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10 Unilever UK procurement leaders
These ten Unilever procurement leaders hold director-level or head-of procurement roles at Unilever and are based in the United Kingdom. A reader can learn how procurement teams work at Unilever in the United Kingdom from people who have led them.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ankita Yadav
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Procurement · Unilever
Director Global Procurement at Unilever since 2026, a current role in London. Ankita Yadav was Senior Global Procurement Manager, Fragrances, Home Care at Unilever from 2023 to 2026 and Senior Global Procurement Manager, Fragrances Skin from 2021 to 2022, and was India Lead, P2P at PepsiCo from 2020 to 2021.
Candace Glanville
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · Unilever
Director of Procurement at Unilever since 2023, a current role in London, and the profile headline gives the role as Procurement Director - Foods at Unilever United Kingdom. Candace Glanville was Global Procurement Director - Home Care at Unilever from 2018 to 2023 and Global Procurement Manager from 2011 to 2018.
Henry Millhouse
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Director - Personal Care BG · Unilever
Global Procurement Director - Personal Care BG at Unilever since 2026, a current role in London. Henry Millhouse was Director - Commodity Risk Management at Unilever from 2024 to 2026, and the listing also shows Procurement Director - Performance, Risk, Delivery & TPRM at Haleon from 2019 to 2023 and Global Procurement Director - Direct Materials Risk & Resilience at GSK from 2019 to 2022.
Ivy Su
LinkedInExperience: Procurement Director - Global IT · Unilever
Procurement Director - Global IT at Unilever since 2022, a current role in London, with Director Global Procurement and Head of Procurement rows at Unilever also listed as current. Ivy Su was Procurement Director at Unilever from 2018 to 2020 and Head Of Procurement, Asia, Middle East and Africa at Boston Scientific from 2017 to 2018.
Kallol Mukherjee
LinkedInExperience: Head of Procurement - Global Capex, MRO & Utilities and Climate Delivery · Unilever
Head of Procurement - Global Capex, MRO & Utilities and Climate Delivery at Unilever since 2025, based in the United Kingdom. Kallol Mukherjee was Procurement Director - Global Capex, MRO & Utilities at Unilever from 2023 to 2025 and Procurement Director - South Asia from 2020 to 2023, so they can speak to both global category and market procurement roles.
Luke Rhodes
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Director - CapEx, MRO, & Utilities · Unilever
Global Procurement Director - CapEx, MRO, & Utilities at Unilever since 2026, a current role in the United Kingdom. Luke Rhodes also holds a Global Supply Chain - Director (Innovation) role at Unilever listed from 2023, and held Global Supply Chain - Senior Manager (2022 to 2023) and Global Supply Chain - Manager (2020 to 2022) roles at Unilever, so they can speak to procurement and supply chain together.
Rees Thomas MCIPS Chartered
LinkedInExperience: Global Associate Procurement Director - Soft Commodities, Starches and Derivatives · Unilever
Global Associate Procurement Director - Soft Commodities, Starches and Derivatives at Unilever since 2026, based in the Guildford area. Rees Thomas also holds an Associate Procurement Director - Collaborative Manufacturing role listed from 2024, and was Head of Procurement - graze at Unilever from 2021 to 2024.
Robin Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Head of Strategy & Insights, Digital Transformation for Procurement & Sustainability · Unilever
Head of Strategy & Insights, Digital Transformation for Procurement & Sustainability at Unilever since 2024, a current role in London. Robin Zhang was Senior Director - Procurement Strategy & Insights at Unilever from 2021 to 2023 and Procurement Director - North Asia Markets from 2017 to 2021.
Shailendra Sadera
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Unilever
Chief Procurement Officer at Unilever since 2025, based in London. Shailendra Sadera was Chief Procurement Officer, Home Care Business Group from 2024 to 2025 and Head of procurement, Unilever Europe, North Africa & Middle East, Turkey and Africa from 2019 to 2020, and also held Head of Supply Chain roles for Unilever East Europe (2020 to 2022) and for Beauty and Wellbeing in Europe, Middle East, Turkey and ANZ (2022 to 2024).
Susie Thistleton
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Premium Packaging Procurement - Beauty & Wellbeing · Unilever
Global Head of Premium Packaging Procurement - Beauty & Wellbeing at Unilever since 2026, based in the Manchester area. Susie Thistleton was Group Procurement Director at THG from 2025 to 2026, Global Procurement Associate Director - Fragrance & Flavour at Unilever from 2024 to 2025 and Global Procurement Associate Director - Beauty & Wellbeing from 2021 to 2024.
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- 01How do you split your time between category strategy and working with suppliers day to day?
- 02How do you work with the business groups when they want something different from what procurement recommends?
- 03What do you look for first when you take over a new category or region?
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