Wellbeing Collective – Assistant Manager, CM Operations & Capabilities- Supply Chain

We are the Global Wellbeing Collective (WBC) team  are a global business unit (GBU) that is less than 5 years old, focused on one of Unilever’s largest growth opportunities – the €160bn Health & Wellbeing space defined by Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements (VMS) as the product category. Our ambition is to be a top 3 player globally in this segment of Consumer Healthcare.

We work in an agile and entrepreneurial way, collaboratively within the team and with our Unilever colleagues around the world. We work in a project based networked way where everyone needs to be able to take a step back and think strategically as well as rolling up their sleeves and get their hands dirty, to be entrepreneurial and experiment as well as bringing in the best of Unilever and work the structures of a large company, to take charge and lead as well as follow and support others.

Unilever’s Wellbeing Collective is our ~€2.5bn global business unit under Beauty & Wellbeing, we hold a portfolio of acquired brands including Equilibra (Italy), Olly, Liquid IV, Smarty Pants, Welly, Onnit and Nutrafol, all in the US. Each brand is completely unique and focused on giving consumers superior experiences within their respective spaces and target segments, and largely only exist in their acquired home markets.

For the acquired businesses, we are committed to continue growing them for Unilever through international expansion, utilizing Unilever’s scale and GTM networks in the markets. In the past 2-3 years, we have expanded a few acquired brands into markets such as China, Canada, UK, Australia, India, Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong and Singapore. The next stage of international expansion is to expand our footprint into markets like Korea, rest of Europe, with further roll‑outs into SEAA, rest of LATAM soon.

The Wellbeing Collective (WBC) SC CM Operations & Capabilities Assistant Manager will join a fast-growing and entrepreneurial global business unit within the International Expansion team. With ~€200mn turnover and >60% USG YoY, the team operates with agility, collaboration, and a strong bias for action. As our global footprint expands, we are rapidly building a network of regional and local 3rd‑party Contract Manufacturers (CMs) across the world.

Many of these CMs are specialized in VMS/Consumer Healthcare formats and new to the Unilever network, requiring strong operational setup and robust Supply Chain capability building.

We are looking for an ambitious, globally minded Assistant Manager with European & LATAM market experience and a strong background in Supply Chain and/or Procurement to help elevate our worldwide Contract Manufacturing (CM) Operations with primary responsibility for Europe and North & Latin America, while also collaborating with Asia CM Operations colleagues where cross-regional alignment is required. Our CM Operations & Capabilities team manages the performance and capability agenda of 8–10 Contract Manufacturers across China, APAC, Europe, and North & Latin America — covering €50mn spend (2025) and ~400 SKUs.

Working with regional SC teams and the CM Procurement Lead, you will drive CM performance across service, cost, cash, agility, and quality. Beyond daily operations, you will help build future capabilities, support strategic sourcing initiatives, and shape the evolution of the global CM network.

Your Mission Standardize, uplift, and strengthen CM capabilities globally to improve service, reduce lead times, MOQs, enhancing flexibility, agility and operational discipline.

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