Strategy & Planning Business Analyst – Foods Benelux & Europe

UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR A STRATEGY & PLANNING BUSINESS ANALYST – FOODS EU & BENELUX

Location: Weena, Rotterdam – the Netherlands

Local conditions apply

Full-time/Part-time

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in the Netherlands. If you are based outside of the Netherlands and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the Netherlands.

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. 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. 

We want our business to flourish, and we know that our success depends on others flourishing around us. That's why our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace, and why sustainable, long-term growth is at the heart of our business model. 

Join the Foods European & Benelux CSP Strategy, Insights & Digital Commerce team to drive the integration of analytics across both the offline and online retail landscapes.

This pivotal role bridges the gap between digital commerce and traditional retail analytics, empowering Foods Europe & Benelux with actionable insights to drive growth in key channels and markets.
As part of the CSP Strategy, Insights & Digital Commerce team, you will focus on omnichannel analytics—bringing clarity to performance across offline retail stores and digital commerce platforms. You will play a vital role in leveraging data to uncover opportunities, optimize the shopper path to purchase, and improve sales performance for both offline and online channels. The role also focuses on capability building, working closely with markets and key teams to embed a robust omnichannel analytics framework.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?

• Drive the omnichannel analytics agenda for Foods Europe and Benelux, ensuring seamless and automated integration of insights from offline (brick-and-mortar) and online (digital commerce) channels.

• Analyze multi-source data to deliver a comprehensive view of customer and consumer shopping behavior across channels.

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of business metrics, reports, and dashboards to track omnichannel performance and inform strategic decisions.

• Translate abstract datasets into real-world, shopfloor recommendations.

• Provide insights on key performance metrics such as sales velocity, profitability, share of shelf, promotional effectiveness, and omnichannel return on investment (ROI).

• Collaborate with markets to optimize category growth by identifying and reducing friction points in the shopper journey.

• Work closely with the Foods CSP team to embed an omnichannel analytics framework across key European markets.

• Partner with digital commerce specialists, retail media leads, shopper marketing teams, and customer development teams to ensure alignment on omnichannel strategies.

• Facilitate capability building by training teams in omnichannel analytics best practices and fostering a data-driven decision-making culture.

• Build simple Proof-of-Concept tools (i.e. in Excel) to show value and make the case for scaling and automating 

• Collaborate with the top six European markets (Benelux, United Kingdom & Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, and Poland) to drive consistency in omnichannel analytics approaches.

• Provide tailored support for strategic retail partners, including key players in brick-and-mortar retail and digital commerce platforms.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Strong expertise in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting multi-channel retail data to provide actionable insights.

• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end analytics solutions, from data extraction to strategic recommendations.

• Experience in developing and managing dashboards and reporting tools to track business KPIs.

• PowerBI/SQL is a plus

• Knowledge of the omnichannel landscape, including brick-and-mortar retail, digital commerce, and rapid delivery platforms.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a strong ability to present complex data to cross-functional teams.

• Experience in category management or Data & Analytics is a plus.

• Ability to work across European markets and adapt global frameworks to local contexts.

• Fluent in English.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?
Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment    where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!

• Attractive total remuneration package: excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.

• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.

• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.

• We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.

• Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40%-60% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate.  For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office, you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.

• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products. 

• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).

• Homework allowance

• Company laptop and mobile phone

• Green Mobility Policy.   

EXCITED?

Join Unilever and our team! To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV and a motivation letter.  Your application will be reviewed against our requirements, and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.

Looking forward to meeting you! 

Please note this is a Direct Search led by Unilever. Applications from agencies will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.

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

By highlighting the gender diversity at the workplace, Unilever encourages women equally men to apply. If you look for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.

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