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, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Lipton, Wall’s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. 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”

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 December 2023 and will consist of two interconnected buildings, as well as landscaped surrounding areas.

JOB PURPOSE

The Assistant Brand Manager will be based in the UK and will play a key role in the achievement of this ambition of doubling the business. This role focuses solely on building our brands within Europe, so will have pan European responsibility, but will work closely with international colleagues to ensure we are maximising the global portfolio and ensuring all our consumer, wherever they are in the world, are served with a relevant portfolio.

This role has a great deal of autonomy and will play a strategic role in opening new white space markets for Unilever in UK, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe as well as Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, building new brands in the UK, bringing ethnic marketing to South Asian and Southeast Asian communities across Europe. Driving Halal Foods and seeding select, new brands like Vaseline and Lux into Europe. The role will also help develop the white space marketing expansion strategies for Europe for Unilever International. The role supports the sales teams to help seed brands into alternate channels like E-Commerce, Institutions and Oil & Gas, among others. The role will interface with all Unilever categories at Director / Brand Manager level and UI supply chain and finance teams across UI globally.

RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be leveraging digital and shopper marketing to build brands rapidly, partner with global and regional Brand Development teams to analyse the market and lead the cross functional UI teams to land innovations in market fast with impact.

Some of the key deliverables for the role will be:

• Support the local business development managers to ensure On Time In Full delivery of all key strategic projects hitting Incremental Turnover & market share targets
• Develop disruptive, best in class digital and social marketing plans for key brand launches
• Analyse regional white spaces across Europe
• Recommend strategic brand launches from a global bank of brand opportunities
• Define an e-commerce strategy working closely with key internal and external stakeholders
• Share best practice and learnings with wider UI marketing team
• Support the Marketing Manager on other on the job requirements – be open to being flexible
• Launch key niche brands across white spaces
• Average time for a roll out innovation in market – target 100 days from idea to in market

ALL ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will have a high bias for action, deep passion for building brands, openness to new ideas and approaches, willingness to work with the team to make an impact on the market and a sense of responsibility, measuring performance by results.

• Exceptional drive and a positive passion to create brilliant mixes and create exceptional marketing solutions
• Willingness to break records
• Focus on continuous learning
• Deep consumer empathy and inquisitiveness to find solutions beyond the obvious
• Ability to challenge the status quo and ask the question why not
• Willingness to engage in robust discussions on strategy and air your own point of view
• Confidently work with senior stakeholders without losing one’s point of view
• Decisiveness and initiative to lead the agenda and set the stage for great results
• Deep desire to do something exceptional in life
• Growth Mindset

Experience

• Marketing experience in Brand Development and/or Brand Building in any region globally with a strong consumer focus
• Experience in European market desirable
• Strong track record of consistent in market delivery

WHAT WE OFFER

Not only do we offer a competitive salary, but also our pension scheme, an annual bonus, a free gym, a staff shop and shares. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and agile environment. We strive to achieve a family-friendly culture 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.

Recruitment Fraud

Cyber criminals advertise fake job adverts with prestigious employers as a way of stealing information or even defrauding individuals out of money.

In the most sophisticated cases, they will set up fake websites, which have a similar address to companies like Unilever. They even conduct fake telephone interviews and then offer candidates a role with the proviso they pay a fee for background checks or to cover work visa costs.  These types of attacks are becoming more common as more people are looking for employment in the economic climate.

How is Unilever tackling this?

Many of Unilever’s recruitment sites publish a warning to candidates about recruitment fraud. The Cyber Security team also proactively scan for signs of people setting up fake Unilever sites and act to close them down.

What can I do?

If you become aware of potential recruitment fraud, spot fake Unilever recruitment adverts or fake LinkedIn profiles, report them to the IT Services Desk via Una Live Chat.

Unilever does not accept responsibility or liability for any candidates who are financially impacted by recruitment fraud. Your vigilance is key!