Willem Uijen
Willem Uijen was appointed Chief Supply Chain Officer in January 2025 and is part of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE).
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Prior to his current role, Willem was the Chief Procurement Officer for the Unilever Group. Before that role he was the Executive Director Supply Chain for Hindustan Unilever Ltd and led the Supply Chain for Unilever in South Asia and South East Asia and Australia.
Willem holds a MSc in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University in the Netherlands.
He started at Unilever in 1999 as a management trainee in Unilever’s R&D Centre in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands. Hereafter he has done a variety of Supply Chain roles in Mexico, in manufacturing, distribution, customer service and planning before leading the Supply Chain function in the management committee for Unilever Mexico and Caribbean. Subsequently he led the Supply Chain for Home Care in Latin America followed by leading the function in the Unilever Group Home Care division.
Willem is married and has three daughters.
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History
- 2025: Appointed Chief Supply Chain Officer and a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive
- 2022 — 2024: Chief Procurement Officer
- 2020 — 2022: Executive Director Hindustan Unilever Ltd & Head Supply Chain for South Asia and South East Asia and Australia
- 2016 — 2020: Vice President Home Care Supply Chain
- 2015 — 2016: Vice President Home Care Supply Chain Latin America
- 2012 — 2015: Vice President Supply Chain Mexico and Caribbean