Assistant Brand Manager Unox

Unilever is hiring for Assistant Brand Manager Unox

Will you help build the future of Unox?

In the marketing team of one of the largest and most beloved brands in the Netherlands, we now have a key talent role available for someone who enjoys entrepreneurship, broadening and developing their skills, and above all, taking action.

About Unox and the role

Unox is an iconic market leader that is present in almost every Dutch household and, with more than 250 million euros consumer turnover, one of the biggest brands in Dutch supermarkets.

Unox is on a mission to give everybody the warm feeling of home and is driving programs like improvement of animal welfare, inspiring vegetable intake with soup and promoting a more plant forward diet with the launch of the vegetarian portfolio. For this local jewel, the marketing team is end-to-end responsible for all portfolio, communication and activation projects, which makes the team agile, effective and very motivated.

In this context, we are looking for a highly motivated Assistant Brand Manager who has a strong can-do mentality and knows how to manage several projects at the same time. Your job will be very diverse, from starting up innovation projects, to setting up a social media campaign and developing your own Unox shopfloor activation. You will be part of the Unox team and will report to the Brand Manager.

Key responsibilities:

• Bringing Unox’ brand purpose to life via the 6P of the brand: from communication to packaging, from product innovation to point-of-sale materials;
• Driving and delivering OTIF Brand Activation & POSM activities (Unox New Years Dive, Unox Winter Alarm etc.);
• As Project Leader, driving innovation, renovation and savings projects for Unox and delivering these OTIF (on-time and in-full);
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, from R&D to Sales, from CSP to agencies (advertising, media and artwork);
• Gathering and analyzing consumer insights in order to identify white spots for innovations, improvements in the portfolio and other growth initiatives.

What you need to succeed:

• A consumer-centric approach, married with a passion for the brand, continuously on the hunt for Unox growth opportunities that address consumer needs;
• An entrepreneurial and can-do approach, able to work with and unlock change and complexity to deliver results;
• An independent mind and agile mindset, getting energy from problem solving;
• Project management skills to execute challenging and complex projects, including innovation and renovation development;
• Collaboration skills to build and drive networks with ease, leading a cross-functional team of experts (e.g. R&D, Supply Chain etc.);
• A keen eye for detail, aesthetics and design, with a passion for creative excellence and developing communications and assets;
• Being digitally savvy, with an innate passion for digital media and new business models;
• Numeracy and data analysis skills for insight development;
• Dutch as a native language, crucial to find the right nuance in brand communication;
• A passion for Dutch food and cold winter weather.