Associate Brand Manager UFS Cooking Aids Operations

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ABOUT FOOD SOLUTIONS  (UFS)

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Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the 2nd largest Business Unit of Unilever, is one of the 3 Power brands of the Foods Business Group, and a global market leader in Food Service. We are an independent Global Business Unit that operates in over 76 countries, and employs ~4000 employees. We have a unique B2B business model focused on serving chefs and our purpose is to free them to love what they do.

We at UFS have a bold and clear ambition and strategy in place for 2030 with a bold ambition on turnover and profitability, by being the best solution provider to our growing operator base. We plan to do this via a product first focus on superiority, by becoming the leader in AI powered Customer experience and by nurturing a Winning culture. We have had a history of delivering with excellence and resilient performance in the past few years. We also strive to stay 3 steps ahead in the industry. For example, our Future Menus Report identifies emerging culinary trends, making us a trendsetter for inspiring innovative solutions for chefs worldwide.

We have a culture of caring deeply not just for our business but also for our people. We foster an entrepreneurial culture built on speed, simplicity, trust, and a deep hunger to grow. Our people thrive on their roles being empowered and end to end - across all functions. We also invest heavily in building future skills and leaders. Our People agenda of Accelerate-Grow-Thrive consistently helps us lead in employee engagement, with scores exceeding Unilever scores across all dimensions and being one of the most engaged teams at Unilever.

Here, you will continuously learn, unlearn, and relearn, challenging yourself to accelerate your development in an end-to-end business and in end-to-end roles.If you're dreaming of contributing to Unilever’s 2nd largest Business unit, a fast-growing business, where you're empowered so you can play to win and thrive as part of One Team with One Goal, then come and join us!

Background& Purpose of the Job

JOB PURPOSE

We are searching for an experienced Associate Brand Manager to take local strategy, leverage local insights and convert into clear execution plan supported by operational excellence. The delivery should be grounded in sharp  portfolio and brand strategy. The ABM will also be responsible for developing, monitoring and executing a strong innovation plan in relation to our Out-of-Home Cooking Aids Categories.

This role’s focus is on the Cooking Aids category and it’s main Unilever UFS brands such as Knorr. This category is a key strategic choice for the business as well as the widest and most complex portfolio that extends from Bases to Sauces, Soups, Entrees etc – covering categories that are big, profitable and face high competition in the markets. Category performance and adherence to UFS strategy is key to deliver total UFS’s growth ambition. 

This role offers the opportunity to be part of a growth plan for the category and for UFS’s main growth platforms and to shape the future funnel and propositions. This is the 2nd biggest brand and category for UFS.  As such, it demands strategic, entrepreneurial, can-do attitude paired with strong project management skills. A good degree of familiarity with brand communication, operational procedures, tracking dashboards, digital tools and innovation process is also required.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Full P&L and Marketing budget responsibility along with coordinating closely with cross functional teams like CD and SC for demand and supply of products
• Understand sub-categories, their market, eye-ball competition, 6P and actively devise execution plan whether to Accelerate, evolve or defend play basis market understanding, growth potential and our right to win
• Innovation and Renovation Project Management, delivery, strategy, Portfolio Transformation and Brand Communication. Expectation is to challenge the business in terms of speed of innovation and ways to launch in the market within the digital transformation journey
• Understands price positioning, forecasting model and supply and demand model to closely work with CD, SC and finance teams
• Drives the full Operator Lifecycle: Work closely with Operator Experience Marketing to understand the Customer Experience (CX).
• Be involved in business transformation via understanding and proposing progressive innovation platforms, being able to drive network/virtual teams globally to think and act differently. Strong can-do mentality and mindset a must!
• Understand deeply cooking aids category insights and foresights-- from trends to tensions, opportunities and competition.
• Ensure Global Category Strategies reflect key insights from NA

Campaign Management, execution with external agencies and partners Brand Country and global Stakeholder Management. P&L reviews and analysis, S&OP analysis Budget ownership

What You Need to Succeed

• 3+ years Marketing experience required including innovation management and delivery
• Brand / Operations management experience required
• Innovation & Renovation project management.
• Price position and tracking
• Creates Purpose-led brand content for Innovations & top 10’s for key touch points.
• Ensures product campaign, messages integration into content Calendar & journey stages.
• Responsible for Sales enablement Unilever Food Solutions in the foodservice (B2B) part of Unilever.
• Strategy into Action: Develops strategy to drive growth & customer experience
• Business acumen: Deep Understanding of sales/marketing funnels, operator lifecycle & marketing automation journeys.
• Customer Centricity
• Creative & Persuasive Content Performance Measurement & Analysis

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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