Unilever Nigeria Plc - Welcome to Unilever, a global multinational and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company with products sold in over 190 countries and more than 2 billion consumers across the world who use our amazing products everyday!
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are passionate about creating value for brands and teams and working with teams to grow, then this role is just for you!
What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be
Drive the value & volume led growth agenda on the brand by leading Innovations, managing BLG campaigns based on category growth principles
End to End brand management role for the brand
Focus on incremental future growth opportunities, as well as management of existing core business
End to end P&L responsibility, including S&OP management
Budget (BMI) management to be vigorously controlled to ensure full delivery of projects
Leadership / support of NRM or SC Activity Requests: e.g. introduction of new pack sizes / formats for existing mixes
Developing & executing Inspiring brand communications in partnership with creative agencies
Leading Integrated Brand Planning Process (annual IBP)
Management of Brand’s digital strategy and electronic communications
Key Relationships
Customer Development, Shopper Marketing, Supply Chain, Consumer Market Insights, Research and Development, Finance Business Partners & Global and Local teams where relevant
Experiences & Qualifications
Proven Experiential Marketing: Typically 3+ years of experience directly conceiving, planning, and executing brand activations, ideally with a digital-first approach.
Shopper Journey Optimisation: Demonstrated success in analysing and improving customer experiences across multiple touchpoints (online store, social media, shelf, etc.)
Project Management Prowess: Evidence of managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders, budgets, and timelines, ensuring successful delivery and budget ROI.
Digital Marketing Expertise: Confidence with digital marketing channels, tactics, and their role in amplifying brand experiences.
Innovation Execution: success in delivering brand experiences across the shopper journey to drive trial, desire and conversion.
Skills:
Project leadership and business acumen
Strong numeracy skills
Ability to deliver operationally, while thinking ahead of the long-term growth strategy
Cross-functional relationship management: Agencies, Customer Development, Shopper Marketing, Supply Chain, Consumer Market Insights, Research and Development, Finance Business Partners
Strong levels of growth and ownership mindset – a self-starter with a winning and competitive mindset
Bias for action and drive – willingness to get things done with speed & efficiency, and comfortable working independently to deliver agreed goals
Consumer and customer focus – curiosity, ability to uncover relevant insights and translate these into actionable plans
Rigour and order – ability to identify important issues and work through complex problems in an accurate and in-depth way.
A deep seeded passion for exploding the brand and marketing with a purpose with the consumer always top of mind
Leadership:
You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience.
You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work.
You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors:
Passion for High Performance:Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
Personal Mastery:Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
Consumer Love: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
Purpose and Service: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
Agility: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.