Jo Croft Email & Phone Number

Epsom, Gb

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Blackfriars, London, Gb

A senior leader within the Global Leadership development team responsible for the thought leadership, design and implementation globally of our leadership development portfolio to grow great leaders for purpose and performance, in Unilever globally, our business ecosystem, and beyond.Expertise & Responsibilities:- A designer: design and implementation of strategic leadership programmes across all levels of the organisation (established C Suite leadership development practice, learning needs analysis to diagnose and design flagship senior leadership programmes)- A change maker: Global lead for Unilever’s Change programme portfolio during a period of significant transformation and leading the evolution of the programme design to meet the changing business agenda. - An assessment guru: Lead the strategic direction, design and deployment globally of our leadership assessment approach and developing the product portfolio managing a network of 300 internal coaches and reaching 2500+ leaders in 2021 through bespoke leadership assessment. - An integrator : Unlocking business growth and performance through deep understanding of business needs and developing and bringing to life development solutions through an integrated and coherent approach – in a way that makes sense to the business, the team and the learner - A thought partner: working with and managing high budget contracts, and strategic external partnerships including a range of external leadership design, delivery and service delivery partners.- A coach to senior leaders, internal stakeholders, and my wonderful team- A facilitator and speaker- A 'go to' partner for diagnosing and coaching on integrated leadership journeys

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Head of HR for Food Solutions (Unilever's Foodservice business) UK & Ireland and Board Member :• Development and delivery of people and organisation strategy to drive business growth- Business partner to multifunctional leadership team driving the performance and cultural agenda and working within a network of Global Senior HR Business partners to drive consistency across the Global Foodsolutions business.• Responsible for the leadership and capability agenda for all functions across the business (leadership, sales and marketing) • Successfully led strategic and operational implementation of several reorganisations through effective organisation design, consultation and talent management process and practices.• Responsible for talent management, development and retention – building a robust internal & external talent pipeline and succession planning, breaking barriers and biases along the way.• Ensuring that the business has the right combination of culture, values and outlook so that we make a difference to our employees, our customers and the world around us. Member of the UK & Ireland HR Leadership team responsible for strategic initiatives including: - Member of Unilever Group HR Leadership Board leading the strategic thinking for HR across the business. - Set up UK HR Capability agenda to upskill wider HR team using a range of mediums (virtual, face to face, internal and external) and proactively engaging with global teams to scale training initiatives.- UKI HR Lead for Wellbeing and Occupational Health - leading the successful outsourcing of the Medical & Occupational Health function to an external provider in 2014.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Blackfriars, London, Gb

Global HR Business Partner for Workplace Services within Enterprise Support, Unilever's internal business services organisation. Experience in leading global organisation design and set up. HR Business Partner to a number of large transformation programmes on a global and regional scale. Experienced working with senior business stakeholders.

Blackfriars, London, Gb

HR Graduate on the Unilever Future Leaders Programme. Undertook three placements during the two year programme:1. Experience of supporting a factory restructuring programme

Global Learning Masterclass, Learning And Development

Chartered Institute Of Personnel And Development (Cipd), Human Resources - Management, Development And Delivering Outcomes Through People

Ba Hons Modern Languages, French & Spanish

Global Learning Masterclasss, Learning And Development