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Support for staff is the key ingredient at Unilever
W
hen Noury
Zeaiter
graduated from
university with
a degree in
anthropology, she didn’t anticipate
that such a rarefied field of study
would be a perfect match for a job
with a consumer goods company
— especially one that owns 400
brands sold in 190 countries, including Dove, Knorr, Hellmann’s,
Liquid I.V. and Vaseline.
But after eight years with
Unilever Canada, Inc., Zeaiter
realizes that her degree dovetails
perfectly with her job as a category and insights manager in the
company’s foods business unit.
In that role, she works with
retailers to create “planograms”
for how the company’s products
will be displayed in stores.
What has me staying
is the abundance of
opportunities that I’ve
had through the years
and my amazing
colleagues.
— Tanja Lauc
Head of Human Resources
“It’s ironic because I’m watching
and understanding consumer
behaviour,” she says. “I really
never thought that my degree
would translate into this.
“It’s a lot of fun. You’re really
trying to uncover insights and
you’re trying to help businesses
identify where there are future
growth opportunities.”
Employees at Unilever Canada celebrate Ice Cream Day, one of the many social activities scheduled
throughout the year.
And the job entails not only
working with retailers, but with
team members across various
functions in the company, she
says. “So, it makes the role
really strategic and also highly
collaborative.”
And there’s so much more that
Zeaiter loves about working at
Unilever. First is the potential to
learn and grow.
Zeaiter started off in field sales,
then worked in a support role
in category and insights management for the personal wash
division before moving into her
current manager position.
She says there’s no end of
growth opportunities in a company where she finds she simply
raises her hand when she wants
to work on new projects that will
expand her knowledge and skills.
The result? Zeaiter is setting her
sights on a “leadership role where
I can help shape strategy and
mentor others the way I’ve been
supported throughout my
career here.”
That’s music to the ears of Tanja
Lauc, head of human resources
at Unilever Canada, who creates
the environment that successfully
engages Unilever employees.
It starts with the company’s
internship program, where Lauc
ensures employees are given a
chance “to do meaningful work on
meaningful projects.”
“Your contributions are valued,
and your opinions are welcomed,”
she says.
No wonder 100 per cent of interns queried in the last feedback
survey said they enjoyed
the experience.
The company’s focus on employee engagement doesn’t end there.
It conducts an annual engagement
survey, and results tallied in
October show Unilever employees
