Human Resources Young Manager Programme (Start ASAP)

About Unilever Malaysia

Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England. Its products include food, cleaning agents, toothpaste, consumer health products, tea, beauty products, personal caring product, and many more. Unilever is the world's largest soap manufacturer and its products are available in around 190 countries.

Your role

The Unilever Young Manager Programme is about developing tomorrow’s leaders, today.

Unilever needs HR people who are mindful and responsive to contexts, audiences, and individuals and are inspired to develop colleagues and the capabilities required for the corporate's winning business. Within HR, you will help create an environment where all the people in the company's huge and varied culture can develop themselves and the capabilities required for Unilever's winning business.

What Will You Be Doing?

Wherever you’re based in the business, you will gain experience in driving culture change, play a key role in delivering a great employee and line management experience, develop talented individuals and leaders, turn around team performance, and much more. It’s all about shaping Unilever's organization from within.

Unilever's people have the opportunity to make a big impact every day on a local level, across Asia and the globe. The corporation has a proven tradition of developing its own purpose-driven leaders and encouraging innovative thinking.

Key Features of the Young Manager Programme

• Attract early graduates/bouncers who aspire to succeed in world-class careers.
• A blended assignment of multiple experiences across the business, multiple disciplines, and countries to build both professional capability and hone leadership qualities.
• Accelerate the development of this top talent through early leadership opportunities, job rotations, and structured ongoing education with hands-on experience in business challenges.
• Graduates who have the knowledge, skills, ability, and attitude to become Unilever's Future Young Leaders, achieving and performing in a managerial role within 2 years.
• Program Duration: 2-year program.
• Primary Work Location: Unilever Malaysia Head Office – Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Training & development

The Young Manager Programme at Unilever Malaysia is designed to attract early graduates who are eager to succeed in world-class careers. It offers a blend of experiences across multiple disciplines, countries, and business areas to develop both professional skills and leadership qualities. Top talent is accelerated through early leadership opportunities, job rotations, and structured ongoing education that includes hands-on experience with business challenges. Graduates of the program will have the knowledge, skills, ability, and attitude to become Unilever’s Future Young Leaders and achieve success in a managerial role within 2 years. 

Career progression

As the title of the program suggests, this program is preparing you to become a young manager at Unilever. So, within 2 years of this program, you are expected to have the knowledge, skills, ability, and attitude to become Unilever’s Young Manager, achieving and performing in a managerial role. 

Work-life balance

The regular office working hours start at 9:00 am and end at 06:00 pm, from Monday to Friday. Some employees even state that Unilever let them have flexible hours of work where the employees can opt for WFH or WFO.

Company culture 

Unilever wants a world in which everyone is treated equally. The business is aware that its basis must be an equal workplace that values each and accords them with the freedom and chance to reach their full potential. Meanwhile, based on online reviews, most employees of Unilever Malaysia rate this company highly, stating that the company is a really great place to work. When you work at Unilever, you can expect to have a helpful team, friendly colleagues, and a good working environment.

About you

No specific qualification is required, except for:

• A completed bachelor’s degree and track record in leadership positions in student organizations or extra curriculum activities.
• People skills are essential.
• Have strong communication, strategic influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Achievement-focused, have proven project management skills, and show initiative and flexibility to handle multiple priorities under pressure in a fast-paced and agile work environment.
• This program is open to Malaysian fresh graduates or a maximum of 2 years of working experience.

The role of HR in Unilever as a core strategic business area means the company looks for people with ambition, an interest in business, and the courage to offer creative insights and execute change. An individual who can build relationships and have a talent for influencing and negotiation goes a long way. The limitless opportunities at Unilever create fully engaging innovative entrepreneurship.

How to apply

This opportunity is still closed, click Pre-register for more info if the application is open. We will reach you as soon as the opportunity is open for registration!

The application process for this program open will be as below:

Online Job Application → Talent Partner Touch Point → Virtual Discovery Centre → Onboard  (based on the earliest availability)

The interested candidate is invited to apply online and submit an updated resume to Unilever Careers Site (Graduates)  In the application form, there is a possibility to upload your CV. This will only be used for filling in your personal details and is not part of the selection process.