Unilever

Unilever transforms to HPC pureplay with €1B productivity plan and restructured regional leadership.

Unilever is repositioning itself as a focused household and personal care pureplay following the December 2025 ice cream separation and forthcoming McCormick Foods combination expected by mid-2027. The company is announcing a restructured operating model centered on six regional performance units with P&L accountability, a retained lean strategic center, and revised external reporting across three categories and five geographies. Management targets medium-term annual underlying sales growth of 4–6% with at least 2% volume growth and modest operating margin improvement, supported by €1 billion in productivity savings through 2029 from organizational simplification, process redesign, and technology initiatives.

Unilever is a focused household and personal care (HPC) business operating in Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, and Home Care categories following the separation of its Ice Cream business in December 2025 and the planned combination of Foods with McCormick by mid-2027.

Primary products

• Beauty & Wellbeing
• Personal Care
• Home Care