Global Assistant Brand Manager

Job Title: Global Assistant Brand & Innovation Manager

Business Function: Marketing

Location: London 100VE

JOB PURPOSE

It is an exciting time to be part of the Fabric Enhancers team, one of Unilever’s most iconic brands with 1.5Bn Eu turnover and used in over 150 million households around the world. Big shifts are happening around us, from the fabrics people wear to the way people wash, to consumer evolving expectations of the laundry category.  

Accelerate Comfort/Snuggle growth is our top priority. We are amid a major category transformation aiming to evolve both brands from Fabric Conditioners only to a portfolio of new formats and propositions that better serve our consumers’ needs and lifestyle. Our Innovation Strategy is set to increase Category and Brand relevance via desirable, superior and relevant mixes that heighten sensorial appeal and differentiate Comfort/Snuggle from competition and evolve people’s relationship with Laundry: from chore to fun and delight. 

This vision impacts how we design our products and the need to innovate and introduce superior technology to improve the look, feel and smell of clothes. Moreover, it drives the expansion of Comfort & Snuggle brands into new benefit spaces as well as acceleration of HC Bright Future strategy into our innovation pipeline. 

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are interested in crafting portfolio and create new products by understanding consumer habits and needsthen this role is just for you!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work close to the Global Brand Manager to support one of the fastest-growing pillars of the brand
• Map opportunities, understand category dynamics, consumer behaviour and trends shaping the segment. 
• Support and lead global innovation projects, working in close collaboration with our central and local cross-functional teams, project-managing multiple networks and workstreams. 
• End-to-end innovation development, crafting new concepts, developing and qualifying disruptive product mixes that can strongly win across Good/Better/Best tiers of the portfolio. 
• Drive value and category development by crafting compelling regimes across different product formats. 
• Support the development of campaigns, assisting the delivery of global communication toolkits and assets by working together with the Brand Equity team, agencies, media partners and markets.  
• Build strong relationships and work in collaboration with key markets and stakeholders to drive business priorities and create robust launch plans for the ultimate growth.

ALL ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a forward thinking and highly motivated talent to join the Global Comfort & Snuggle brand team, and support most sensorial part of our portfolio – think Beauty world brought to Laundry. This role offers significant professional development with a strong external focus and high interaction with multiple stakeholders. Following successful delivery in this role, the job holder would be well placed to progress their career in their chosen function, or in further innovation or engagement roles. 

Experiences & Qualifications

• Relevant experience in Marketing and innovation

Skills

• External orientation: ability to learn the category globally and run market/competitive analysis. 
• Strategic Thinking & Planning: Ability to translate business objectives into actionable marketing strategies and plans that drive consumer demand and achieve measurable results. 
• Finance and Business acumen. 
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to influence senior stakeholders. 
• Familiarity with Innovation, concepts development and product testing. 
• Experience with project management, leading cross-functional teams is highly beneficial. 
• Passion and eye for Beauty and SkinCare (a super plus)
• Obsessed with trends and consumer understanding.

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

NOTES

Location

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London.This site will house some employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars together with colleagues who are currently located in Lever House in Kingston. We are excited to be creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment. The campus is due to be completed in 2026.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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