Unilever is planning to cut the number of marketers it employs by 12 per cent globally, about 840 jobs, as part of a company-wide efficiency drive aimed at slashing costs across the business. FMCG giant outlines plans to make division marketing “simpler, leaner, more agile”. Presenting at the FMCG giant’s investor day in London yesterday … Continue reading
The consumer products giant confirmed that 225 jobs are to be lost with the closure of its personal care products site in Swansea, and a further 25 at its distribution site in Bridgend as it concentrates operations at its Port Sunlight base. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/09/13/unilever-confirms-decision-to-axe-350-jobs-in-wales-91466-31828312/
The investment will create around 150 new jobs at a new high-tech manufacturing facility for personal care products in the 120 acre site. Brands brought into the Unilever portfolio as a result of the recent acquisitions of Sara Lee’s personal care … http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/9927731.Unilever_s___40m_investment_creates_new_jobs_at_Port_Sunlight/?ref=nt
Record high unemployment in the EU has forced some of the larger consumer goods companies to shift marketing strategies. They target poverty-stricken Europeans’ demand for cheaper goods in the midst of an economic crisis. Unilever – the third-largest consumer goods company in the world, which manufactures hundreds of brands like Aviance, Ben & Jerry’s, Dove … Continue reading
Nearly 140 jobs at a major Owensboro food processor could be affected by the company’s decision to sell one of its product lines. Unilever North America operates a 515-employee plant on Owensboro’s east side that produces Ragu spaghetti sauce as well as frozen meals and appetizers under the names Bertolli and P.F. Chang. The frozen … Continue reading