Unilever

The Programme

The Unilever Young Manager Programme is about developing tomorrow’s leaders, today. 

Join our coveted marketing leadership programme! 

Are you ready to accelerate your career? 

Our exclusive program is designed to train and upskill marketing leaders on a fast track. Gain the skills and knowledge needed to excel in today’s dynamic marketing landscape.

In a marketing role in the Unilever Young Manager Programme, you will lead the world’s most well-known brands, manage essential elements of the marketing mix and enroll in our world-class marketing academy. 

The Marketing experience you will get on the Unilever Young Manager Programme will include Brand Building, Brand Development and Digital Media exposure.

Creative flair and consumer love will see you go far, but marketing is commercially focused and demands strong business skills to make things happen. 

It takes a deep sense of logic, ambition, organizational skills and an understanding of how the business operates, you might say you are the product owner of your brand in your country, working with many multi-disciplinary teams to keep your brand relevant. 

Great marketers have the passion and see that marketing is all about creating the best products for our consumers, which improve the lives of our consumers. 

Over multiple stints you will gain broad experience in several areas of marketing expertise for example:

• Brand Building & Management – Participate in the development of our brand and marketing strategies for iconic brands like Dove, Breeze, Vaseline among many others. Learn to make data driven recommendations across 6Ps and be involved in driving localized portfolio mixes to win in the market.  
• Agency Management – You will work with marketing agencies to conceptualize and land brilliant execution of disruptive and memorable activations, and unmissably superior brand experiences. 
• Brand Operations – You will work closely with our Customer Strategy & Planning (CSP), Supply Chain, Finance, Consumer Marketing Insights and Media teams to manage projects and bring plans to life on a day-to-day basis.  
• Consumer Data & Insights – You will obtain data from multiple sources like research agencies, consumers, sales trends, amongst many others, deriving insights on consumer behaviours and trends, ultimately using it to drive decision making for our brands and products.

Key Features of the Young Manager Programme:

• Attract early graduates/bouncers who aspire to succeed in world-class careers.  
• A blended assignment of multiple experiences across the business, multiple disciplines and countries to build both professional capability and hone leadership qualities.  
• Accelerate the development of this top talent through early leadership opportunities, job rotations and structured ongoing education with hands-on experience in business challenges.  
• Graduates who have the knowledge, skills, ability, and attitude to become Unilever's Future Young Leaders, achieving and performing in a managerial role within 2 years. 
• Programme Duration: 2-year programme. 
• Primary Work Location: Unilever Malaysia Head Office – Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  

Apply before the closing date on 31 January 2025.

Required Skills and Abilities

Who do we look for?

• Fresh graduates or a maximum of 2-years working experience.  
• Bachelor’s Degree in any field of study with a displayed strength of solid business acumen and commercial awareness. 
• Malaysian nationality. 
• Willing to travel - geographic mobility.  

Online Application → Talent Partner Touch Point → Virtual Discovery Centre → Onboard by April 2025.

About Us:

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.