Assistant Marketing Manager, Home Care (Unilever International)

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JOB TITLE: Assistant Marketing Manager, Home Care (Unilever International)

JOB LOCATION: Singapore

UNILEVER INTERNATIONAL IS:

(drum rolls) …. Unilever’s White Space Arm!

As the ninth global cluster , we work across the world to fill white spaces for Unilever.

We treat the business as our own.

As intrapreneurs , we introduce Unilever’s brands into white space geographies Pacific Islands, Korea, Mongolia, and spearhead launches of iconic household brands like Dove, Lifebuoy, Sunlight, Fair & Lovely, TRESemme into big markets like U.S, China, Western Europe and SEAA.

As Unilever’s growth engine, we establish global white space businesses in key channels such as Health & Beauty, Discounters, E-Commerce and alternate channels such as travel retail, marketing to institutional partners like the United Nations, and seeding Unilever brands to overseas diaspora who crave for a taste of their familiar home brands.

Singapore is our global hub leading strategy, marketing thinking, seeding plans, and alignment with the global categories and supply chain.

Game changing business

SPEED is the mantra for our resounding success. To serve the underserved , we embrace a founder’s mentality , explore unchartered territories, redesign end-to-end business models to establish successful businesses. We make a difference by working fast and smart, nurturing our tribe, winning together and living by five tenets :

· We will be the fastest route-to-market globally;
· We go where no (man, woman or distributor) has ever explored;
· Impossible is an opinion, not a fact;
· Speed is our currency;
· When brands are built right, they can last a lifetime.

ABOUT MARKETING IN UI:

· We build categories and brands like St Ives and Simple globally across markets, media and channels, by enhancing brand awareness and brand through creative and effective digital mediums. We launch Unilever brands in new markets and bring them to life.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Develop and activate the Global 6Ps and campaigns for Home care brands which can travel globally. Once the mix is created, support the other clusters to seed and incubate the brands across markets. This role requires the complete understanding of the existing 6Ps of the markets which will help us understand what is currently available and then choosing the best mix elements for white spaces. The new joinee need to work very closely with SC / Finance / other cross functional teams to define the right sourcing strategy with optimized costs. Overall, he/she needs to be responsible for the P&L and mix success in all the markets.

The role is expected lead for the deployment of brand seeding models, leverage digital and shopper marketing to build brands rapidly, partner with global and regional BD teams to analyse the market and lead the cross functional UI teams to land innovations in market fast with impact.

The successful candidate will have a high bias for action, deep passion for building brands, openness to new ideas and approaches, willingness to work with the team to make an impact on the market and a sense of responsibility, measuring performance by results.

The role will report into the GBU head for Unilever International based in Singapore. The role will interface with all Unilever categories at Director / Brand Manager level and UI supply chain and finance teams across UI globally.

RELEVANT SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

· Marketing experience in BD and/or BB in any region globally with a strong consumer focus
· Strong track record of consistent in market delivery
· Deep desire to do something exceptional in life
· Strong track record of consistent in market delivery
· Deep desire to do something exceptional in life
· Willingness to break records
· Focus on continuous learning
· Ability to challenge the status quo and ask the question why not
· Decisiveness and initiative to lead the agenda and set the stage for great results
· Be a strategic, highly adaptable and entrepreneurial person
· Embrace a high growth mindset, with strong love for consumers, shoppers and customers
· Have strong financial acumen and analytical skills
· Have strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills with senior stakeholders
· Have experience working and leading in cross-functional teams

TO APPLY:
Please apply online by clicking on “Apply Online” below. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. Should you not meet our immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies.

You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.

Thank you for your interest and application.

*We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.