unilever plc said tuesday that it will change its organization structure and that it will be centered in five distinct business groups resulting in the shedding of around 1500 jobs and the reduction of management positions the londonlisted consumergoods giant said each group will be fully responsible for their strategy growth and profit the businesses will be divided by beauty  wellbeing personal care home care nutrition and ice cream it said unilever said the new model will reduce senior management roles around 15 and junior management roles by 5 the changes arent expected to impact factory teams moving to five categoryfocused business groups will enable us to be more responsive to consumer and channel trends with crystalclear accountability for delivery growth remains our top priority and these changes will underpin our pursuit of this chief executive alan jope said shares at 0913 gmt were up 80 pence or 02 at 39515 pence