Associate Brand Innovation Manager, Condiments UFS

Associate Brand Innovation Manager - Condiments UFS North America 
Location: Remote - Hoboken, NJ 

Who We Are   

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the €3bn+ foodservice division of Unilever. It leads the dynamic Food Service market across its categories and has ambitious growth objectives, marketing a range of professional food and beverage products and services to operators across 72 countries.  UFS prides itself on creating value for its customers through culinary solutions and improving the food experience for everyone from distributors and operators to diners and consumers.   

UFS is accelerating its digital transformation to fuel growth through data driven and technology enabled Go-to-Market (GtM) capabilities. Our global ambition is to reach 3 million operators by 2030 via an online & off-line contact strategy. Within the US, the focus of UFS Customer Development and Marketing is to engage with customers in unique and specific ways to generate demand for our professional brands and create long term value for our partners.   

Pay: The pay range for this position is $86,080 to $129,120. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.  

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.  

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.  

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. 

Background & Purpose of the Job 

We are searching for an Associate Brand Operations Manager to support and drive exciting growth initiatives for the UFS NA Condiments category. This role is focused on the Hellmann’s Mayonnaise brand, the biggest brand and category for UFS North America with strong momentum in sales, share, and margin growth. The Associate Brand Manager will play a lead role in delivering the breakthrough innovations aiming to disrupt the category and create new revenue streams for the business. 

This role offers the opportunity to be part of an exciting trajectory for the Hellmann’s brand and a key strategic growth platform for UFS North America, with a strong focus on innovation and operations. 

Who You Are and What You'll Do 

• Project Management: Own the end-to-end delivery of key innovation projects, including concept development and testing, defining the launch mix, stakeholder management and gatekeeping, business case, and go-to-market strategy.  

• Channel Expert: Deeply understand our two key target operator groups (Large Chains & CPUs), and support CD colleagues in bringing innovations and activations that support our growth ambitions with these customers. 

• Data Management: Work closely with Finance, CD Ops, Supply Chain & Master Data to ensure flawless product information flows seamlessly between systems 

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s desired. 

• Experience: 3+ years of marketing experience required, with a focus on innovation & renovation project management and operations. 

• Skills: Exceptional project management and organizational skills; strong financial acumen and commercial understanding. 

• Attributes: A natural self-starter with an obsession for detail; strong leadership and project management skills; relentless drive to deliver on-time and in-full; the ability to work independently and proactively in a hybrid working environment. 

• Passion: Demonstrated passion for innovation, ideally within the foods / foodservice industry. 

​Note that this role is office-based, with a minimum of 3 days per week required in the Hoboken office with Thursday being our mandatory ‘anchor’ day where we come together as a team. 

Our Culture   

• Caring Deeply   

• Positive Tensions for Bigger Outcomes, Fairness and Transparency, Performance AND care   

• Staying Three Steps Ahead of the Market   

• Build Future While Delivering today, Think Big simplify, commit, Lead Shape Disrupt Mkt    

• Delivering with Excellence   

• Pride in our Execution, Best in Reality, Developing Breakthrough solutions   

• Focusing on What Matters Most   

• Fewer Bigger Things, Fight for What matters most, Challenging and Debating Right Choices  

What We Can Offer You       

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