This posting represents multiple openings for Associate Brand Managers in Tresemme, Dove, and Love Beauty & Planet brands based in Englewood Cliffs. We will be hosting an interview day at our North America Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ in mid-late November. Interested in being considered? Apply today!

Background & Purpose of the Job

At Unilever, we believe passionately in a purpose-driven business. And our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace. Working at Unilever as an Associate Brand Manager means you are joining a world-class marketing organization that has produced many of the world’s most beloved brands – brands with a purpose. We are looking for individuals who believe in this vision, and who are capable of crafting strategy, owning a P&L, implementing fully integrated brand mixes, and leading cross-functional teams in launching new products to market, among other tasks.

This role will be responsible for leading and delivering the innovation agenda, intensifying the funnel to address white space opportunities and deliver against channel and customer priorities in the US. You will work closely with the cross functional innovation planning team to drive the roadmap from idea to implementation knowing when/how to influence global and local activities to drive business growth.

The Associate Brand Manager, Innovation will need to bring dynamic attitude and passion to:

• Evolving Suave Brand Proposition & Architecture
• Defining Suave Innovation Strategic Pillars & White Spaces
• Designing and Crafting Suave Innovation Big Bets, including concept, design, product, pack, and full mix development
• Bring a mindset of sustainability into product design and development

Specifically, Associate Brand Manager, Innovation will:

• Work closely with Consumer Market Insights and their People Data Center to identify core consumer insights and product benefits.
• Serve as project lead for Suave innovation roadmap on one or several categories.
• Work closely with Performance teams and Customer teams to drive Design 4 Channel Innovations.
• Depending on team workload & agenda and according to Agile principles, this role might carry some Engagement Development (Communication assets…) in the future.

• You’re a changemaker: You are bold, unafraid and confident in who you are and what you bring to the brand and you are also tactful, strategic and mindful of the audience/situation in order to influence the change necessary to drive results.

• You’re a born leader: You have a vision with an infectious drive and imagination to rally your team, senior stakeholders, cross functionals, agency teams and ultimately consumers to reignite this heritage brand.

• You’re a consumer lover: Vision, data, listening, curiosity, the consumer experience and insights are all your friends - you must be able to turn those into massive innovation big bets able to touch the heart of half of American people at least.

• You’re a paradox navigator: When the going gets tough, you don’t give up. You actively find solutions, challenge habits and navigate complexities, and in the end do the right thing for your brand and projects.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field required; Master’s degree preferred
• 3+ years in Marketing, with some experience in Innovation Crafting.
• A well-informed Beauty “gut” coupled with an eye for aesthetic, design and attention for details.
• A Passion for Consumers and Shopper Understanding.
• A balance of art & science – ability to think creatively & strategically, with strong business mindset.
• A Problem Solving mindset and willingness to challenge the established norms.
• Comfortable with using data throughout aspects of the role, turning consumer and social insights into strategic thinking.
• Passion for big iconic brands and desire to leave a mark.

Unilever has a simple but clear purpose – to make sustainable living commonplace. They believe this is the best long-term way for the business to grow. On any given day, two billion people from around the world use Unilever products from iconic brands like Dove, Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Lipton, Dollar Shave Club, and Knorr to look good, feel good, and get more out of life.