Job Description Associate Brand Development Manager – TRESemmé Hair

Job Number:

 13000QDN

Unposting Date

 : Jan-02-2014, 7:59:00 AM

Schedule

 : Full-time

Primary Location

 : United States-New Jersey-Englewood Cliffs-Englewood Cliffs -700 Sylvan

Shift

 : Day Job

Job

 : Marketing

Travel

 : Yes, 5 % of the Time 

Description

 

Associate Brand Development Manager TRESemme Hair

As a Unilever marketer, you will create, develop, and present our brands memorably, helping them to stand out in a crowded and competitive marketplace. Brands are at the heart of our business and as one of the world's greatest consumer goods company, we remain committed to marketing excellence.

TRESemme is one of the fastest growing brands in the Hair Care category globally, and is the #3 hair care brand and the #1 styling brand in North America. The ambition on TRES is to be the leading brand in Hair Care in the US and both investment and innovation plans are in line with this ambition. TRES is critical to delivering Unilever's ambitious Hair Care and Personal Care growth agendas and is highly visible at senior levels of the company. The team has a winning strategy and is looking for someone who understands the beauty business, brings fresh thinking, and delivers results so TRESemme can continue to grow its consumer franchise globally. As a TRESemme Brand Development Associate Brand manager you will gain exposure to many aspect of the business while driving the brand strategic plan for growth.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Work with the team to deliver innovation and renovation projects on-time and to the high quality standards set and execute in market flawlessly. This person will play a key role in the following areas:

· Lead Innovation Project Team to deliver innovations on-time from mix development to flawless execution in market. Work closely with R&D, Consumer Insights, Packaging, Finance, Supply Chain, Legal, Visual Branding and Customer Development teams to drive and manage projects

· Adapt innovation and communication as appropriate for the North American market

· Generate consumer understanding/insight and market analysis to translate into action ensuring that it is built into the innovations and strategic brand plan

· Understand competitive brands, launches, trends, trade and market realities to drive brand execution plans in market

· Deliver written and verbal communication in a simple and concise manner in order to strategically influence a large constituency of stakeholders

Key Professional Skills:

Core aspects underpinning all skills: Growth Mindset, Leadership, Creativity, Obsession with brands and consumers and appreciation for/ experience in beauty categories

· Ability to successfully navigate within a complex, matrix structure organization to achieve business goals

· External orientation -desire to track trends, be on top of competitive activity, team leadership, team commitment, influencing others

· Creative thinking. A restlessness to achieve firsts to surprise & delight our discerning and hard to please target

· Bias for action hair category is a very fast paced category someone who revels in the rapid pace of innovation and action

· An independent worker and self-starter always striving to go the extra mile to deliver excellent performance

· Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to lead, motivate and inspire a cross-functional team and build strong relationships

· Project management excellence and strong quantitative and analytical skills

Key Requirements:

· MBA or 3-5years of relevant work experience. Prior experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, marketing, or an agency environment is a strong plus.

· Demonstrated ability to understand a consumer target and position a brand, project, innovation around consumer insights

· Solid demonstration of successful business results

· Ability to lead large cross functional teams

· Experience in beauty categories (specifically hair care) preferred

Unilever offers a competitive compensation package which includes: Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, including eligible spouses, domestic partners & children; Health Care Flexible Spending, Dependent Care, 401k Savings Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Vacation and Holidays.

Please note: as part of the job application, you will be asked to complete an online assessment. Completion of the assessment is mandatory in order to be considered. Please allow yourself plenty of time to complete both the application and assessment.  If the assessment is filled out partially or not at all, it will adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the assessment at once as you will be unable to return to it later. 

Unilever is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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