Laundry junior Brand Manager

• 

  Location

  (POLAND) and Warsaw

• 

  Job Reference

  21543

• 

  Functional Area/Experience

  Marketing, advertising and PR / 2 Years

Job Description & Qualifications

We are looking for a junior Brand Manager who will lead the full marketing agenda to take this business to the next level considering changing consumer behaviours and growing competitive pressure in this category.

The person in this position will leadLaundry brands and projects for Coccolino / Omo and lead cross-functional teams to deliver brands’ objectives. 

Strong marketing experience in creating and executing marketing projects and activations is a must, backed with good overall business & channels understanding. 

Purpose

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead 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 are ​a strong leader with marketing background, you are passionate about FMCG, sustainability and building strong brands ​then this role is just for you. 

Responsibilities

​Strategic Planning

• ​Creating brand strategyin local stream for the upcoming years.
• ​Preparing category marketing plans (activations, execution, evaluation & putting corrective actions if needed);
• ​Leading brand yearly planning.

​Operational Planning​

• ​Preparing and submitting Activity Plans on brand level. Making sure that all activities are aligned with JTBD, key market drivers are utilized, key channels are covered, golden customer tailors are developed, and activities assure target realization.
• ​On-going market and brand understanding at consumer and shopper level (brand measures, competition monitoring, media, and consumer/shopper behaviors);
• ​Owning and driving preparation and execution of full package to consumer/shopper for selected national promotions, launches, relaunches, activations.​

​Operations

• ​Contribution to developing mix & innovation (in cooperation with BG and BU),portfolio management - crafting new portfolio + managing current: listings, de-listings, in-outs, promo SKUs, PPA, limited editions.
• ​Actively contributing to Business Team work: owns & leads respective projects, puts forwards issues, shares updates with the team, gives feedback to others in the meetings; provides inputs to others.
• ​Responsible for shares development for dedicated brandby granularity (monitoring and understanding market shares development (external orientation) / uses it as a reference for activity plan preparation).
• ​Providing for S&OP (stock planning) input for Activity review meetings; responsible for forecast accuracy on specific brand level (included in KPI's).
• ​Contribution to price monitoring for selected category (positioning vs. competition –SPI monitoring, channel perspective). Supports Leaders in price changes recommendation for respective category.
• ​Contribution to execution of Brand Communication/Activation 360 degree. Keeping consistency of brand communication across all communication channels and consumer and shopper touch points.

​Communication

• ​Prepare presentations of the activity plan (context, objectives, priorities) and trade presentations for the sales meetings: category cascades, briefings.
• ​Big events communication to CD: preparing marketing part and participate if needed.​​​

​Experiences & Qualifications

​​Minimal requirements

• ​2-5years experience of work in FMCG marketing / media
• ​Experience in developing communication assets
• ​Experience in optimizing communication campaigns
• ​Experience in managing complex projects
• ​Experience in work with P&L

​Preferred requirements

• ​Experience in product development
• ​Experience in developing TVCs
• ​Experience of work with HC categories will be a plus
• ​Marketing Foundation course completed (or equivalent)​​

​Skills

• ​​Crafting JTBDs based on ability to move from surface issue to root issue
• ​Good 6P understanding
• ​Good understanding of penetration laws
• ​NPD project management
• ​Judging creative assets
• ​Developing marketing concepts
• ​Unmissable instore KV development
• ​Briefing creative & research agencies
• ​AW management / Blue Process co-ordination
• ​Data literacy: Nielsen, GfK, AMB, brand health diagnostics
• ​Polish and English language fluency
• ​Good interpersonal skills – ability to create effective networks & partnerships with key stakeholders in local & European teams.​​

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.