Global Innovation Assistant Brand Manager, Sunsilk, Dove & Tresemme

Scope: Turkey

Location: İstanbul, Turkey

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ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

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.

JOB PURPOSE

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 Beauty & Wellbeing Category and leading innovations,  then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Leading the overall project management of Sunsilk, Dove and Tresemme innovation projects

• Understanding and analysing global trends and key competitive moment leading to development project

innovation design and landing them in a well-developed innovation pipeline for the brand.

• Co-Lead strategic thinking, development and deployment of the global innovation toolbox with a view to execute them across markets.

• Lead on-trend innovations with break-through science, build beauty mixes that drive desirability.

• E2E execution of the projects in Arabia, and in some projects, globally.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

We need someone who:

• • Has at least 3 years of experience in Innovation and Comms/Engagement with a strong passion for Beauty or Personal Care with eye for detail, beauty and craftsmanship.
• • Relevant experience in strategy and mix crafting, preferably for beauty brands.
• • Consumer obsessed to represent their voice on the table of brand discussions.
• • Has experience in managing cross-cultural relationships with multiple markets
• • Has experience in developing successful communication both above and below the line
• • Has experience in effectively managing the relationship with global advertising agency partners
• • 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
• • Be bold in thought and brave in action. Have a healthy disregard for status quo.
• • Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
• • 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.
• Local market knowledge is required.
• • Excellent written and spoken business English and Turkish.

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 & 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.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! 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. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.