Assistant Brand Manager Personal Care ANZ (12 Months FTC)

Who we are?

On any given day, 2.5 billion people globally use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more out of life. Many of our brands are well-known, household staples and old-time favourites including Dove, Rexona, Lynx, Vaseline, OMO/Persil, Surf, TRESemmé, Continental, Ben & Jerry’s and Streets. 

We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world’s first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap more than 100 years ago, and it’s at the heart of how we run our company today. In 2022 Unilever Australia & New Zealand became a Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp), joining a growing network of organisations committed to galvanising a stronger, more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy for all.  

A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity and is pioneering flexibility. There’s no better time to join our team! 

Job Summary

Join our dynamic team at ANZ's leading deodorant brand, where you'll have the chance to collaborate with major partners and make a significant impact on our business. As a key player in the ANZ market, Rexona is not only a household name but also a critical component of our company's success. This is your opportunity to be part of an innovative and passionate team, working on exciting projects that drive growth and shape the future of personal care in ANZ. Come be a part of something truly special and help us continue to lead the way in the industry!

The Assistant Brand Manager in Rexona Marketing team offers great breadth across innovation planning & development, customer activations, media campaigns, influencer strategy, asset development and in-store execution. You will be working closely with customer development, category, customer marketing and R&D to manage the brand’s day-to-day operations and build best in class brand plans.

We place a high degree of emphasis on having a consumer first mindset, leveraging data into insights, creativity, and innovation to achieve long term success. The successful candidate is someone who can hit the ground running, demonstrate high levels of responsibility, ownership, and desire to learn within an exciting marketing team.

Role Responsibilities:

• Act as a key support to Marketing Manager and Brand Manager across the full Rexona portfolio.

• Champion the voice of the consumer by bringing insights into the business and becoming a custodian of the brands.

• Collaborate cross functionally as a project lead to explore, lead and manage projects and deliver on business cases.

• Engage with agency partners to create & execute bold, disruptive, unmissable brand plans.

• Day to day ownership of brand budget, artwork briefing and POS design.

• Leading end-to-end planning, working with customer marketing and customer development teams to ensure consistent execution from brand assets & messaging to instore execution.

• Innovation and category performance tracking that leads to tangible actions to optimize the future plan.

• Unlock an entrepreneurial growth mind set & agile way of working.

What you will need to succeed

Experience & Qualifications

• Good foundations in brand marketing, with exposure to brand development, activation, and customer/ channel marketing.
• Good understanding of all aspects of consumer insights.
• Strong project management skills
• Strong people and stakeholder management- ability to engage/motivate colleagues and stakeholders behind a project.
• Team player with a strong desire to learn and grow.
• Good presentation and storytelling skills
• Budget management- Previous exposure to managing budget
• Entrepreneurial approach with a focus on experimentation and continuous learning
• Commercial acumen and cross functional understanding and capabilities
• Strong analytical skills with previous exposure to scan data and consumer research.

Skills

• Category Strategy & Portfolio management
• Customer Understanding
• Brand Marketing Planning
• Discipline & brilliance in execution

Key Interfaces

• Marketing Leadership Team
• Brand Communities
• Cross functional teams: Marketing, CMI, CD, SC, R&D
• Media & Creative Agencies

What awaits you at Unilever?

The core of Unilever’s culture is captured as Human, Purposeful, Accountable. You will be joining a dynamic, flexible, and inspiring work environment that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success.

This is your opportunity to be part of a purpose-led business and a global community where you can progress your career both locally and internationally. You will also benefit from amazing discounts on external company products, attractive employee referral reward program amongst other benefits.

This is a great opportunity to work within an iconic and global organization. We have gained our reputation as one of the world's most admired employers by providing an environment where individuals can achieve their goals, both professionally and personally.

Make no mistake we expect a lot from our people as they do of us. So, if you can rise to the challenge, don't waste any time - apply now!

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. 

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment journey. Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact anz.talent@unilever.com.

Unilever is an organization 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.

This means we encourage people with all backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pacific Peoples, and people with disabilities. Interested in learning more, check out our Reconciliation Action Plan and Workplace Adjustment Policy on the Unilever webpage.

At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! We encourage you to advise us at the time of your application if you require any reasonable adjustment so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.