Global Fragrance Marketing & Strategy - Assistant Manager

Global Fragrance Marketing & Strategy – Assistant Manager

Location: 100VE
Reporting to: Global Fragrance Senior Marketing Manager

ABOUT UNILEVER
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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB CONTEXT & PURPOSE

Fragrance is a strategic priority for the Home Care business group. This role is part of the HC Fragrance Marketing Team which sits alongside the global brand teams in the HC global marketing organisation. We are revolutionising our approach to fragrance end-to-end: from fragrance briefing, to fragrance design, to communication, and it’s a journey which has just begun.

We are looking for a marketer who is passionate about the fragrance world, connected to consumer and fragrance trends and is knowledgeable in working with Fragrance Houses and R&D teams. This role offers significant professional development with a strong internal and external focus and interaction with senior leadership.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the Home Care Global Fragrance Upskilling and Inspiration agenda for our marketeers around the world, including the Fragrance Academy and guest-speaker series.
• Lead ‘Power of Fragrance’ program with retailers – an exciting initiative to showcase Unilever as a fragrance power-house with our customers.
• Lead the internal fragrance communication plan, igniting excitement, knowledge and top-of-mind for the Fragrance Transformation program.
• Lead and own the marketing Fragrance Briefing Process, guiding marketeers around the world to be both sharp and inspiring with all their fragrance requests.
• Support in the articulation of Brand Fragrances strategy for all of HC Power Brands.
• Support in strategic initiatives building fragrance excellence across the end to end marketing journey.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Experience & Skills

• 3+ year experience ideally in marketing, but open to R&D and Fragrance Profiles with passion for brands and design.
• Good understanding of FMCG innovation and communication processes.
• Impeccable communication skills and fluency in speaking to functional experts (brand teams, R&D, agencies).
• ‘Monica Geller level’ of organisational skills – able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously with clarity and rigour.
• Creative sensitivity (i.e. eye for design and aesthetics) and connection to cultural trends.
• Can-do attitude, resilience and joy for work.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

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