Unilever Hiring for Business Analyst – Supply Chain at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full Time

LOCATION: UniOps Bangalore

About Unilever

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.

About Uniops

Unilever Operations (UniOps) is the global technology and operations engine of Unilever offering business services, technology, and enterprise solutions. UniOps serves over 190 locations and through a network of specialized service lines and partners delivers insights and innovations, user experiences and end-to-end seamless delivery making Unilever Purpose Led and Future Fit.

Business Background

UniOps’ purpose unleashes the power of people, experiences, technology, data, and performance to deliver experiences that grow, fuel, and protect Unilever and our stakeholders.

The Data and Analytics (D&A) team plays a critical role in driving Unilever’s Growth and Fuel for Growth, empowering our people to make smarter and faster decisions to unlock value. Our vision is to transform Unilever to become truly Data Intelligent, delivering superior performance through data-driven decisions.

About D&A – Context And Vision

Digital technology is transforming business, creating huge amounts of data. Our belief is that those companies that can truly harness data and deploy analytics at scale, will be those that succeed in the future.

Our vision is to elevate data and data use across Unilever, to transform Unilever into a Data-Intelligent enterprise, where every decision and action is powered by the best data and advanced analytics (AI) to deliver on our business goals. It’s about empowering our employees, helping them to make smarter and faster decisions and freeing up their capacity to focus on growth and the decisions that matter. Decisions about our categories, brands, channels, key markets, and our people.

We are helping to lead Unilever into the Future of Work, combining the best of human intelligence and machine through data-intelligent decision-making.

Who We Are And What We Do

We are a passionate team of over 350 data experts, data scientists, information experts, technical specialists, and business analysts. We operate as ‘One D&A’, made up of Global engagement and expertise teams, based in our key hubs including India, the UK, and US, and local UniOps in Market D&A teams, based in our key markets. Together, we combine the best of global for scale and efficiency, and local for intimacy and impact.

‘We are in the midst of a paradigm shift where the intelligence of machines will complement human ingenuity to do good, do better and smarter” – Sanjiv Mehta, Unilever President, South Asia

Our Key Objectives As D&A Are To

Set the Unilever data strategy and lay the foundations to maximise the value of our data . Deliver the connected Data Platform to accelerate access to integrated and trusted data at scale across the company for analytics and decisions . Embed core data and analytics capabilities, leading to automation, AI, and Big Data to boost Unilever’s decision intelligence. Lead the Data and Analytics Culture to build a future-fit workforce that values and adopts data-intelligent decision-making across all levels.

We are also passionate about powering our growth with purpose, building a diverse and inclusive team and culture, for example through our #WomenInData program, and continuing to innovate in the use of data and AI to meet our sustainability goals.

Role Profile

(A concise statement setting out the main purpose and objectives of the job)

Businesses face the daunting task of analysing intricate value chains and making proactive or reactive decisions to optimize value. This challenge has been further amplified by COVID-19, disrupting traditional industry practices and intensifying global climate and geopolitical risks.

In response, we have developed a state-of-the-art Graph Analytics Capability that connects our value chain from end-to-end, empowering us to analyse large and complex data sets at scale and speed, resulting in solutions and value what was not possible before.

Our Graph Analytics Capability has proven its value with the successful implementation of a procurement use case in Nov’22, garnering overwhelming interest from various business functions, including CD, Supply Chain, Finance, and Sustainability. Therefore, it is now time to scale up this capability crucial to fully leverage drive greater value across the organization.

If you are a Business Analyst who has a passion for scaling up technology innovations this is your opportunity.

Graph Analytics is seen as a key competitive differentiator in the industry and is a priority of Business Operations and UniOps.

You will be a part of very agile team with an extensive ambition and roadmap to success. Graph CoE is responsible for, including but not limited to, Use Case Deliveries, Budget Management, Value and ROI Measurement, Communication, Community Building with Data Scientists.

Key Accountabilities

Understand Business requirements & objectives related to Graph use case. Work with Data SME to identify and finalize the relevant datasets and business logic applicable for the use case. Understanding UL Data and work with data SME’s and business team to carry out data validation against use cases aligned to the Business goals. Help executing Graph CoE strategy rigorously with quarterly deliverables. Help with demand collection and funnel reviews by design committee regularly. Help creating a well-rounded communication strategy is created and executed, including trainings of business users, data SMEs, data engineers and data scientists. Help determining the milestones of delivery and pivotal moments and checkpoints.

Essential Experience

• Through understanding of Technology Scale Up, having experience with launching and scaling up technology innovations across different platforms and geographies esp. Graph Analytics.
• SQL Knowledge/Experience and well-rounded appreciation of Data Science applications to business problems
• Hands-on approach into data, building queries, running tests using different languages: SQL, GSQL, Python
• Rigorous mindset not settling for an incomplete solution.
• Product management understanding; being part of a team delivering multi country products/platforms.
• Experience in CPG/FMCG industry and domain knowledge in Supply-chain is a plus.
• Having Unilever data knowledge is a plus.
• Proven experience operating and project managing in a complex organizational environment.
• Experience in Communication/Change Management/Building Learning Plans.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, Data engineers, Data SME/scientists and work in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Mindset to learn & skill development in Graph Technology.

All About You

(Experience and qualifications required)

We are looking for someone with eagerness to fail, learn and pivot; who strives for scale up experience.

We encourage you to apply if you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for below. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need!

Desirable Experience

• Having worked on a digital role as BA, QA or PM, managed a project budget of €200k+
• Being part of a global roll out of a product/programme
• Worked in as part of squad that runs with Kanban methodology.

Professional Skills (foundation/practitioner/mentor)

• Product Management in Technology – Practitioner
• Product Discovery and Solution Design – Practitioner
• Project Management – Practitioner
• Product lifecycle management – Foundation
• Supply Chain Business Understanding – Practitioner

Leadership Skills

• Demonstrates strong “Inner game”:
• Strong Design Thinking/Agility and innovation mindset – intellectually curious, constantly looking to develop, embraces change with sense of urgency and enjoys positively challenging status quo
• Personal drive and ability to inspire and engage others towards action
• Personal mastery –emotionally resilient; always bringing the best of themselves
• Demonstrates great “Outer game”:
• Credible business acumen – shows understanding of business, commercials and performance metrics. Has gravitas to effectively influence senior stakeholder within a functional and business context
• Encourages experimentation, bringing the outside in, and intelligent risk taking
• Brings the voice of the consumer and internal customer into everything they do
• Passion for high performance – creating motivation and focus to drive execution at speed
• A talent catalyst – encouraging collaboration and inclusivity, empowering teams to be their best

What Do We Offer

From our foundation, Unilever has been a purpose-driven company. Today, our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace. We are working to create a brighter future every day with brands and services that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. That includes us – the people who work for Unilever, as well as the world around us. Unilever’s flexible rewards and benefits are designed to help us all have sustainable households, for whatever life stage you are at now and in the future.

These Include

• Great work environment
• Flexible work environment built on trust and autonomy
• Pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• Well-being hub with access to benefits such as Healthcare, eye tests, health checks, occupational physio

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 well-being 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.

And last but certainly not least – the chance to be a part of a dynamic team with the backing of the globally renowned Unilever brand.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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 the 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.

Reasonable Adjustments

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applications from people with a disability. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment journey. Candidates will be asked at the time of their application if any support or reasonable adjustments to complete their application and any subsequent recruitment journey with us at Unilever.