Bringing Vitality to Business Life

Unilever Africa

Identify & Develop High Potential Talent

March 2015 Ellen Bvekerwa

Two billion times a day, in 170 countries, people use our products. From feeding their families to keeping their homes clean and fresh, our brands are part of everyday life…. For the last 100 years… We are recognized as a Top FMCG Employer in over 26 countries world wide We are in Forbes 500 companies …

Unilever  -­‐  Making  people  feel  good,  look  good…  UNILEVER      MAKING  PEOPLE  FEEL  GOOD,  LOOK  GOOD…  

Myself            Balance  of  Work,  Wife and mother of 2 Adventurer & Explorer – 2012 Kilimanjaro My purpose is to make a difference in Africa as an HR professional, to grow African talent and progress the cause of the African girl–child      

Ellen Bvekerwa - HR Director Africa Supply Chain

Career  Background:  •  Studied Electrical Engineering •  Joined Unilever as an Engineering Management Trainee in Zimbabwe. •  Worked as a Factory Manager, then HR Manager in Zimbabwe, in South Africa as an HR

Business Partner - HR Director, in Singapore as Leadership Development Director and in East & Southern Africa Board Member.

•  I am currently the HR Director, Unilever Supply Chain Africa and my role is ensuring that we have a robust HR strategy to support the business Strategy

WINNING WITH PEOPLE & OUR BRANDS

Culture �

Talent �

DO WE HAVE….

BUILD a talent & leadership pipeline for a more than double AFRICA ORGANISATION

NEW REALITIES ON TALENT/LEADERSHIP

Strong leadership pools drive organisational performance

Accelerate TALENT

DEVELOPMENT Build & Leverage on EVP

Scale up TALENT SUPPLY

TALENT MANAGEMENT PILLARS

   TALENT STRATEGY

Build

Bring

Borrow

Bounce

   

1.BUILDING A TALENT SUPPLY- 4BS

2.ACCELERATE TALENT = DEVELOPMENT

Experience

Skills

Behaviour

Performance

2. ACCELERATE TALENT= PERFORMANCE CULTURE

Accelerate TALENT

DEVELOPMENT Build & Leverage on EVP

Scale up TALENT SUPPLY

TALENT MANAGEMENT PILLARS

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SA GRADUATE RANKING 2014

• Number 1 FMCG for 4 consecutive years! • Improved overall aspirational ranking from 7 to 3 ( PWC and Google Number 1 and 2 respectively) • Best Graduate Literature (Gold award) • Best Digital campaign (Bronze award)

Accelerate TALENT

DEVELOPMENT Leverage your EVP

Scale up TALENT SUPPLY

SUMMARY & RECAP

LAST COMMENT

“If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees.

If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.”

Chinese Proverb

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