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Join us as a Global Program Manager, Unilever Climate & Nature Fund (maternity cover). The role as Climate & Nature Fund Program Manager presents an opportunity to be part of an international team of program managers, sustainability, and investment professionals managing global programs and projects. This is an exciting role and a unique opportunity to spearhead sustainable transformation, with a focus in Europe and the Americas, as part of an international team, sponsored by Unilever’s Global Chief Procurement Officer and working across Unilever business groups. The Climate & Nature Fund enables high impact, through growth-based global value chain transformation and technology innovation, and as a platform for collaboration with partners in innovation and financing that help scale impact faster and further. The commitment of €1 Billion will enable achievement of ambitions focusing on delivering goals under the 4 sustainability priorities – Climate, Nature, Plastics & Livelihoods. The Climate & Nature Fund is part of Unilever’s strategy of intervention in the value chain, to unlock impact and business performance, through M&A, investments and long-term strategic partnerships. You will be part of a global financing and investment squad responsible for developing, implementing and the ongoing performance management of financing and innovation partnerships and programs, and the origination and monitoring of direct and fund investment strategies.
Job Responsibility:
Project origination and program management: Climate Investments for Net Zero Goals: developing and managing partnership and investment strategies for alternative feedstock and clean energy, collaborating with Co-Financing Solutions Manager and Supplier Climate Program Managers on developing and structuring external financing partnerships
Packaging & Circular Economy Strategy: support development and management of recycling and circular economy innovations and partnerships, including co-management of our external innovation partnership called 100+ Accelerator
Key relationship manager for internal partner collaboration with R&D, Supply Chain, Finance & Treasury, Assurance, Global Sustainability, and Business Units
Partnership development and influencing the field: Contribute to elevating the leadership profile of the Unilever Climate & Nature Fund
Develop and maintain effective external financing and innovation partnerships
Requirements:
5-10 years professional experience related to the fields of value chain investment, innovation partnerships, or impact investment
Market knowledge and insights of sustainability in industry or supply chains
Proven experience delivering and managing complex and multi-stakeholder projects with strong business case execution
External network desirable within public and private sector financial institutions
Knowledge and experience preferred working on sustainability and investment strategies in supply chains and areas relevant to Unilever’s business groups (Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, Home Care, Foods)
Self-starter with an entrepreneurial growth mindset, a strong bias for action, accountability and interested in innovation and collaboration
Strong financial and analytical skills for building business cases and development / collaboration on financing solutions
Strong skills in program management skills and data-driven decision making
Ability to build, manage, and lead relationships with internal stakeholders
Proven strength in execution and able to work independently and collaboratively
Strong at communicating ideas to business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and influencing
Business acumen and ability to understand how the organization derives value from opportunities, interventions and capabilities for decarbonization and nature positive strategies
Demonstrated ability to strategically motivate/influence colleagues and senior stakeholders, and in the process holding oneself as well as others accountable for reaching ambitious targets