Junior Brand Innovation Manager

SC Johnson GmbH; Frimley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay & benefits

Free breakfast & snacks

25 days annual holiday

Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance

Volunteering days

Season ticket loan

Wellness days

Free Ecover refills

Job summary

SC Johnson Lifestyle Brands in Frimley, UK, is seeking a Senior Associate, Innovation within Marketing to lead end-to-end EU projects, manage packaging artwork changes and drive faster, smarter processes across teams. You will partner with Innovation, Finance, Commercial, Regulatory and Creative to translate insights into actionable growth.

The role requires direct hands-on innovation experience, strong project management, and a commercial FMCG mindset.

Qualifications

• A university degree (or equivalent) and experience in brand-led roles such as Brand Management or Account Management.
• Proven innovation exposure, with hands-on involvement in launching or developing new products or initiatives.
• Strong project management capability, comfortable leading projects within a complex, matrix organisation.
• Creative and design sensibility, able to partner effectively with creative teams and bring concepts to life.
• Commercial FMCG or retail experience (preferred), with strong analytical and presentation skills to influence decision-making.
• A results-driven, proactive mindset, thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with pace and ownership.
• A true collaborator, able to multitask, prioritise effectively, and build strong relationships across functions and seniority levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead critical EU projects end‑to‑end, spanning business continuity, regulatory and compliance updates, NPD, core renovation and tactical innovation.
• Own packaging and label artwork changes, driven by regulatory, compliance, formulation and fragrance updates - ensuring accuracy and speed.
• Drive smarter ways of working, continuously improving artwork and innovation processes to boost efficiency and quality.
• Take project ownership of key innovation launches, guiding initiatives from ideation through stage‑gate to market delivery.
• Shape strong business recommendations, managing projects through governance forums and supporting decision‑making with insight.
• Partner closely across functions, including Innovation, Finance, Commercial, Regulatory and Creative, to align claims, visuals, business cases and forecasts.
• Turn insight into opportunity, working with Innovation Analytics to identify trends, gaps and growth opportunities.

Skills

Brand management

Innovation

Project management

Creative/design sensibility

Analytical thinking

Communication/presentation

Education

University degree

Job description

Company

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, Babyganics® and Ecover®. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet. If you’re into pioneering the future and doing good while doing business, come join us. The LSB is part of SC Johnson, a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning, home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care products, as well as professional products. Originally founded in 1886 and headquartered in Wisconsin, U.S.A., SC Johnson and the Lifestyle Brands division are at work for a better world.

Location: Frimley, Surrey

Contract type: Indefinite, Full-time

People Leader: Manager, Innovation

Internal Job Title: Senior Associate, Innovation

Function: Marketing

Please note this role is not eligible for relocation. Remote work is available once per week for eligible employees.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay & benefits


• Free breakfast & snacks


• 25 days annual holiday


• Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance


• Volunteering days


• Season ticket loan


• Wellness days


• Free Ecover refills

Reporting to the Innovation manager, the Senior Associate will support and deliver business continuity projects and projects in the innovation pipeline to market that is in service of the global brand & business strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead critical EU projects end‑to‑end, spanning business continuity, regulatory and compliance updates, NPD, core renovation and tactical innovation.


• Own packaging and label artwork changes, driven by regulatory, compliance, formulation and fragrance updates - ensuring accuracy and speed.


• Drive smarter ways of working, continuously improving artwork and innovation processes to boost efficiency and quality.


• Take project ownership of key innovation launches, guiding initiatives from ideation through stage‑gate to market delivery.


• Shape strong business recommendations, managing projects through governance forums and supporting decision‑making with insight.


• Partner closely across functions, including Innovation, Finance, Commercial, Regulatory and Creative, to align claims, visuals, business cases and forecasts.


• Turn insight into opportunity, working with Innovation Analytics to identify trends, gaps and growth opportunities.

Experience You’ll Bring

• A university degree (or equivalent) and experience in brand‑led roles such as Brand Management or Account Management.


• Proven innovation exposure, with hands‑on involvement in launching or developing new products or initiatives.


• Strong project management capability, comfortable leading projects within a complex, matrix organisation.


• Creative and design sensibility, able to partner effectively with creative teams and bring concepts to life.


• Commercial FMCG or retail experience (preferred), with strong analytical and presentation skills to influence decision‑making.


• A results‑driven, proactive mindset, thriving in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments with pace and ownership.


• A true collaborator, able to multitask, prioritise effectively, and build strong relationships across functions and seniority levels.

About us

We are the people behind method + Ecover. We’ve always done things differently – we’re fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We started small but we have big plans to make the world a cleaner, greener, more colourful place. We invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all. Let’s get one thing straight – you’re not coming here to just sell soap, or cleaning products. You’re joining us to move the hearts, souls and minds of others all over the world that see the world differently. We think about cleaning as an act of creative expression, a gesture of rebellion, and, yes, an escape from the normal. We take cleaning seriously – but not ourselves. Alongside our friends Mrs. Meyer’s clean day and babyganics in the US, we are collectively known as Lifestyle Brands and are part of the SC Johnson family.

Inclusion

We advertise all our roles on Evenbreak, the specialist job board for disabled candidates. If you have a disability or a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our vacancies, please visit their Career Hive – careers support for disabled candidates delivered by careers professionals with lived experience of disability. Find out more at https://hive.evenbreak.co.uk. We are happy to adjust our hiring process to ensure we are accessible to everyone – please let us know what we can do to support you! Inclusion & Diversity We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work. Sure, there’s always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome.