Assistant Brand Manager, New Zealand & Managed Geographies

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JOB TITLE: Assistant Brand Manager, New Zealand & Managed Geographies (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:

The Assistant Marketing Manager – New Zealand & Managed Geographies based in Singapore will play a key and strategic role in the achievement of doubling the UI NZ and Managed Geographies businesses. The person in this role will be supporting the Marketing Manager – ANZ & Managed Geographies to develop brand seeding models, leverage digital and shopper marketing to build brands rapidly, and lead cross functional teams to land innovations in market fast with impact.

Key Interfaces:

· UI Marketing, Business Development, Supply Chain and Finance
· External agency partners
· External customers

RELEVANT SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

· Be a strategic, highly adaptable and entrepreneurial person
· Have strong track record of consistency in market delivery
· Have strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills with key stakeholders
· Have experience working and leading in cross-functional teams
· Have great project management and business process design skills
· 3 - 7 years of marketing experience in BD and/or BB
· A bachelor’s degree in any discipline
· Experience in ANZ and Asian markets
· Experience in Excel, Powerpoint, Tableau
· Experience working in cross-functional teams within a matrix environment both F2F and virtually

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.