Unilever is Currently Opening Internship as YES Programme (12 month Internship) - Apply Now
Job ID - R-35615
Category - Finance
Location - South Africa
Date posted - 08/20/2025
Location - Durban
The Unilever YES Programme
ABOUT UNILEVER
- At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.
- With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
- The Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme is a national collaborative initiative aimed at empowering South African youth by providing them with valuable work experience. The YES Programme at Unilever is more than just work experience — it’s a launchpad for future careers. As part of this initiative, you’ll be immersed in a 12-month journey designed to ignite your potential, equip you with practical skills, and expose you to real-world business challenges. Whether you’re supporting teams in our offices or on the factory floor, you’ll gain meaningful, hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment where learning, growth, and purpose come together. This is your chance to be part of a company that’s reimagining the future of work — and investing in yours
JOB PURPOSE
- The Unilever YES Programme is meant to provide participants with a meaningful work experience, skills development opportunities, and exposure to a professional environment as stepping stone into the world of work.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
- Participants will take on support responsibilities across different business functions. These responsibilities play a crucial role in ensuring the effective operation of the function and offer accelerated and practical work experience.
The different business functions are:
- Cullinary: Help prepare product samples for customer demos and logistics of demo events, trade shows, customer meetings. You will get to support chefs with content creation for webinars and "how to" videos
- Supply Chain: Manages the end-to-end process of sourcing, manufacturing, and delivering products to customers.
- Safety Health and Environment (SHE): Supports the site SHE Coordinator to implement systems to reduce Occupational Health and Safety risk by the creation and maintenance of an effective SHE management system.
- Resources (HR): Handles talent management, employee engagement, and organizational development.
- Finance: Oversees financial planning, analysis, reporting, and compliance.
- IT (Information Technology): Supports business operations with technology solutions and digital transformation.
- Mechanical Engineering: Work on engineering projects, and gain exposure to industry-leading manufacturing processes.
- Customer Development (CD): This function works with customers—such as major supermarkets—to ensure that outlets deliver optimal results for both Unilever and the customer. It focuses on building strong relationships and driving sales through effective collaboration and execution at the customer level.
- Communications: Manages internal and external communications, including corporate affairs and public relations.
- Marketing: Responsible for building brands, driving consumer engagement, and developing strategies to grow market share and brand equity.
- Learning & Rewards: Focuses on employee development, training, and compensation strategies.
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About You:
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Must not have completed a YES Programme previously
- A positive attitude
- Currently unemployed and not studying full-time
- Relevant tertiary qualifications advantageous
- Should not have more than 2 years’ work experience
- Good time management
- Willingness to learn and grow in a professional environment
- A strong academic record
- Completed Matric certificate (Grade 12)
- Strong computer literacy
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
- South African citizen, aged 18 – 34 years
- Commitment to the 12-month programme
Unilever Behaviors
- Assess whether the candidates' responses and examples resonate with Unilever's expected behaviours.
- Deliver with Excellence: We deliver excellence in what we do at pace. We take personal ownership and hold each other to account – always finding a way to do what we said we will do.
- Focus on What Counts: We ruthlessly prioritise what truly matters, and so do fewer things brilliantly. We set clear goals & direction and recognise others for maximum impact.
- Stay Three Steps Ahead: We think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. We are always curious and confident - anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs and external trends, to beat the competition.
- Care Deeply: We care deeply about how consumers experience our brands every day, everywhere; about our people’s growth and development, and our impact on the planet. We care about our performance, to a point where it hurts when we don’t win.
Please kindly attach the following documents as part of the selection:
- copy of highest qualification (eg. Grade 12, Diploma, Degree)
- updated CV
Important
Don't miss this opportunity to start your career at YES Programme (12 month Internship)!
Interested and qualified candidates can apply through the following application link.