Assistant Global Brand Manager Dove Premium Skin Cleansing

Job Title: Assistant Global Brand Manager Dove Premium Skin Cleansing
Location: 100VE
Reports into: Global Senior Brand Manager – Dove International Premium Skin Cleansing

JOB PURPOSE
Working for Dove is a dream come true for a marketer. Dove is Unilever’s largest brand, valued at €6.8 billion Turnover, and is central to our Personal Care and Beauty & Wellbeing businesses. Over the past decade, Dove has grown consistently, driven by its strong purpose and commitment to superior care. As a trailblazer in the beauty industry, Dove has led the shift from toxic beauty ideals to a more inclusive form of beauty. Dove Personal Care is a €5.4 billion business, with sales evenly split between North America and other regions. We hold leading positions in Skin Cleansing and Deodorants. Dove Skin Cleansing, a €3.3 billion business, is the world’s #1 in Bar and Body Wash, growing at 8% CAGR. We are looking for an Assistant Brand Manager to support the Senior Brand Manager in leading innovations and communications across global markets (excluding North America, India and China), representing a significant €843m business. We have ambitious growth plans to expand our market share and penetration while future fitting the brand, and an ambition to Double Dove in Asia.

This position offers plenty of scope for independent leadership and clearly ownable deliverables. You'll need to be a strong communicator to work in a multi-cultural setting and across different functions (CMI, Supply Chain, R&D, Finance, Packaging & Creative agencies); a creative thinker with a can-do attitude to lead and build project teams that deliver communication and innovation plans for the brand.

You'll be able to develop an in-depth understanding of the category in key markets and the differing consumer and business environments and how this translates into the growth strategy for the brand. We are looking for someone who has strong leadership skills, with a naturally proactive attitude, passion for consumers and strong business acumen.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Building a holistic understanding of consumers and turning these into insights for communication, innovation and growth opportunities whilst ensuring that they are aligned with the local market ambitions and to the Global Category Strategy and Brand Vision
• Analysis of brand and market performance, competitors and trends to identify gaps and opportunities proactively to drive/grow the brand in key markets (Brazil, UK, China)
• Strategic thinking, full mix development and successful implementation of growth strategy to drive business impact
• Project management and budget management

ALL ABOUT YOU

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant Marketing discipline would be advantageous
• Experience in branding/marketing with the ability to manage multiple projects and workstreams at the same time
• Experience in craftsmanship of concepts and innovation mixes

• Relevant experience working in / passion for beauty, skincare or personal care with an eye for beauty preferred
• Proven track record of strong project management skills and collaboration with different parts of the business to deliver business goals. Global x-functional project management preferred.
• Digital/social & consumer engagement awareness are key to this role as part of crafting the step-change in communication
• The ability to immerse yourself in the lives of our consumers and shoppers, understanding their pain points, needs, and desires, what delights them to craft the most relevant innovations and comms.
• Strong commercial acumen, understanding of the P&L and building global business cases.
• Able to work well in uncertainty and ability to work independently with agility

Location 

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London to house the employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars, Lever House in Kingston, Unilever House in Leatherhead and Graze in Richmond. We are creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment, purposefully bringing us together in our own Unilever ecosystem. The campus is due to be completed in early 2025 and will consist of two interconnected buildings, as well as landscaped surrounding areas.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, free gym, 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, click here: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

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