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BU Marketing & Operations – Home & Hygiene Brand Manager

Location:
Warsaw, Mazovia
Category:
Marketing
Job ID:
R-95080
Date posted:
01/13/2025
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Unilever is currently hiring for two: BU H&H- Brand Managers.

Within Unilever, Home care Europe is a ca. 2 billion Turnover category operating in a growing and very competitive market, with presence in 35 countries with different brands and brand positions.

The Home care category is divided in 4 segments (= ‘Small C’s’): Fabric Cleaning, Fabric Enhancers, Home & Hygiene and Dishwash, and is driven by a dynamic, ambitious, and engaged team, operating in a challenging but exciting environment that offers a great opportunity to develop as marketer and business talent. This is a field where marketers can develop and sharpen their skills by confronting with some of the largest players in FMCG such as P&G, Henkel, and Reckitt Benckiser. In this competitive landscape, deep consumer insight, fast reaction and time to market are of crucial importance.

Key Principles:

BU Home & Hygiene Marketing & Operations Brand Manager will support the BU H&H Marketing & Operations Lead wrt Home & Hygiene plan for 6 BG (business group) Led Markets in Europe (UK, France, Poland, Italy, Netherlands and Germany).

  • 6 BG led markets will work directly with BG teams to Align on One plan and on Big Bets (BBM) innovations end to end (including codes & artworks).
  • Local innovations/renovations (ex. PPA on existing ranges) will be run directly by BG led markets & local marketing teams.
  • The BU resources will work on cross markets renovations and ensuring phasing of market activities is adapted to supply chain and financial capacity of the BU.
  • As we run integrated supply chain across Europe (6 BG led markets and One U markets), BU resources will be in charge of Europe portfolio management.

JOB PURPOSE

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will co-lead renovations/regional innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you.If you want to further develop yourself in marketing, you are passionate about FMCG, sustainability and building strong brandsthen this role is just for you. 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Cross markets core renovations:

  • Supporting the BU Marketing & Operations Leads on the cross-markets renovations plan, fitting with the brand and category growth agenda and regulatory needs. Advise and co-decide on communication assets plans.
  • Responsible for artwork management for cross 6 BG led markets core renovations (market specific to be led by country) and support the BU Marketing & Operations Lead to ensure one Europe portfolio approach and supply capacity working closely with the VET Team.

Coordinate marketing activity planning & phasing:

  • Support the BU Marketing & Operations Lead on overseeing the BU Home Care Europe portfolio & planning phasing (for 6 BG led markets & 1 U via VET support) and innovation management in strong collaboration with supply chain. 

EU Portfolio management:
  • Manages the SKU portfolio for BG led sourcing units to drive efficiencies across BG led markets and one UL markets.
  • Support the BU Marketing & Operations Lead for packaging alignment (3D) across Europe portfolio.

Driving BiH / 5S programs initiatives:
  • Supports BU scoped marketing relevant savings programs for the different brands in tight collaboration with R&D, Procurement and Supply Chain teams.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

  • Marketing proficiency with 3Y+ of experience. Experience in above market/project management roles / Home Care will be a plus.
  • Great project management skills with strong bias for actions and accountability.
  • Ability to work autonomously and with diverse and large groups of people across regions and functions face to face and virtually.
  • Capacity to influence and engage with senior stakeholders along the way.
  • Skill to balance strategic thinking (i.e.: the big picture) and short-term execution.
  • Strong business acumen as well as strong logic.

Unilever is an organisation 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. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

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