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Unilever to review top 200 roles under turnaround strategy
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Unilever plans to refresh 25% of its top 200 roles, aiming to improve performance and margins, with 7,500 global job cuts.
(Reuters) -Unilever will review its top 200 roles for a 25% "refresh", the consumer goods giant said at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference on Wednesday.
The review is part of the group's wider organizational and operational changes, including trimming 7,500 jobs globally, in a bid to address underperformance and boost margins.
The Dove soap maker in February ousted its CEO Hein Schumacher, replacing him with finance chief Fernando Fernandez, who is speeding up revamp plans set out by his predecessor.
At the conference, the company reaffirmed its 2025 financial targets of a 3% to 5% sales growth target and underlying operating margin of over 18.9%.
(Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
Unilever will review its top 200 roles for a 25% 'refresh' as part of its turnaround strategy.
The company plans to trim 7,500 jobs globally to address underperformance and improve margins.
Unilever replaced its former CEO Hein Schumacher with finance chief Fernando Fernandez.
Unilever aims for a sales growth target of 3% to 5% and an underlying operating margin of over 18.9% by 2025.
The announcement was made at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference.
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