Senior Global Strategy Manager – Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company in Greater London is seeking a Senior Global Strategy Manager for its Beauty & Wellbeing sector. This role involves leading strategic development across various business facets, supporting annual business planning, and presenting insights to senior stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have substantial consulting experience, a passion for beauty, and strong analytical skills. The position offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, and hybrid working opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary and pension scheme

Annual bonus

Subsidised gym membership

Discounted staff shop and shares

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support

Family-friendly workplace

Qualifications

• Deep curiosity about consumers and competitors.
• Ambitious, growth-oriented, and externally focused.
• Ability to communicate insights effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic development across portfolio, channel, and operating models.
• Support the annual business planning process.
• Translate complex data into persuasive presentations.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Executive presentation

Strategic thinking

Market analysis

Relationship building

Excel proficiency

PowerPoint proficiency

Education

Significant experience in strategy consulting

Experience in the 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

• Competitive salary and pension scheme.
• Annual bonus.
• Subsidised gym membership.
• Discounted staff shop and shares.
• Opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
• Flexible working options may be discussed for a full‑time role.
• Wellbeing support, including hubs, programmes and development opportunities.
• Family‑friendly and inclusive workplace.
• Creating possibilities for all.

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 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 | Unilever.