Assistant Brand Manager Personal Care ANZ (12 Months FTC)

at  Unilever

WHO WE ARE?

On any given day, 2.5 billion people globally use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more out of life. Many of our brands are well-known, household staples and old-time favourites including Dove, Rexona, Lynx, Vaseline, OMO/Persil, Surf, TRESemmé, Continental, Ben & Jerry’s and Streets.
We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world’s first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap more than 100 years ago, and it’s at the heart of how we run our company today. In 2022 Unilever Australia & New Zealand became a Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp), joining a growing network of organisations committed to galvanising a stronger, more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy for all.
A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity and is pioneering flexibility. There’s no better time to join our team!

JOB SUMMARY

Join our dynamic team at ANZ’s leading deodorant brand, where you’ll have the chance to collaborate with major partners and make a significant impact on our business. As a key player in the ANZ market, Rexona is not only a household name but also a critical component of our company’s success. This is your opportunity to be part of an innovative and passionate team, working on exciting projects that drive growth and shape the future of personal care in ANZ. Come be a part of something truly special and help us continue to lead the way in the industry!
The Assistant Brand Manager in Rexona Marketing team offers great breadth across innovation planning & development, customer activations, media campaigns, influencer strategy, asset development and in-store execution. You will be working closely with customer development, category, customer marketing and R&D to manage the brand’s day-to-day operations and build best in class brand plans.
We place a high degree of emphasis on having a consumer first mindset, leveraging data into insights, creativity, and innovation to achieve long term success. The successful candidate is someone who can hit the ground running, demonstrate high levels of responsibility, ownership, and desire to learn within an exciting marketing team.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Good foundations in brand marketing, with exposure to brand development, activation, and customer/ channel marketing.
• Good understanding of all aspects of consumer insights.
• Strong project management skills
• Strong people and stakeholder management- ability to engage/motivate colleagues and stakeholders behind a project.
• Team player with a strong desire to learn and grow.
• Good presentation and storytelling skills
• Budget management- Previous exposure to managing budget
• Entrepreneurial approach with a focus on experimentation and continuous learning
• Commercial acumen and cross functional understanding and capabilities
• Strong analytical skills with previous exposure to scan data and consumer research.

SKILLS

• Category Strategy & Portfolio management
• Customer Understanding
• Brand Marketing Planning
• Discipline & brilliance in execution

• Act as a key support to Marketing Manager and Brand Manager across the full Rexona portfolio.
• Champion the voice of the consumer by bringing insights into the business and becoming a custodian of the brands.
• Collaborate cross functionally as a project lead to explore, lead and manage projects and deliver on business cases.
• Engage with agency partners to create & execute bold, disruptive, unmissable brand plans.
• Day to day ownership of brand budget, artwork briefing and POS design.
• Leading end-to-end planning, working with customer marketing and customer development teams to ensure consistent execution from brand assets & messaging to instore execution.
• Innovation and category performance tracking that leads to tangible actions to optimize the future plan.
• Unlock an entrepreneurial growth mind set & agile way of working.