Assistant Brand & Shopper Marketing Manager Arabia

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CATEGORY/FUNCTION INTRODUCTION

Click or tap here to enter text. The Assistant Brand Manager will support the Foods Category team in driving brand growth, innovation, and market execution across the Arabia region. The role requires strong analytical skills, consumer understanding, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver brand strategies and P&L targets.

JOB PURPOSE

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 To support the Foods Category in delivering brand growth, consumer engagement, and market share objectives across the Arabia. The role focuses on assisting in brand strategy execution, innovation pipeline management, and performance tracking, while collaborating cross-functionally to ensure seamless delivery of marketing and commercial priorities.  Then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Contribute to shaping and executing the Catagory strategy across both short-term priorities abd long term growth Ambition.
• Assist in developing and executing brand plans, including innovation launches, relaunches, and communication campaigns.
• Monitor category, brand, and competitor performance using Epos/Nielsen data, internal dashboards, and shopper insights.
• Support development of ATL & BTL campaigns, ensuring alignment with brand positioning and consumer needs.
• Work closely with R&D, supply chain, finance, and customer development teams to deliver end-to-end brand projects.
• Lead day-to-day project management for innovation/renovation pipeline in GCC markets.
• Track marketing budgets, ensuring cost-effective spending and ROI measurement.
• Contribute to e-commerce and omni-channel growth initiatives.
• Prepare brand performance reports, share gains, and market insights for internal reviews.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

Skills

• 2–3 years minimum of experience in FMCG brand management, trade marketing, or related roles.
• Strong financial acumen with end-to-end experience with P&L.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for food brands and consumer insights.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS tools & Analyzing data & digital marketing.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

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.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! 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. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.