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Job Title: Data Engineering Manager Work Level: 2B Job Location: Bangalore ABOUT UNILEVER: Be part of the world\'s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life - giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future. Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you\'ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you\'ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we\'ll work to help you become a better you. At HUL, we believe that every individual irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, nationality, caste, disability or marital status can bring their purpose to life. So apply to us, to unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make the world a better place. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we\'ll work to help you become a better you! With a fast changing, complex, highly competitive and a dynamic environment which Unilever operates in, data is key, however, what differentiates Unilever from its competition is the Data & Analytics (D&A) Team which ensures information which is right and available at the right moment to enable quick and accurate business decision making thus making sense of the data footprint a company like Unilever creates. D&A is one of the UniOps service lines whose focus area is to fundamentally change how we deliver business information at Unilever and is primarily driven to turn complexity to simplicity to grow the business with smarter decisions. At D&A, we create information intelligence solutions which enable our customers to taste success by ensuring long term sustainable growth and profitability. Data & Analytics is a team of enthusiastic and bright people who enable quicker & smarter business decisions while ensuring a delightful user experience across the enterprise. Placed Centrally, D&A Champions have access to a pool of talented data experts spread across six continents and work with our partners, functions, categories, and geographies to harmonise decision-making and deliver technology solutions to drive business insight. The D&A Data Engineering and Architecture team in Bangalore, is the engine behind the ambition of making Data Engineering and Architecture knowledge a common practice. This team is responsible for ensuring Unilever Data Lake is modelled as per industry best standards. The services from this team are consumed by the Data SMEs, Product teams, various data factories for products rollout and the Data Governance team. We are looking at enthusiastic and bright candidates to become a part of this team and work closely with our partners and stakeholders to deliver superior analytical capabilities. We have four key essentials: 1. One team 2. Connected to the business 3. Deploying with pace and discipline 4. Designing for experience Our vision is to make Unilever data intelligent, partnering with the business to power key options with data, advanced analytics and AI to accelerate growth. Our 5 strategies to achieve this are: 1. Accelerate & simplify access to relevant data, information and insights 2. Build in-house, main data, information, insights & analytics capability 3. Guide the data & insights culture and careers to empower employees across Unilever 4. Rapidly embed analytics products, solutions and services to drive growth 5. Advance Information Automation at Scale Main Purpose of the Job: This is an exciting opportunity to guide the NRM & UPose Data COE Team as part of Data & Analytics, Data Centre of Excellence. This role is tasked to deliver the data foundations needed to deliver maximum value from data to drive business and organisational performance for NRM and Pricing Analytics products. Define, execute, and embed the data and analytics strategy, delivering the data platform foundations needed to fuel our analytical products and deliver the democratisation of our data across the whole organisation. Defining and embedding a strong enterprise data governance and data quality programme within the Data Lake to properly govern our internal, 2nd and 3rd party data assets and to ensure we have end to end quality from source to product. Partnering with our functions and analytical products to consulting and innovate on data components of products within a function / country / cluster: establishing data as a product, data as an enabler, then data as a service (and maybe eventually data as a business). The position will be a Manager - Product & Data SME in charge for NRM and Pricing Analytics partnering with analytical products, business groups and functions, to define and design specifications for the data platform. You will work with the Data COE Senior Manager for CD - DT to masterfully execute and collaborate with senior stakeholders to (i) drive cultural shift around data within the organisation (ii) explore innovation opportunities around new data channels, new data feeds (iii) identify interdependent activities and bias towards front-loading high impact work Key accountabilities : 1. Acknowledge the data requirements and assess the gaps in data availability by liaising with product, market & source 2. Liaise with internal Data COE teams & 3rd parties in data assessments, data pilots and data delivery 3. Work with Factory teams to plan and deliver data ingestions in UDL and BDL 4. Work with marketing agencies like Nielsen, IRI, Kantar to address data requirements across NRM and UPose Products across markets and categories, globally 5. Work with the Product Managers & Engagement teams to ensure that data foundation demands are captured and delivered to be consumed by the products as per the product go-live roadmap 6. Assist the business in change impact assessments and development of change management plans in data delivery Experience and qualifications required: Essential . Experience in driving business value realisation from data and business intelligence preferred . Experience working with Marketing (Nielsen, Kantar, IRI, etc.) and Finance datasets . Azure experience (ADF, ADB) . Strong track record of working with senior business management to drive definition, alignment, data operating foundations to address complex business questions . Ability to manage multiple requests and priorities simultaneously in a highly VUCA and ruthless market Desired . Proven capability in managing and developing teams . Data Governance preferred . Data Privacy and Quality preferred Standards Required in This Role . Business Acumen . Personal Mastery . Agility . Passion for High Performance Key Skills - Essential . Marketing . Finance . Business intimacy with CD processes . Analytical thinking and problem solving . Data visualisation . Data Modelling . Agile Delivery . Azure Experience . Business Process . Business partnering . Project Management . Organizational awareness and knowledge of business organization structure Key Skills - Desirable . Design Thinking . High level of D&A landscape and solution architecture . Knowledge of Power BI Key interfaces Internal . Data CoE, Data Science CoE, D&A Product, D&A Portfolio Manager, Solution Factory, UDL Factory, BDL Factory, Information Factory, Global Platforms Team . D&A Markets and Insight Hubs . UniOps Tech Services teams External . Partner Data and insight 3rd parties . Targeted Universities for developing innovations and recruiting talent . Foundry, Industry Groups and Communities What we offer From our foundation, Unilever has been a purpose-operating company. Today, our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace. We are working to create a brighter future every day with brands and services that help people notice good, look good and get more out of life. That includes us - the people who work for Unilever, as well as the world around us. Unilever\'s flexible rewards and benefits are designed to help us all have sustainable households, for whatever life stage you are at now and in the future. These include: . Great work environment . Flexible work environment built on faith and freedom . Pension scheme . Employee Assistance Program for you and your family . Well-being hub with access to benefits such as Healthcare, eye tests, health checks, occupational physio

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