We are currently seeking an interim Brand Manager- Home Care, to work with our global FMCG client Unilever, renowned for brands such as Dove, Sure, Persil, and Simple, and become an integral part of their fast-paced FMCG environment.
The position is based in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. This is a full-time temporary role to run for until end July 2025, requiring 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive, paying up to £59,000 per annum, pro rata, depending upon experience.
The role currently offers a mix of remote and onsite working (Wednesday & Friday), subject to adjustment based on business requirements.
Responsibilities
You will be supporting a Home Care Brand Lead with implementation & execution of marking activities within the Home Care category. Home Care has undergone a transformation which has brought the category into a forward-thinking space with highly impactful innovation and communications. You will help drive this forward with key responsibilities for the role being:
• Supporting the Brand Lead in implementing the UK brand strategy and development of the marketing programs.
• Leading cross-functional teams to develop and launch innovations, including big bets and pack price architecture optimisations, and review success with post launch evaluations and 100 day tracking.
• Owning campaigns and marketing activities: collaborating across functions, teams & agencies; bringing teams together to deliver strong digitally led, omnichannel marketing plans.
• Assisting with the commercial delivery of the brand incl. monitoring and reporting in market performance and action planning.
• Crafting content with a digital-first mindset and working closely with the Digital Hub team to deliver this with excellence to consumers, tracking, monitoring and assessing performance on-going in order to optimise and adapt.
• Representing Home Care within the business, as the key source of knowledge on brand / project performance and plans.
• Crafting and delivering presentations to stakeholders including retailers and other internal and external stakeholders.
Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
• Strong project management skills, with proven success of leading team/s to execute challenging & complex projects, including innovation/renovation development.
• The ability to work confidently and productively with multiple cross functional teams, with strong communication, presentation skills and stakeholder influencing abilities.
• Ability to work autonomously to craft compelling narrative relevant for audience
• Good organisational skills while having the agility to learn quickly, problem solve and adapt to an ever-changing environment.
• Have a balance of creativity & science: can think creatively & strategically, with strong business mindset. Being commercially minded with proven track-record of successfully managing a P&L and budgets. Be creative with an eye for aesthetic & design, a passion for creative excellence & with experience developing communications and assets.
• Numeracy & data analysis skills for insight development (Nielsen & Kantar preferred)
• Hungry to understand the nuances of new categories/segments and emerging channels: have high standards, attention to detail and have an entrepreneurial and ‘can-do’ approach, be able to work with and unlock change and complexity to deliver results.
• A consumer-centric approach married with a passion for our brands.
• Ambition to learn & proactivity in your own development: learning about the brands & Unilever, but also challenging process and bringing new ways of thinking & behaving.
• Be able to demonstrate the Unilever Standards of Leadership and champion the consumer, shopper and customer in everything they do.
Additional Information
Kingston working environment:
• Contractors who are based at Kingston will be eligible to get free parking at a local carpark
• There is a Unilever Staff Shop located on the Ground Floor next to the main entrance, where Contingent Workers can buy discounted Unilever products.
• A canteen
• A Gym is available for use on the Ground Floor (with subscription).
• Facilities in the gym include cardiovascular equipment, resistance machines, spin bikes, free weights area, boxing equipment and a stretch/matted area. Classes are also available and can be booked directly with the Gym. Shower facilities are available in the changing rooms, along with hairdryers.
