Associate Brand Manager - Dove Deos, Innovation

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Working for Dove is a dream come true for a marketer.  Dove is one of the world's leading Personal Care brands, operating across multiple categories – including 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. The Global Dove Deo Brand Development team is a dynamic, results-oriented and welcoming team of people, operating in a high-performance environment that offers a great opportunity to develop as a marketing and business leader. 

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

In this position, you will work to shape and achieve long and short & long-term business goals for Dove’s Whole Body Deo range, including the ambitious growth plan established by the brand, both from an equity and innovation perspective. This role is an exciting opportunity for someone who derives energy creating magic through outstanding mix craftsmanship, while working to identifying growth opportunities with US customers. The role provides opportunity for development and exposure as you will work closely with the Dove Deo Leadership team in one of the most strategic cells in the Unilever deodorants business. 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Support the Development of a Breakthrough 2026 Campaign: Create an advertising campaign rooted in culture for Dove Whole Body Deo in 2026. This will involve managing multiple agency partners and a cross-functional team to build a cohesive ecosystem for the campaign across channels and content pillars., including social and eCommerce.
• Work alongside brand leaders to strategize future growth: Partner to develop the 2027+ whole body deo platform and mix to drive premiumization and growth for Dove Deo, optimizing the mix in its fourth year.
• Ensure Excellence in Market Execution: Deliver outstanding mixes with craftsmanship and On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) precision.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred but not required 
• 3+ years of brand marketing experience preferred
• Project Management skills. Experience in leading cross-functional teams and/or agencies
• Campaign development experience (on agency or brand-side) and strong storytelling skills, with a passion for creating impactful advertising
• As a plus, previous experience with innovation mix development, including an understanding of the brand development levers (i.e. consumer behavior & trends, formulation, fragrance, packaging, artwork)
• Comfort with data analysis. Nice to have: experience building growth and financial assumptions for product launches

Skills:

• A self-starter with excellent bias for action, who proactively solves problems and is comfortable with a fast-paced environment. 
• Consumer curiosity and passion, as well as an understanding of US customers
• Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to motivate teams to deliver high quality output
• A passion for the beauty/skin care category, consumer trends, and pop culture
• An eye for aesthetics & beauty – in and outside the deodorant category

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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