Global Program Manager, Climate

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Global Program Manager, Climate & Nature Fund

View more categories View less categories Sector Environment, Project and Program Management Role Manager Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time

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. Our strategy begins with a purpose that places consumers at the heart of everything we do: Brighten everyday life for all. Our goal is to deliver best-in-class performance with market-making, unmissably superior brands. 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 collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. 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.

ABOUT PROCUREMENT

Part of the Supply Chain family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow. Our teams work closely with the business to understand stakeholders needs, bring innovation to meet changing consumer, employees and customers needs, and drive financial value for Unilever through competitive buying. We're at the forefront of digital procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based decisions. Our strategy is 'Procurement with Purpose' and focuses on buying responsibly, buying better, and growing together with partners around the world. Our ambition is based on three key drivers: being Purpose-Led, Value-Driven, and Future-Fit.

JOB PURPOSE:

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do - creating a better business and a better world. If you want to deliver impact at scale through global value chain transformation in consumer goods by creating and managing innovative sustainable financing models and partnerships, then this role is just for you

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The role as Climate & Nature Fund (CNF) Senior Program Manager presents an opportunity to be part of an international team of program managers, sustainability, and investment professionals managing global programs and projects. This is an exciting role and a unique opportunity to spearhead sustainable transformation, with a focus in Europe and the Americas, as part of an international team, sponsored by Unilever's Chief Procurement Officer and working across the Unilever business groups.

In 2020, Unilever announced the creation of a €1 billion commitment over the next 10 years to take meaningful and decisive action to protect the health of the planet and connect sustainability with our superior value creation model. The Climate & Nature Fund enables greater impact, through growth-based global value chain transformation and technology innovation, and as a platform for collaboration with partners in innovation and financing that help scale impact faster and further. The commitment will enable achievement of ambitions focusing on delivering goals under the 4 sustainability priorities - Climate, Nature, Plastics & Livelihoods.

You will be responsible for developing, implementing and the ongoing performance management of financing and innovation partnerships and programs, and the origination and monitoring of direct and fund investment strategies. The role will consist of:

Project origination and program management (primarily Europe & Americas):

• Key relationship manager for internal partner collaboration with Procurement, Global Sustainability, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Assurance, Brands and Business Units.
• Nature and Livelihoods Strategies: origination and performance management of co-financing partnership programs and investments, including regenerative agriculture strategy in raw material and ingredients supply chains.
• Climate Investments for Net Zero Goals: developing and managing partnership and investment strategies for alternative feedstock and clean energy, collaborating with Co-Financing Solutions Manager and Supplier Climate Program Manager on developing and structuring external financing partnerships.
• Packaging & Circular Economy Strategy: support development and management of recycling and circular economy innovations and partnerships, including co-management of innovation partnership called 100+ Accelerator.

Partnership development and influencing the field:

• Contribute to elevating the leadership profile of the Climate & Nature Fund.
• Develop and maintain effective external financing and innovation partnerships.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experience & Qualifications:

• 5-10 years professional experience related to the fields of sustainability, innovation partnerships or impact investment.
• Market knowledge and insights of sustainability in industry or supply chains.
• Proven experience delivering and managing complex and multi-stakeholder projects with strong business case execution.
• External network desirable within public and private sector financial institutions.
• Knowledge and experience preferred working on sustainability and investment strategies in supply chains and areas relevant to Unilever's business groups (Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, Home Care, Foods).

Skills:

• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial growth mindset, a strong bias for action, accountability and interested in innovation and collaboration.
• Ability to build, manage and lead relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Proven strength in execution and able to work independently and collaboratively.
• Strong at communicating ideas to business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and influencing.
• Strong analytical skills for building business cases and development / collaboration on financing solutions.
• Strong skills in program management skills and data-driven decision making.
• Business acumen and ability to understand how the organization derives value from opportunities, interventions and capabilities for decarbonization and nature positive strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to strategically motivate/influence colleagues and senior stakeholders, and in the process holding oneself as well as others accountable for reaching ambitious targets.

LEADERSHIP:

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviours

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed.
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• CONSUMER & CUSTOMER LOVE: Brings the voice of the consumer into everything we do, always.
• PURPOSEFUL IMPACT: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
• TALENT CATALYST: Inspire people to grow, with support and honesty.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Hybrid work and flexibility.
• Opportunities for the development and improvement of qualifications.
• Sharing the cost of professional training & courses.
• Benefits: life insurance, private medical care, pension fund, sharing the cost of sports activities, Benefits System - Cafeteria and many others.
• Extra days off to take care of yourself and others.
• Unilever store - Our products at attractive prices.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. 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.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their 'Whole Self' to work and this includes you Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

Company

Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. Have the opportunity to see the true impact that you're having in the work you do - every small thing counts. The personal contribution you make means you feel good about what you do and proud that you have a career with a higher purpose. Be empowered to make a positive impact, by bringing your purpose into action.

Be a force for good. Unleash your curiosity and pioneering spirit to make our business win and grow. Use your confidence to challenge the status quo for the better, while you learn, grow and make a positive impact.

Diversity & Inclusion is one of the things that we want Unilever to be famous for.

This means making sure our business is fair, attracting and retaining the very best talent and helping them unlock their full potential.

Dove, Lipton, Ben & Jerry's, Magnum, Lynx, Knorr, Surf. Our world-famous brands are totally different – and as people, so are we. Be surrounded by individually different but like-minded people who share your values, commitment and desire to start or pursue a career across different cultures and levels of seniority where you do good things every day. Bring your real self to work, here we combine our differences to achieve greater things.

Develop into your best self. Get inspired by leaders and peers and create life-shaping experiences for yourself. Unilever offers an inspirational working environment where you will be mentored and nurtured by bright minds and purpose-led leaders. Use your skills and knowledge, and the tools we provide you to experience all that Unilever can offer across brands and around the world. You have the ability to craft a flexible – and global – career.

Our policies & flexible working

At Unilever, we have a range of market-leading, family-friendly and flexible working policies, which enable our employees to balance their day-to-day responsibilities.

These policies and practices include:

• Agile working, which gives employees the possibility to work remotely and flex their own hours, whilst ensuring business needs are met.
• Flexible working arrangements including, but not limited to, part-time and job share opportunities.
• Enhanced leave policies - all employees taking maternity or shared parental leave have up to 16 weeks' paid leave and some eligible employees can have up to 39 weeks' paid leave. In addition, our Maternity & Paternity Services portal provides online resources to support employees at all stages of parenthood, as well as tailored guidance for line managers.
• Practical support including, nursery benefits and back-up care for parents and carers.
• A constant focus on wellbeing for employees, including regular health checks, mental health support and our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a strong culture of mentoring, training and learning across the organisation, with a range of resources and initiatives available:

• Mentoring and coaching.
• Leadership and general business skills training, including unconscious bias.
• Learning for all, via access to internal and external resources.
• Workshops which support personal and team development.

Our ambition: unlocking talent through disability inclusion

The World Health Organization estimates that there are one billion people in the world currently living with a disability. That's about 15% of the global population, or 1 in 7 of us. And the statistics suggest that people living with disabilities are among the most marginalised populations in the world in terms of employment and educational opportunity.

Removing the barriers facing people living with disability is a priority for our business. It isn't just the right thing to do – we believe that creating equality of opportunity will unlock a huge pool of talent. It also gets to the heart of the ambition to 'leave no one behind' – and could contribute to the five Sustainable Development Goals which explicitly reference disability and to the wider sustainable development agenda.

In 2018, we set ourselves global commitments to achieve by 2025:

• to be the number one employer of choice for people with disabilities, and
• to increase the number of employees with disabilities to 5% of our total workforce.

These are ambitious targets. They involve transforming the way we recruit and train our people. And they mean adapting both the way we work and our workplaces, so that we can support people with disabilities to reach their full potential.

"We cannot be an inclusive organisation unless we ensure that we have created the conditions and the culture for people with a disability to thrive."

We are keen to find out about your talent, and offer the support you need.

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