Sunsilk Global Engagement and Innovation Assistant Brand Manager
Job Title: Sunsilk Global Engagement and Innovation Assistant Brand Manager
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100VE About B&W Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W) includes some of Unilever’s most exciting categories including Skin Care and Hair Care with brands like Dove, Sunsilk, Clear and Vaseline. We are also home to our Prestige portfolio of luxury brands such as Dermalogica, Hourglass and Living Proof; and Health & Wellbeing, a carefully crafted collection of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements brands including Liquid I.V., Nutrafol and OLLY. We are building a unified and mutually supportive team of people who are beauty and wellbeing-obsessed, consumer-focused and driven by a passion for winning. Our role is to add value to our brands, deliver tangible beauty benefits through our products, create desire, and pioneer trends. About Sunsilk Sunsilk is one of the billion-euro brands for Unilever, housed under the Beauty and Wellbeing division. As a cornerstone brand for the hair category, the agenda on Sunsilk is to drive growth and reassert our leadership as a true hair care brand. Sunsilk, while a global brand, behaves extremely local with sizeable footprints in LATAM, SEA, SA and Middle East/Turkey. In these markets, our ambition is to build strong brand experiences that drive growth and brand power. RESPONSIBILITIES The successful candidate will report to the Sunsilk Senior Global Engagement Manager and the Senior Manager of Innovation. We are looking for a Senior Assistant Brand Manager capable of leading projects for both Engagement and Innovation. This position offers an excellent opportunity to demonstrate independent leadership and clearly owned deliverables. We’re looking for a candidate who can hit the ground running, demonstrate high levels of responsibility, ownership, an immense bias for actions and desire to develop within the exciting and demanding world of hair care. A very good eye for beauty & aesthetics is important. Main responsibilities in Innovation will include: Leading the overall project management of Sunsilk innovation projects. Understanding and analyzing global trends and key competitive moments leading to development project innovation design and landing them in a well-developed innovation pipeline for the brand. Co-leading strategic thinking, development and deployment of the global innovation toolbox with a view to executing them across markets. Leading on-trend innovations with breakthrough science, building beauty mixes that drive desirability. Main responsibilities in Engagement will include: Acting as project leader to deliver communication & engagement activities for a brand Core of the Core project with a strong focus on digital, technology and Others Say programs. Leading engagement activities for a key Core of the Core project including but not limited to project management, OTIF delivery on essential communication & content assets, adaptation of communication assets for key market airing. Deploying and tracking best-in-class Engagement Toolboxes across key Sunsilk markets embedding all the strengths of the brand cohesively into one strong story the countries will have to activate using a centralized engagement framework (ATL, cohorts, and media that matters). Co-leading the delivery of the brand transformation through a new & unified brand world delivering a consistent brand calendar and communication cadence on a Core of the Core projects, bearing in mind local insights for key markets. Tracking and governing the implementation of Distinct Brand Assets in all markets/assets. ALL ABOUT YOU Relevant experience in Innovation and Comms/Engagement with a strong passion for Beauty or Personal Care with an eye for detail, beauty and craftsmanship. Relevant experience in strategy and mix crafting, preferably for beauty brands. Consumer-obsessed to represent their voice on the table of brand discussions. Experience in managing cross-cultural relationships with multiple markets. Experience in developing successful communication both above and below the line. Experience in effectively managing the relationship with global advertising agency partners. Strong sense of ownership with the ability to lead & manage quality & deadline of workstream on your own. Strong communication skills, can articulate a clear point of view, and share it with key internal and external stakeholders across functions. Problem-solver: someone who can identify and clearly articulate an issue and propose solutions. Curious and empathetic: someone who asks the right questions, is externally focused and obsessed with trying to understand consumers better. Creative thinker, able to express good creative judgment of assets developed by agency partners, keeping brand and consumer insights in mind. Shows leadership and is reliable: holds the team accountable for deliveries and keeps things moving with speed without letting any ball drop. Strong analytical skills and good business acumen. Natural team player with strong collaboration skills. Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. A positive can-do attitude, rigor, and ability to hold yourself (and others) accountable. External focus, aware of what is happening in key brand interest areas and apply that to the job. Desire to drive new, big ideas to drive the brand forward. Excellent written and spoken business English. NOTES 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. 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’. What We Offer Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidized 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. 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.
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Location:
100VE About B&W Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W) includes some of Unilever’s most exciting categories including Skin Care and Hair Care with brands like Dove, Sunsilk, Clear and Vaseline. We are also home to our Prestige portfolio of luxury brands such as Dermalogica, Hourglass and Living Proof; and Health & Wellbeing, a carefully crafted collection of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements brands including Liquid I.V., Nutrafol and OLLY. We are building a unified and mutually supportive team of people who are beauty and wellbeing-obsessed, consumer-focused and driven by a passion for winning. Our role is to add value to our brands, deliver tangible beauty benefits through our products, create desire, and pioneer trends. About Sunsilk Sunsilk is one of the billion-euro brands for Unilever, housed under the Beauty and Wellbeing division. As a cornerstone brand for the hair category, the agenda on Sunsilk is to drive growth and reassert our leadership as a true hair care brand. Sunsilk, while a global brand, behaves extremely local with sizeable footprints in LATAM, SEA, SA and Middle East/Turkey. In these markets, our ambition is to build strong brand experiences that drive growth and brand power. RESPONSIBILITIES The successful candidate will report to the Sunsilk Senior Global Engagement Manager and the Senior Manager of Innovation. We are looking for a Senior Assistant Brand Manager capable of leading projects for both Engagement and Innovation. This position offers an excellent opportunity to demonstrate independent leadership and clearly owned deliverables. We’re looking for a candidate who can hit the ground running, demonstrate high levels of responsibility, ownership, an immense bias for actions and desire to develop within the exciting and demanding world of hair care. A very good eye for beauty & aesthetics is important. Main responsibilities in Innovation will include: Leading the overall project management of Sunsilk innovation projects. Understanding and analyzing global trends and key competitive moments leading to development project innovation design and landing them in a well-developed innovation pipeline for the brand. Co-leading strategic thinking, development and deployment of the global innovation toolbox with a view to executing them across markets. Leading on-trend innovations with breakthrough science, building beauty mixes that drive desirability. Main responsibilities in Engagement will include: Acting as project leader to deliver communication & engagement activities for a brand Core of the Core project with a strong focus on digital, technology and Others Say programs. Leading engagement activities for a key Core of the Core project including but not limited to project management, OTIF delivery on essential communication & content assets, adaptation of communication assets for key market airing. Deploying and tracking best-in-class Engagement Toolboxes across key Sunsilk markets embedding all the strengths of the brand cohesively into one strong story the countries will have to activate using a centralized engagement framework (ATL, cohorts, and media that matters). Co-leading the delivery of the brand transformation through a new & unified brand world delivering a consistent brand calendar and communication cadence on a Core of the Core projects, bearing in mind local insights for key markets. Tracking and governing the implementation of Distinct Brand Assets in all markets/assets. ALL ABOUT YOU Relevant experience in Innovation and Comms/Engagement with a strong passion for Beauty or Personal Care with an eye for detail, beauty and craftsmanship. Relevant experience in strategy and mix crafting, preferably for beauty brands. Consumer-obsessed to represent their voice on the table of brand discussions. Experience in managing cross-cultural relationships with multiple markets. Experience in developing successful communication both above and below the line. Experience in effectively managing the relationship with global advertising agency partners. Strong sense of ownership with the ability to lead & manage quality & deadline of workstream on your own. Strong communication skills, can articulate a clear point of view, and share it with key internal and external stakeholders across functions. Problem-solver: someone who can identify and clearly articulate an issue and propose solutions. Curious and empathetic: someone who asks the right questions, is externally focused and obsessed with trying to understand consumers better. Creative thinker, able to express good creative judgment of assets developed by agency partners, keeping brand and consumer insights in mind. Shows leadership and is reliable: holds the team accountable for deliveries and keeps things moving with speed without letting any ball drop. Strong analytical skills and good business acumen. Natural team player with strong collaboration skills. Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. A positive can-do attitude, rigor, and ability to hold yourself (and others) accountable. External focus, aware of what is happening in key brand interest areas and apply that to the job. Desire to drive new, big ideas to drive the brand forward. Excellent written and spoken business English. NOTES 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. 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’. What We Offer Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidized 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. 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.
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Industry:
Manufacturing
Specialties:
Consumer Goods, Food, Home Care, Personal Care
Employees:
10,001+
Annual Revenue:
60.29B
Founded:
1872
Address:
100 Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars, London, GB, EC4Y 0DY
Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names and innovative-forward thinking brands like Ben & Jerry’s, The Dollar Shave Club and Dermalogica. Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.
