Job Description

Background & Purpose of the Job

This Condiments US Innovation Senior Brand Manager is responsible for developing world class and industryleading innovation that drives incremental growth for the US Condiments business. The role leads the nonCore segments of the Hellmanns portfolio, establishes the strategy for a winning portfolio architecture and new product roadmap, creates marketmaking platforms and incremental line extensions, and develops breakthrough models and gotomarket launch programs that contribute to Hellmanns near and longterm growth ambitions. The manager reports directly to the Head of Condiments US and manages projects across both HellmannsBest Foods and Maille brands.

HellmannsBestFoods is an iconic brand in the US and represents around 35% of the global Condiments turnover for Unilever. This role is big, highly strategic, visible and important to the delivery of results in the US. We need someone who is passionate, driven and an absolute Foodie.

This job presents plenty of scope for independent brand work and team stewardship, crossfunctional leadership plus lots of creativity. The ideal candidate would be visionary, knowledgeable about food, passionate about product superiority and chefmanship, consumercentric, and who can also manage multiple priorities, with both a strong marketing and analytical mindset. If you thrive on leading teams (crossfunctionally and with agency partners), developing netnew product ideas, creating unique and incremental innovations and delivering big strategic innovation platforms, this will be a very rewarding experience. The role is supported by one direct report.

Who You Are & What Youll Do

• Lead Innovation for all nonCore segments of HellmannsBestFoods and the Maille brand for US Foods.
• Partner with our Global (BG) counterparts in developing marketmaking products, representing the US business needs and readying for successful launch in the US market.
• Drive product superiority roadmap for the US business, contributing to accretive Unmissable Brand Superiority and winning competitive share.
• CoLead resource allocation and project prioritization with Core Innovation Manager.
• Champion Hellmanns brand purpose in both say and do with internal and external experts.

What Youll Need To Succeed

• BA (MBA a plus) with 7+ years experience in Brand Marketing or Creative/Digital/PR Agency.
• Passion for food and innovation. Competitive drive and hustle, rooted in food culture.
• Consumercentric thinker, passionate about consumer trends, insights and product quality.
• Growth mindset paired with creative problemsolving to both leverage models that work but also ask why and find opportunities to work differently.
• Exceptional analytics, passionate about finding insights in data and defaulting to factbased decision making.
• Demonstrates fluidity in the balance of art & science thinks differently and seeks out the magic, yet maintains a pragmatic business mindset.
• A good leader who has a strong strategic vision, inspires others, and drives action and accountability to push projects forward.
• An eye for aesthetic, design & keen attention to detail.

Compensation and Benefits

Pay: The pay range for this position is $99,760 to $149,640.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible. LTI: This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Benefits include health insurance (including prescription drug, dental and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, and access to numerous voluntary benefits.

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