and activate insights into business outcomes, drive adoption of customer tooling into value and raising the bar on value of UniOps for commercial outcomes. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Generating Insights (operational and strategic) for commercial teams at BG, BU and NMU level

• Working in close partnership with commercial leaders, often as part of the leadership team

• Providing on-going analysis on Categories performance & opportunities for growth and savings

• Based on insights, propose action plan for success

• Influencing outcomes including category growth strategy, product renovation & innovation, D4R, D4C and activation pipeline

• Forward looking & advanced analytics to deliver optimal Pricing, promo, NRM and execution strategy across customers and channels

Bridging the gap between commercial teams and respective analytic solutions

• Enhancing business sign-off, data quality, data accuracy & harmonisation, working closely with Product teams to address any gaps and issues

• Driving Process embedment by bringing deep functional understanding of both commercial processes and UniOps data, tech and solutions

• Custodian of data definitions used in the analytics suite (KPIs, calculations…) to ensure consistency across insight and performance management, facilitating roll-up at BG level

• Lead for reduced complexity and simplification of the tooling landscape, as well as value generation from existing capabilities

Driving adoption and change management of relevant data and analytics products (including NRM) across the business

• Driving change management and training programmes with commercial teams 

• Work in partnership to drive adoption and outcomes

• Identifying opportunities to better leverage tools and data to drive better and more automated insight, reducing reliance on manual processes

ALL ABOUT YOU

Skills

• Advanced technical skills, incl. SQL, Python, Power BI

• Deep category business understanding

• Business acumen – Customer development, Finance, Marketing

• Data analytics – including products, data foundations

• Insights & story telling

• Planning & programme oversight

• Strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder management skills

• Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills
  

Unilever Behaviours

1. Focus on what counts

Concentrate your time and energy on the priorities that really move the business and people forward, rather than trying to do everything. It’s about clarity on goals, smart choices, and making an impact, not just being busy.

2. Care deeply

Show genuine care for people, the business, and our wider impact. This includes wellbeing, inclusion, psychological safety, and doing the right thing even when it’s hard.

3. Stay three steps ahead

Think ahead and anticipate what’s coming rather than only reacting. It’s about being curious, spotting risks and opportunities early, and adapting quickly to change.

4. Deliver with excellence

Follow through on commitments and deliver high‑quality outcomes. This means taking ownership, holding yourself accountable, and continuously improving how work gets done.

NOTES

Location

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London to house the employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars, Lever House in Kingston, Unilever House in Leatherhead and Graze in Richmond. We are creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment, purposefully bringing us together in our own Unilever ecosystem. The campus is due to be completed in early 2025 and will consist of two interconnected buildings, as well as landscaped surrounding areas.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, free gym, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, click here: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.

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