Demand Creation Specialist UAE Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

ABOUT U NILEVER FOOD SOLUTIONS

Act like a founder, be part of a Winning team, accelerate your growth, stay ahead of the curve, enjoy the journey: JOIN UFS

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the 2nd largest Business Unit of Unilever, a global market leader in Food Service. We operate in over 76 countries and employ ~4000 employees. Our B2B business model focuses on serving chefs, freeing them to love what they do.

We have a bold ambition for 2030, targeting turnover and profitability, and a product‑first focus with AI‑powered customer experience. We nurture a winning culture and stay 3 steps ahead, inspiring innovative solutions for chefs worldwide.

Our entrepreneurial culture is built on speed, simplicity, trust, and a deep hunger to grow. We invest heavily in future skills and leaders and have high engagement scores across all dimensions.

Here, you will continuously learn, unlearn, and relearn, challenging yourself to accelerate your development in end‑to‑end business roles. If you dream of contributing to Unilever’s 2nd largest Business unit, a fast‑growing business, and thrive as part of One Team with One Goal, then come and join us!

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. Your primary purpose is to drive sales growth and market penetration within the food service sector. You will achieve this by building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients, understanding their needs, and providing tailored solutions that leverage Unilever’s diverse product portfolio.

Your role is pivotal in enhancing customer satisfaction, increasing brand loyalty, and contributing to the overall success of Unilever Food Solutions in the UAE market.

• Owns and manages HORECA customers to achieve sales targets and other KPIs
• Builds relationships with customers to become their trusted advisor
• Provides customers with complete culinary solutions based on their needs, macro environment, and the UFS product portfolio
• Provides win‑win solutions for customers and UFS
• Helps customers increase revenue and/or efficiency in their establishment
• Adds new product listings to customers
• Promotes ways to increase consumption of different SKU’s
• Takes calculated risks to retain customers, and in negotiating contracts
• Generates flexible solutions to problems & opportunities
• Makes financial profitability‑based decisions
• Executes marketing derived initiatives across the year

• Deliver with Excellence: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
• Focus On What Counts: Sets high standards for themselves. Less for more.
• Care Deeply: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers, investing time inside and outside to understand consumer needs.
• Stay Three Steps Ahead: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

• 2+ years’ experience in outdoor Food & Beverages sales
• 2+ years’ experience working in the UAE market, Abu Dhabi.
• Background in Hospitality management, food technology, nutrition, hot & cold beverages
• Fluent in both English and Arabic
• UAE Driving License

• Business Acumen
• Customer Development
• Communication Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Selling and Analytical Skills

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spotting issues and opportunities to make things better.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work. If you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.