Professional Documents
Culture Documents
On the entry level the HR Department is mostly taking MBA graduates. According to
Unilever their belief is that "Their people are their greatest asset. The HR team takes great
pride in acknowledging the contribution of each employee. Unilever focuses a lot on HR
Development and for that the HR team ensures:
Staff of Unilever consists of world class Professionals and ensures that the right systems are
in place to encourage people to develop to their full potential
Collaborative and mutually supportive work environment is created that encourages people
to grow.
Team of professionals is built which delivers expertise by participating in business
decisions.
Performance Management and Reward Systems are developed which underlies the Business
strategy of Unilever.
A clearly defined Recruitment & Selection policy is defined.
The need for Training & Development of employees is assessed.
Compensation & Benefit plan is developed which ensures that employees are motivated.
Unilever is basically equal employment opportunity organization. Almost 70%of its
employees are male and 30% are female. The job description of each and every employee is
predefined. Performance appraisal is done on annual basis. Average age of Unilever
employee is 32 years. This shows that they prefer young and energetic people for
their middle and lower level management. High profile well experienced persons are
considered for top-level management. Average Salary is 12000 for an employee.
Management:
In Unilever the hierarchy is very lean, in general the whole setup is centralized, all the
matters are to be reported to the head office and all the policies and targets are approved at
the higher level. But at the branch level the structure is decentralized.
Personnel:
All of the employees serving at Unilever are very devoted as they are given a wonderful
learning environment to work, pay offered to them is also very attractive and ample chance of
progress motivates them to work more. The
Whenever an employee requires something from the admin, his request was put forward by
filling a simple form which includes name of the entity, its quantity, signature of the
department etc. This is known as Purchase Request.
In-house Training
Learning is an integral part of life at Unilever & there are many to develop skills, both
professional & personal. So they focus on four major aspects. Those are:
A lot of emphasis is placed on professional skills development which are technical skills
required for your job. This usually happens through classroom; trainer led learning,
operational visits to other countries and sites along with professional certification courses.
General skills will also be developed with the aid of e-learning courses, virtual instructor led
programs and the traditional classroom style instructor led programs.
Supportive colleagues
Employees will always have their manager, HR or a supportive colleague at hand to help with
learning and development. They will encourage and support, answer questions, and help
build self-confidence and offer invaluable advice.
Ramani Fernando Training Academy with Unilever Sri Lanka and City &
Guilds to open first branch in Kandy
The program
Unilevers Management Trainees will choose to specialize in 1 of 6 career functions
(Marketing, Sales (Customer Development), Finance, Supply Chain (Manufacturing), Human
Resources IT and Tea). The program duration is 24 months which will include employees
induction to the company.
Focused on building leadership capability and accelerating employees development, the
program involves a number of job rotations which will help to employees, to understand the
business as a whole while gaining valuable experience.