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Global Category Strategy Assistant Manager
Job Posted: 2 days ago
Salary: £ 54,000 - 54,000 / Annum
Job Type: Temporary
Location: City of London, London
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Manpower is currently seeking an interim Global Category Strategy Assistant Manager, to work with our global FMCG client Unilever, renowned for brands such as Dove, Sure, Persil, and Simple, to become an integral part of their fast-paced FMCG environment.
The position is based at Blackfriars on London's Victoria Embankment, just a short walk from Blackfriars tube. This is a full-time temporary role for 12 months, to start asap, requiring 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive, paying up to £54,000 per annum, pro rata, depending upon experience.
The role currently offers a mix of remote and onsite working, subject to adjustment based on business requirements.
Personal Care is a +€13 billion business with much loved deodorant, skin cleansing and oral care power brands including Dove, Rexona, Dove Men+Care, Axe, Lux, Lifebuoy and Pepsodent. With more than 1 billion people using PC products every day, we have an opportunity to use our scale for good so that people and the planet can thrive together.
In Deodorants, we are global market leaders and pioneers, holding
#1 category position in most markets. Our strong and superior category portfolio of global and leading power brands is one of our key competitive advantages that enable us to meet all consumers' needs through unmissable superiority.
JOB PURPOSE
The role will report into the Deodorants Senior Category Strategy Manager and will support the Global Category Leads on multiple category agendas, working closely with Global Brand leads & Cross Functional Leads. This is a high visibility role working hand in hand with senior stakeholders, learning from the category leadership team directly - enabling excellent opportunity to build category fundamentals, develop strategic competencies and leadership qualities.
The Strategy Team works at the heart of the Deodorants Category, globally, and plays a key role in the category marketing community working on the design, development and execution of long-term category strategic plans, Innovation management, and objectives to drive competitive, consistent, profitable growth.
RESPONSIBILITIES
This role is the partner for each category initiatives, inputs and general consultation from both BG/BU teams across all functions. The successful applicant will support, anchor and lead key strategic workstreams:
Support Category Strategy, translating the Personal Care strategy into the Deodorants category and deeply understanding the future growth spaces
Support in crafting and operationalising of the Market Making and Category Building Pillars
Performance analysis and reporting, category reviews, and support on leadership team meetings
Category Innovation Management:
Lead End to End innovation cycle governance of Global Projects for Deodorants
Ownership of Innovation Funnel roadmap and analysis - collaborating with global and local teams to ensure plans are always up to date and sufficient against Category Strategy.
ALL ABOUT YOU
The role encompasses multiple different aspects and the need to constantly juggle between 'developing STRATEGIC vision' & 'CRAFTING Growth Agenda' to Process Governance- requiring high level of agility and shift in mindset.
Must Have:
Strong Analytical skill and understanding of P&L, Retail, Consumer and Brand Metrics
Experience in leading/managing process - Ability to manage conflicting priorities and requirements from multiple stakeholders - in different time zones
Skill in 'crafting' strategic, business documents/presentations - strong story telling
Proficiency in MS Office Suit (esp. PowerPoint and Excel) - comfortable to operate with large amount of data. Ability to see through trends and patterns are important skill sets.Desirable:
Strong personal mastery and self-discipline with passion for driving the category culture. Requires interpersonal Skill with experience of managing senior stakeholders and large cross functional teams in multiple time zones
Flexibility & Adaptability - Short turnaround times (often with changing priorities) to meet deadlines for big workstreams; be able to anticipate changes while meeting deadlines.
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