European Supply Chain

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1 European Supply Chain Peter Ernsting SVP Supply Chain Europe 14 th March 2007 Safe harbour statement This presentation may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Group. They are not historical facts, nor are they guarantees of future performance. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are described in the Group s filings with the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the US Securities and Exchange mmission, including the Annual Report & Accounts on Form 20-F. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this presentation. 2 1

2 Agenda European Supply Chain Organisation From past to now Next steps Key drivers implementation Rapid execution of One Unilever in European Supply Chain Key milestones USCC (Unilever Supply Chain mpany) June 05 UEx decision: establish USCC August 05 USCC Office Neuhausen identified January 06 USCC legally established & Office ready Jan-Aug employees (100 international moves) USCC management scope 8bn Supply Chain costs End-to-End 85 Sourcing Units 400 packers 400 Warehouses 4 2

3 Creating leverage across Europe Past Now untry B untry B untry C USCC untry C untry D = Source, Make, Plan, Deliver 5 Accelerating innovation Past Now untry B untry C Spreads HC PC IC Savoury untry B untry C untry D USCC Spreads HC PC IC Savoury 6 3

4 Focused customer Past strategy 1 strategy 2 strategy 3 Now strategy a untry B strategy 4 strategy 2 strategy 6 untry B untry C USCC strategy b strategy c untry C strategy 7 strategy 2 strategy 9 untry D strategy d 7 Mission Manage the European Supply Chain end-to-end: Shelf driven : Service & nsumer focus portunity Innovation enabling: faster, more responsive Improve cost competitiveness st Capabilities Use scale for leading-edge Supply Chain capabilities 8 4

5 Manage supply chain end to end Bringing source, make, plan and deliver together: Source : mirror the supply market & use functional scale Make: synergies and best practices across whatever we do and ensure integration of business processes Deliver: mirror the demand market & use scale 9 Improve cost competitiveness Further leveraging scale in buying Re-shape European sourcing network using a fit for purpose approach across the different product categories timisation Warehouse & Distribution network Further simplify the SC organisation Reduce working capital 10 5

6 Implementation of Sirius BE/NL/USCC May 06 2 SUs Jan 07 FR + 2 SUs Feb 07 R2: 3 opco s + 8 SU s Engage 2 SUs R3: 4 opco s + 12 SU s Engage 10 SUs R4: 4 opco s + 11 SU s 6 SUs P&A = Plan & Analyse B = Build T = Test D = Deploy Engage R5: 5 opco s + 15 SU s April 07 October 07 April 08 October 08 Use scale for leading edge capabilities In one place buying, make, plan and deliver working as one Leverage cross-category expertise to share learnings and get cross benefits Mobilisation of resources 12 6

7 Summary Unilever Supply Chain Europe One holistic approach to all our customers and consumers 13 7