Associate Brand Manager - Dove Deodorant, Innovation

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ABOUT DOVE

Dove is one of the world's leading Personal Care brands, operating across multiple categories - such as Hair Care, Skin Cleansing, Deodorants and Skin Care. Dove as a brand invites all women to realize their personal potential for beauty – a mission we aim to reflect in everything we do. 

Dove Deodorant is a key growth driver for the entire personal care category at Unilever.  We’re looking for an Associate Brand Manager to lead key innovation development activities & support a Global Brand Manager in the development and execution of innovation and advertising communication projects for the U.S. This position offers a great opportunity to demonstrate independent leadership and clearly ownable deliverables. 

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 someone who can hit the ground running, demonstrate high levels of responsibility, ownership and desire to develop within the exciting and demanding world of deodorants, then this role is just for you! 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Manage delivery of full marketing mix for innovation projects from initial concept stage to launch. 
• Collaborate with the consumer insights and category strategy teams to identify white spaces/disruptive opportunities for the brand. 
• Develop concepts to test with consumers, partner with local marketing team and finance to develop business cases, manage artwork development, collaborate with global leads to develop campaign assets across activation channels (paid, earned, in-store, etc.), and ensure all U.S. market needs are met to execute flawless launches.  
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver project inputs under tight timelines.  Act at the key point of contact for driving project networks with regional/local cross-functional teams to ensure on-time-in-full deployment of projects.  
• Lead development of communication and engagement assets to ensure a winning launch plan with US consumers to support key innovation mixes.  
• Lead trade story development and tracking the performance of key launches in market in partnership with the local performance and sales teams. 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• 3 + years of relevant branding/marketing experience with MBA preferred 
• Experience in innovation project management & deployment 
• A passionate crafter, that doesn’t compromise in the delivery of superior, delightful mixes even in high pressure circumstances; able to mobilize teams to deliver to this vision.  
• Sense of Aesthetics, eye to detail and pride in delivering high-quality work and not settling for “good enough”.    
• External focus, aware of what is happening in culture and planet beyond your job spec.   
• A healthy obsession with pleasing consumers and a fascination for the products we sell – the formulations, science, fragrance, sensorials, look and feel. You understand how our products compare to competitors and are committed to unmissable superiority.  
• Highly intuitive with strong storytelling ability; you are able to spot issues & opportunities and know how to frame messages in a simple and compelling way. 
• Strong digital/social & consumer engagement awareness are key to this role as part of crafting the step-change in communication. 
• Project Management skills. Experience in leading cross-functional teams and agencies to deliver projects OTIF.  

Skills

• Is self-motivated and able to work autonomously in a high pace environment 
• Is willing to immerse in data and consumer understanding and come up with insightful proposals for the mix development, IRI experience a plus! 
• Has an eye for beauty & details, doesn’t easily settle and has a strong desire to strive for excellence 
• Has an analytical mind and is able to connect business requirements to the mix plans/ innovation strategy 
• Strong growth mindset and passion for growth fundamentals (“I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.”) 
• Strong consumer affinity and aware of trends 
• Strong motivating & interpersonal skills that knows how to put people at their best 
• 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. 

KEY INTERFACES:

• Cross Functional Team: Manage cross functional team including R&D, CMI, Finance, Supply Chain, to ensure the timely delivery of innovation mix and strategy 
• Creative/Design agency, Media agency and other 3rd party suppliers: Manage 3rd party partners and inspire them to deliver breakthrough ideas/concepts that support the innovation strategy 
• Local Marketing Teams: Seek input on project scope and expectation. Get information to analyze business performance and identify potential growth opportunities. 
• Other Global Brand Team members: Align projects to total brand strategy; ensure Masterbrand & category semiotics and guidelines are adhered to.  Parts of the work involve interaction with Dove other global categories (skin, hair) and other brands in same deodorant category (Degree, Axe, Schmidts) to get cross category learnings 

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.

What We Can Offer You

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Pay: The pay range for this position is $86,080 to $129,120. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. 

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible. 

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible. 

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. 

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