Hindustan Unilever Limited (Hun) has announced two main promises to the Management Committee: Madhusudhan Rao as executive director, beauty and welfare and personal care, and Deepak Subramanian as executive director, home care.
“Rao took over from Priya Nair who would move to his new global role as beauty and welfare, head of marketing. Subramanian will take over from Prabha Narasimhan, who has decided to leave the company to pursue external opportunities,” said the company statement on March 9 .
Rao, currently the executive vice president – home and cleanliness, Unilever, joined Hul in 1991.
“Within 30 years in the company, he showed a strong performance track record in marketing, customer development and brand development role throughout the geography. In his current role, Rao helped form a home category and cleanliness as a successful business with a high-performance culture Typical, “he added.
Subramanian, currently vice president, home care, Southeast Asia / Australia and New Zealand (SEAA) and global head, fabric enhancer, joining upstream in 1995 as a management training participant. From being a marketing manager for Kissan in India and regional brand director for food vitality, he moved to become vice president for food and refreshment for Central and East Europe.
“In his current role that led home care for Seaa, Subramanian significantly increased business profitability, while strengthening top-line growth. In his global role, he helped change the category of fabric enhancers by encourage innovation and position brands to have more impacts Social, “Hul said.
In February, Hul had announced the separation of the chairman and post MD and CEO and appointed former CEO of Nitin Paranajpe as a new chairman of the Indian unit. Sanjiv Mehta remains a CEO and MD company.
Paranjpe is part of the leadership of the parent company. At present, the Head of the Unilever operation, he will become the leaders of the People and Chief Transformation Officer in April because the company passes a large transition.
Unilever in January announced a restructuring that would help companies produce 600 million euros cost savings while adopting a slimmer structure.
According to the executive, the Unilever matrix structure, where the team reported to several heads, has become excessive and no longer works for the company.
“It slows down the accountability of decision-making and diffusion,” said Alan Jop, CEO, Unilever, handling investor calls earlier in February.
As a result, the company is restructuring its senior management role. The proposed new organizational model will result in a 15 percent reduction in the role of senior management while the role of junior management will be cut by 5 percent, equivalent to around 1,500 global roles, the company gets information in a press statement.
Another great trip by the company as part of the restructuring is to organize its business under five different business groups – beauty and well-being, personal care, home care, nutrition, and ice cream. Each of these units will have a business leader who reports to top management.
At present, Unilever has its business under food and drinks, beauty and personal care, and home care.