<p>Unilever on Tuesday announced plans to cut around 1,500 management jobs worldwide under a major restructure of the British consumer goods giant.</p>.<p>The announcement comes after the maker of Magnum ice cream and Dove soap failed with a £50-billion takeover bid for the consumer health care unit owned by pharmaceutical groups GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer.</p>.<p>Unilever said its "proposed new organisation model will result in a reduction in senior management roles of around 15 per cent".</p>.<p>It added in a statement that junior management roles would be cut by five per cent.</p>.<p>Together the cuts totalled "around 1,500 roles globally".</p>.<p>Unilever plans to create five distinct business groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream.</p>.<p>"Each business group will be fully responsible and accountable for their strategy, growth, and profit delivery globally," it said.</p>.<p>Chief executive Alan Jope, who has faced investor criticism over the recent failed takeover, added: "Growth remains our top priority and these changes will underpin our pursuit of this."</p>.<p>The group last week said it would not increase its offer for the GlaxoSmithKline-Pfizer unit.</p>.<p>That came after GSK said it had received three unsolicited offers from Unilever for GSK Consumer Healthcare -- all of which were rejected for being too low.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Unilever on Tuesday announced plans to cut around 1,500 management jobs worldwide under a major restructure of the British consumer goods giant.</p>.<p>The announcement comes after the maker of Magnum ice cream and Dove soap failed with a £50-billion takeover bid for the consumer health care unit owned by pharmaceutical groups GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer.</p>.<p>Unilever said its "proposed new organisation model will result in a reduction in senior management roles of around 15 per cent".</p>.<p>It added in a statement that junior management roles would be cut by five per cent.</p>.<p>Together the cuts totalled "around 1,500 roles globally".</p>.<p>Unilever plans to create five distinct business groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream.</p>.<p>"Each business group will be fully responsible and accountable for their strategy, growth, and profit delivery globally," it said.</p>.<p>Chief executive Alan Jope, who has faced investor criticism over the recent failed takeover, added: "Growth remains our top priority and these changes will underpin our pursuit of this."</p>.<p>The group last week said it would not increase its offer for the GlaxoSmithKline-Pfizer unit.</p>.<p>That came after GSK said it had received three unsolicited offers from Unilever for GSK Consumer Healthcare -- all of which were rejected for being too low.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>