Unilever China

Rohit Jawa, EVP North Asia

Waifung Loh, VP Customer Development Jun Fang, VP Data and Digital

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China : Sustained growth

GDP

Consumption

6% ~ 6.5%

7% ~ 8%

8

10

7

8

6

6

5

4

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Source: China bureau of statistics

China : Significant growth opportunity

Market growth

~6%

Online

Offline

20152019

Per capita consumption (Euro) China vs. Developed markets

40

US

JP

CN

34

34

31

56

HairLaundry

Source: Kantar, Nielsen, UL categories

Source: Euro Monitor, World Bank

Changing China : Digitization

Digital life

Omni channel

Hyper

Online

Small Super

Market

/ Mini

Grocery

CVS

Large Specialist

Super Stores

(Baby, COS)

Source: Kantar

Media fragmentation

Traditional

eCommerce

Digital

Social

Source: PHD estimation, FMCG

Changing China : Upgradation

Increasing aspiration

Rise of lower tier

cities

59%

67%

Population

Total Consumption

Personalization

Sub

Experiential

2030E

2030E

culture

China pride Convenience Balanced life

Sources: Kantar

More choice

No. of new brands

Shampoo

Offline +200

Online +520

Source: Nielsen, Kantar, 2017-2018

Unilever in China : History

1913

Lever Jr China visit

1986

2002

2012

2014

2017

Trading began

Re-entry

Hefei largest site

Tianjin site

Meishan factory

Korea M&A

1923

1999

2009

2013

2019

China Soap Co.

Unilever Co.

Global R&D centre

Water M&A

Japan M&A

Ltd

in Shanghai

Unilever in China : Built to scale

World class

manufacturing

8 sites, 90% made in China 30

3P manufacturing and design

Deep and wide

reach

No. of

Distributors

800

2 X

400

2015

2019

26 logistic centers

30 key account relations

80% weighted reach

Digital commerce

25% share of business

200 dedicated team

Unilever China : Unique, strong talent proposition

Local leadership

Top employer

Diverse team

11 of 12 top team are Chinese

No 1 FMCG employer for 2 years

50% women

97% managers local

90% engagement score

40% below 30 years of age

~1000 strong alumni

3 drivers: Growth mindset, Career

development, Well being

Source: ChinaHR.com

Unilever China : Consistent, profitable growth

UOM%

3 Bn

TO (Euro) 1.5 Bn

F&R

HC

BPC

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019*

2019*: Q3 YTD TO annualized, and H1 UOM annualized

China for China

Decide in

Design

Move at

Do it the

for

China

China

China

China

Speed

way

Unilever China : Growth priorities

Grow core brand

Future fit portfolio

Go digital, deep and

penetration

wide

……

Key enablers

New organization

Fuel for growth

Sustainability

Grow the core penetration : 10 brands, 80% business

Superior product

Mental availability

Physical availability

100%

No 1.

Brand power

Winning vs. benchmark

Skin cleansing

600 Cities

c. 1 M total coverage >2M Chefs direct connect

Future fit portfolio : Accelerate premium portfolio

New Brand

New Benefit

New Formats

For p

Naturals

Good for you, good for the

Indulgence

New Bath Experience

planet

Future fit portfolio : Scale skin care business

No. 1

No. 1

No. 1

New

Body care brand

Facial wash Company

Volume brand

J-Beauty

in Tmall

in Tmall

in Tmall International

Go Digital : eCommerce all models at 25% contribution

Business to

Omni

Business to business

consumers

Foods delivery Ali Ling shou tong

Pure play

Home delivery

JD Xin tong lu

Social commerce

Mini program

+30% CAGR

Go Digital : Winning strategy

Portfolio designed for

Content to convert

Perfect execution

channel

Talent and organization

Go Deep : Lower tier cities

Distributors to cover lower tier cities Focus on priority city clusters

D City

Expansion Distributors

D City

  • A City

D City

C City

  1. City

11% growth like to like

25% total growth

Business to Business to cover grocery

1M small stores

Big Store

Small Super

Cosmetic

Grocery

/Mini

Weight

Action

Core

Expansion

Cosmetic

B2B

Distributor

Distributor

Distributor

Go Wide : New channels

Health & Beauty

Out of home

Traditional

Small

4-5 star

Chains

big restaurants

restaurants

Hotels

Best Supplier

Leading Food Service Team

Award 2019

Pride in 'Chefmanship'

Enabled by new organizational model

GROW

POWER

Hair

PW

Fab Sol

Fab

Skin

Life

Food

IC

Sen

Essential

Solution

Omni Channel Team

Dedicated Customer Development Teams

Data and

Marketing

Supply Chain

R&D

Expertise

Digital Hubs

Services

Partners

RUN

Plan

Execute

Deliver

Collect

Enabled by new organization : Data and Digital Hub

Dedicated team

Data assets

Digital capability

Foundry

100+ FTE

Significant scale

AI

in 1st party data

Machine learning

Natural language processing

40 pilots landed

100+ ideas inspired

700+ start-up referrals

Data and Digital Hub - Faster Innovation

Category trend forecast

by AI

Data and Digital Hub - Precision at mass scale

Well defined

Identify audience segments

Tailored assets based on

segments

via big data algorithm

sharp consumer insights

Trend addicts

Love seekers

Ingredient lovers

Data and Digital Hub - Consumer Journey Marketing

Unilever X Ali Eco System : B2B2C pilot

Push: Business to business

Pull: to consumer

Sell in to stores on

Location based precision marketing

Conversion in stores

Ali LST platform

to consumer with ads and coupon

with coupon redemption

Ali Ling shou tong

Youku video app

Coupon function on Alipay

Tmall CVS

Enabled by fuel for growth and sustainability

Fuel for growth

Better, Less, No Plastic

5S

2019

Recyclable

PCR

80%

20%

CHANGE

PROGRAM

Unilever in China for China !

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