Global Senior Innovation Brand Manager (12 months Secondment)

Unilever; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global supplier of personal care products is seeking a Global Senior Innovation Brand Manager for a 12-month secondment to lead critical innovation projects for Tresemme. This role demands a candidate with substantial experience in innovation development, a passion for beauty, and the ability to manage complex cross-functional relationships. The successful applicant will have a significant impact on brand strategy and product deployment, contributing to the ongoing growth of one of the beauty industry's premier brands.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Subsidised gym membership

Discounted staff shop

Shares

Qualifications

• At least 8-10 years global experience in innovation development and deployment.
• Experience in managing cross-cultural relationships with multiple markets.
• Proven experience in successfully working with creative agencies and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall project management of Tresemme core innovation projects.
• Execute global innovation toolbox deployment across key markets.
• Champion consistent brand execution in lead markets.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Innovation development

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field

Master’s degree

Job description

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Global Senior Innovation Brand Manager (12 months Secondment)

Apply locations 100VE time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 6, 2025 (12 days left to apply) job requisition id R-58148

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: Global Senior Innovation Brand Manager (12 months Secondment)

Location: 100VE

About B&W

Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W) includes some of Unilever’s most exciting categories including Skin Care and Hair Care with brands like Dove, Sunsilk, Clear and Vaseline. We are also home to our Prestige portfolio of luxury brands such as Dermalogica, Hourglass and Living Proof; and Health & Wellbeing, a carefully crafted collection of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements brands including Liquid I.V., Nutrafol and OLLY.

We are building a unified and mutually supportive team of people who are beauty and wellbeing-obsessed, consumer-focused and driven by a passion for winning. Our role is to add value to our brands, deliver tangible beauty benefits through our products, create desire, and pioneer trends.

With more than 1 billion people using our products every day, we have an opportunity to use our scale for good. We’re embracing a new era of beauty and wellbeing. One that’s inclusive. Equitable. Regenerative. Positive. So that people and the planet can thrive together.

About Tresemme

TRESemmé was born in the salon and is housed under the Beauty and Wellbeing division. It is one of our power brands for the hair category, with a strong foothold in the US market but also a huge opportunity for growth in our World at Large markets (outside of North America). The ambition is to establish sizeable business in these markets and build a strong brand that drives growth and brand power rooted in the brand’s DNA. Tresemme is admired across the globe for its Salon-Worthy Products and Style-First Approach. It strives to bring that salon feel to everyone, everyday.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will report to Tresemme Global Brand Director and will be responsible for development & deployment of a critical Global Innovation Program of Tresemme. This position offersa great opportunityto demonstrate independent leadership, agility, flexibility and clearly ownable deliverables.As this is a maternity cover, we’re looking for a candidate whois able tohit the ground running, demonstrate high levels of responsibility, ownership, an immense bias for actions and desire to develop within the exciting and demanding world of hair care.A very good eye for beauty & aesthetic is important.

The role requires working closely with cross-functional teams (globally and locally), creative design partners, as well as partnering with the top 10 local markets to drive impact and growth. This role will give you the opportunity to put your mark on the future of Tresemme by delivering a new critical brand innovation in key countries (excluding US) with responsibilities focused on:

(1) Leading the overall project management of Tresemme core innovation project

(2) Lead strategic thinking, development and deployment of the global innovation toolbox with a view to execute them across key markets.

(3) Understanding and analysing global toolkit vs. local business strategy and needs leading to landing and deploying a well-developed innovation program for the brand across critical markets.

(4) Lead on-trend innovation toolkit creation (product, packaging, claims, in-store, etc) with social/culture-first thinking, building beauty mixes that drive desirability.

(5) Champion consistent brand execution that builds strong brand power in lead markets.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Relevant Experience Needed

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business management or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.

• Has at least 8-10 years global experience in innovation development and deployment with a strong passion for Beauty Category and landing innovation mixes OTIF with strategic and operational rigour, flexibility, agility and eye for detail, beauty and craftsmanship.

• Experience in & passion for Beauty Category is a must; past role in premium beauty/skin care or hair care is a plus.

• Has experience in managing cross-cultural relationships with multiple markets

• Has experience in deploying successful innovations across multiple markets and regions.

• Has experience in effectively managing the relationship with global and local cross-functional partners.

• Ideally experience in Global Brand Development or Innovation experience with a proven track record on mix development and deployment.

• Proven experience of leading networksdelivering projects on-time and in-full (OTIF)

• Proven experience in successfully working with creative agencies and cross-functional teams.

• Proven experience in results tracking and analysis to optimize mix development is required.

We need someone who:

• Has a passion for beauty and personal care, with eyes for beauty & craftmanship.

• Strong sense of ownership with ability to lead & manage quality & deadline of workstream on your own.

• Has strong communication skills, can articulate a clear point of view, and share it with key internal and external stakeholders across functions

• Is a problem-solver: someone who can identify and clearly articulate an issue and propose solutions

• Is curious and has empathy: someone who asks the right questions, is externally focused and obsessed with trying to understand consumers better.

• Consumer-centric & alert with new market/consumer trends

• Is a creative thinker, able to express good creative judgement of assets developed by agency partners, keeping brand and consumer insights in mind.

• Shows leadership and is reliable: holds the team accountable for deliveries and keeps things moving with speed without letting any ball drop

• Has strong analytical skills and a good business acumen

• Is a natural team player with strong collaboration skills

• Shows leadership and is reliable: holds the team accountable for deliveries and keeps things moving with speed without letting any ball drop

• Be bold in thought and brave in action. Have a healthy disregard for status quo.

• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment

• Passionate about engagement, movement, digital and people

• This is a BIG role, and you must be able to multi-task, whilst remaining agile and reactive

• A positive can-do attitude, rigour, and ability to hold yourself (and others) accountable.

• External focus, aware of what is happening in key brand interest areas and apply that to the job.

• Desire to drive new, big ideas to drive the brand forward.

• Excellent written and spoken business English.

Key Skills

• Problem-solver, able to drive the way forward with speed and agility

• Sharp communicator, able to articulate clear point of view

• Good creative judgement for asset development, with strong consumer and brand insights

• Eyes for beauty & aesthetic vision.

• Strong leadership skills with ability to lead multiple stakeholders & work under tight timeline to deliver OTIF
• Strong analytical skills with consum

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’

Location

In June 2020 we announced our plan to consolidate a number of Unilever’s offices across the South East of England into a new Unilever campus in Kingston-upon-Thames in or around early 2025. However, on the 08 August 2024 we announced to our existing staff our proposal to retain our central Head Office in London, 100 Victoria Embankment (“100VE”) until our lease expires in 2027. As a result of this new proposal, we will be consulting with our existing staff, and new joiners who join during this period of consultation at 100VE, on the proposal made in August 2024. During consultation we will clarify the future location of each team and function. This means your role will either be based in 100VE until 2027 or in Kingston-Upon-Thames from early 2025. As we are yet to commence consultation on the proposal you agree, until such a time when consultation has concluded, your normal place of work as set out in the enclosed Statement of Terms & Conditions will be 100VE. You agree that on the conclusion of the consultation your place of work will be 100VE or 100VE until early 2025 and then Kingston-upon-Thames ("the locations") and you will be notified of which of the locations will be your place of work after that consultation ends.

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 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever .

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