Senior Global Strategy Manager – Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever PLC; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major global consumer goods firm is seeking a Senior Global Strategy Manager in London to drive strategic development and support annual business planning. This role involves working with cross-functional partners, leading data-driven insights, and influencing senior stakeholders. Candidates should have a passion for the beauty industry and substantial experience in strategy consulting. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Subsidised gym membership

Discounted staff shop

Shares

Qualifications

• Passion for the beauty industry and curiosity about consumers and competitors.
• Ability to influence C-suite level stakeholders.
• Experience in collaborative and fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic development across portfolio, channel, and operating models.
• Support annual business planning process and strategic reviews.

Skills

Strategic development

Data analysis

Executive presentations

Collaboration

Market insights

Relationship building

Flexibility

Excel proficiency

PowerPoint storytelling

Education

Top-tier strategy consulting experience

Experience in beauty industry or brand management

Job description

Role: Senior Global Strategy Manager – Beauty & Wellbeing

Location: London- Blackfriars

About Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing

Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W) includes some of Unilever’s most exciting categories including Skin Care and Hair Care with brands like Dove, Sunsilk, Vaseline, TRESemme and more. We are also home to our Prestige portfolio of luxury brands such as Dermalogica, Hourglass and Living Proof; and Health & Wellbeing, a carefully crafted collection of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements brands including Liquid I.V., Nutrafol and OLLY. We are building a unified and mutually supportive team of people who are beauty and wellbeing‑obsessed, consumer focused and driven by a passion for winning. Our role is to add value to our brands, deliver tangible beauty benefits through our products, create desire, and pioneer trends. With more than 1 billion people using our products every day, we have an opportunity to use our scale for good. We’re embracing a new era of beauty and wellbeing. One that’s inclusive. Equitable. Regenerative. Positive. So that people and the planet can thrive together.

Job Purpose

The Global B&W Strategy & Operations team is a small, high‑impact group that partners directly with the Global B&W CMO and leadership team to drive outstanding multi‑year performance.

The team’s remit spans three interconnected pillars:

Deliver – Facilitate the monthly innovation cycle and global category operations.

Plan – Lead annual business planning and develop strategic communications.

Shape – Define multi‑year strategic choices across portfolio, geography, channel, and operating model to secure sustainable growth.

This role, reporting to the Global Strategy Director, will take primary responsibility for the Shape pillar.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead strategic development across portfolio, channel and operating models

• Work with cross‑functional partners to address critical mid‑to‑long‑term business questions—ranging from portfolio and channel strategy to competitive analysis and capability building.
• Typical challenges might include: “How do we premiumise our haircare portfolio?” or “What will it take to double our share in social commerce?”
• Partner with colleagues globally—e.g. Consumer & Market Insights for data mining and market sizing, and Finance for business case development.
• Form and lead small, agile squads to support analytical work and insight generation.
• Translate complex data and insights into clear, persuasive executive presentations for the CMO, CFO and CEO, influencing strategic and resource‑allocation decisions.

2. Support the annual business planning process and strategic reviews

• Working closely with the rest of the Strategy & Operations team you’ll support on Pillar 2: “Plan”. You’ll contribute to the construction and communication of the annual business plan, ensuring alignment with long‑term strategic priorities.
• Develop sharp, compelling presentations and strategic narratives for a wide range of senior stakeholders.
• Participate in market and brand strategy workshops, quickly grasping business dynamics across geographies and categories to sharpen strategic choices.
• Prepare for the delivery of total category strategy reviews, where plans and ambitions are challenged and refined by senior leadership.

About You

• You have a genuine passion for the beauty industry and a deep curiosity about consumers and competitors.
• You are ambitious, growth‑oriented, and externally focused, with a bias for action and results.
• You thrive in collaborative, fast‑paced, and ambiguous environments, balancing rigour with pragmatism.
• You are flexible – ready to pivot to pursue the high impact activities.
• A natural relationship‑builder, you can bring together diverse teams to deliver time‑sensitive projects.
• You demonstrate the ability to assert hypotheses, develop data‑backed recommendations, and communicate insights through well‑structured, executive‑ready reports.
• Comfortable engaging at C‑suite level, you have the presence and clarity to influence senior stakeholders.
• Highly proficient in Excel (data modelling) and PowerPoint (executive storytelling).
• You are equally adept at connecting big‑picture strategy with its practical implications, maintaining a keen eye for detail.
• You likely have significant experience in top‑tier strategy consulting.
• Experience within the beauty industry or in brand management is advantageous.

Location

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London. This site will house some employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars together with colleagues who are currently located in Lever House in Kingston. We are excited to be creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment. The campus is due to be completed in 2026.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, 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

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 present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever.