Foods Philippines Cooking Aids Innovation Lead​​​ 

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JOB PURPOSE

The Cooking Aids business is one the biggest key cells and growth drivers for Foods Greater Asia and is also one of the strongest globally. Through the iconic Knorr Brand in the Philippines, it has enabled consumers to make delicious and nutritious meals through its Boullion Cubes, Sinigang Mixes and Liquid Seasoning to name a few. With a strong business Cooking Aids today in the Philippines, the big question is what’s next? The category must quickly start accelerating its market develop and future-proofing its business with more delicious, nutritious & purposeful products & brands. 

The Foods Philippines Cooking Aids Innovation Lead will play an integral role in making this ideal future a reality for the business. This role will primarily be in-charge of designing the category’s growth strategy; creating purposeful, distinctive, and compelling creative work that builds brand power, and landing the full brand renovation and innovation roadmap for the Philippines.  This role will also be the main docker with local and global Cooking Aids brand team working on brand design and development to ensure that every mix will take in local insights and key market considerations to ensure success upon launch.  

The individual we are looking for needs to be keenly strategic and empirically creative with a strong bias for action to deliver unmissable superiority for our brands.  

If you are ​keenly strategic and empirically creative with a strong bias for action to deliver unmissable superiority for our brands​, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• ​​Analyze and dig deep into real people’s real problems and competitors – the business environment in which the brands compete including category segments, channels, and consumer using data and empathy to generate actional insights and make decisions to drive growth.

• ​Design strategies and plans that make clear choices, set clear direction, and grow our brands and our business. This includes identification of gaps and growth opportunities within the market, landing impactful renovation & innovation projects that support the short-term & long-term growth agenda.

• ​Close coordination with the Local Brand Performance Team for deployment and support to ensure brand is competitive across the 6Ps.

• ​Influence internal stakeholders and dock Global Brand Team.

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Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team will deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.