Associate Brand Manager North America, Bars & Core Skin Cleansing

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Dove Female is renowned as one of the world’s leading Beauty and Personal Care brands, operating across Deodorants, Skin Cleansing, and Hair. The brand champions real beauty, body confidence and is anchored in its purpose – to inspire females to experience the transformative effects of caring for themselves and others. Dove Female SCL is the largest category within the portfolio, with an incredible track record of growth amidst intense competition.

So yes, there are big ambitions to keep the momentum going on the iconic Dove Beauty Bar, and we are seeking a talented Global Associate Brand Manager to help turbo-charge our momentum even more by delivering world-class global innovations and communication plans for the U.S. market.

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. As the Associate Brand Manager, you will be working alongside the Associate Director, leading the Dove Core Bar platform of the brand, delivering strong mixes and communication plans to drive the brand’s growth. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to have a very meaningful part in defining the long-term strategy of Core +, co-lead an innovation launch, craft unmissable campaigns on a purposeful brand, and independently partner with the U.S. market. This is a challenging and demanding role with high-visibility role for someone looking to become a brand manager in the near future.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Support the team on developing the North America Dove Bar platform.
• Co-lead the development of the Dove Bar roadmap and future innovations.
• Independently lead project networks to deliver mixes on-time-in-full by partnering closely with cross functional teams.
• Partner with U.S. as the lead market to ensure Dove Core Bar growth trajectory 
• Lead communication development process for Dove Core Bar campaigns end-to-end, collaborating closely with our agency partners 
• Develop a deep understanding of the skin cleansing and bar category and the female consumer in the U.S., uncovering consumer insights that will unlock penetration for the brand and allow us to win competitively  
• Manage project budgets, inclusive of raising POs, monthly forecasting and additional funding requests (as needed).
• Support development of material for customer and stakeholder sell-in (including key visuals, product samples, sizzle videos, investor board documents).

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred
• At least 4 years relevant work experience in marketing. Previous brand development experience preferred.  
• Independent and proactive, with strong leadership and interpersonal skills 
• Strong bias for action while maintaining a positive approach on getting things done 
• Deep passion for understanding the category, consumers, and shoppers 
• Data-driven problem solver with strong business acumen; ability to connect the dots on different information sources to come up with powerful insights 
• Eyes for beauty and strong craftmanship skills with attention to detail, obsessed about each touch point consumers have for our brand 
• The ability to prioritize, make recommendations, and steer decision making 

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 intelligently and 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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