brand manager England
Job description
Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.
Job Title: Dove Skin Cleansing Assistant Brand Manager
Location: Kingston
Work-Level: 1C
ABOUT UNILEVER
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home, and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, PG tips, Ben & Jerry’s and more. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on a ‘crown jewel’ within the Unilever brand portfolio – Dove. Dove is Unilever UKI’s biggest Beauty & Personal Care brand. Arming young people with self-esteem and body confidence since 2004, Dove’s purposeful vision is to make beauty a positive experience of beauty universally accessible to every woman. By 2023, we aim to reach 7.2M lives globally with our Dove Self-Esteem Project.
You will be working on the biggest category within Dove in the UKI – Skin Cleansing – which is split into 4 different sub-categories (Shower, Bath, Liquid Handwash & Bar). This complex and fast-paced role will accelerate your commercial acumen and leadership skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Support Integrated Brand Planning for Dove skin cleansing
- Uncover root issues and opportunities (at brand and sub-category level) across the 6Ps via leading brand and category audits (financial share, consumer, equity, shopper analysis, review of previous strategies and ROI of previous initiatives, and external/competitive reviews and market development opportunities).
- Develop crisp (clear, results-oriented, strategically aligned) strategies (JTBD) to inform annual plans.
Constantly review brand performance for ongoing improvement
- Continuously understand ongoing business performance using key internal and external diagnostics: share growth, key initiative tracking, competitor activity as well as understanding the key levers to ‘max the mix’ and drive profitable growth.
- Answer the ‘why’ of business/brand performance to inform business decisions.
Support the development and execution of Dove skin cleansing 12Q plan on time, in full
- Lead and project manage local roll-out of all relevant innovation projects.
- Lead cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of all relevant project launch plans and post-launch evaluations.
Lead the development of a ‘go-to-market’ plan for skin cleansing
- Support in building compelling shopper marketing plans to grow Dove skin cleansing sub-categories.
- Support in delivering brand customer cascades.
- Point person between marketing and the customer development team: identify distribution opportunities, land innovation, and new listings.
Operational lead for Dove Skin Cleansing
- Oversee brand budget and forecasting to ensure spend is in line with agreements.
- Day to day supply chain point of contact for Dove skin cleansing.
ALL ABOUT YOU
- An excellent communicator and relationship builder, capable of bringing clarity to multiple conversations quickly and effectively with global and local stakeholders.
- Exceptional bias for action, with the ability to oversee and track multiple projects with various due dates and complexities in a time-pressured environment.
- Strong strategic thinker, anticipating and acting on issues and opportunities.
- Self-starter: you can make significant progress quickly while maintaining strong lines of communication with all stakeholders
- Articulate, solution-focused, innovative.
- Strong attention to detail
- A passion for the consumer: understanding the ‘why’.
- A positive, open, and collaborative style with a natural curiosity and hunger to learn.
- Highly accountable and responsible for delivering results, with a drive for growth and self-improvement.
NOTES
Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible.
By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.
Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Sara Piotti on [email protected].
What we offer
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 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 (unilever.com).
Relocation to the UK
Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.
