Background & Purpose of the Job

　　As the Associate Brand Portfolio Value Creation Manager for North America Beauty & Wellbeing, you will be instrumental in the divisions ability to launch value creation projects to market on-time to transform the profitability of the business, enabling further investment behind the portfolio of brands to accelerate brand growth. The Associate Brand Portfolio Value Creation Manager will help land key transformational projects for the business unit and serve as a project manager, leading strategic projects that unlock value through cost and complexity reduction, working in partnership with Brand, R&D, CS&P, Finance, and Supply Chain teams. The role also includes leadership responsibility for US and CA country docking as well as managing the North America Investor Board where brand innovation planning and gate keeping occurs.

　　Who You Are & What You’ll Do across the 3 Pillars of the Role:

　　Brand Portfolio Value Creation:

　　Lead Brand Portfolio Value Creation project plans from Idea/Explore through to Execution in partnership with the strategic planning lead. This is achieved through helping to scope the project, defining activities and timings required to ensure capability is in place, and then following up on these timings throughout the project.

　　Prepare documents, business cases and decision papers as inputs into the Value Creation Project Management process for all assigned projects, working closely with extended brand marketing teams.

　　Own weekly project meetings and manage in partnership with the Strategic Planning lead networks for assigned projects to ensure “on time in full” delivery (new capability/product & projected value).

　　Help build the savings funnel by uncovering insights, ideating areas of opportunity for value creation and helping lead quarterly workshops.

　　US and Canda Country Docking:

　　Serve as lead/key point of contact within Canada B&W team, responsible for both value creation projects and innovation docking between the CA business and NA Business Unit.

　　Own Canada Value Creation savings project funnel as well as represent the country in key business unit meetings including monthly transformation meeting and investor boards.

　　Manage North America Investor Boards:

　　Manage B&W North America Investor Boards, helping to coordinate the monthly Innovation Gate Keeping program.

　　Build and Implement tools and governance to unlock speed and greater innovation delivery for brand marketing teams within the Investor Boards

　　You’re a born leader: You will have the opportunity to lead meetings with cross-functional team members and drive decisions to achieve one common goal.

　　You’re a dot connector: You will work with your cross functional partners to develop timelines; understanding when key actions are needed and how the project team will navigate to successfully meet launch ambition

　　You love to win, and have fun doing it: You will face several hurdles throughout the project management and Value Creation process. You will need to work collaboratively with your cross functional teams to overcome these challenges and successfully delivery your projects to market.

　　You’re a changemaker: You influence team members to develop creative solutions when things go off-course, resulting in a different way to execute the project.

　　What You’ll Need To Succeed

　　Bachelor’s degree in marketing or management, with 3-5 years of experience in project management, product development and marketing operations.

　　US & Canada Beauty and Personal Care category experience preferred

　　Strong Analytical Skillset and experience analyzing datasets to uncover insights

　　Outstanding project management and collaborative skills working with cross functional partners.

　　Experience working through the Innoflex Innovation Gate Keeping process

　　Comfortable using data throughout aspects of the role, turning insights into strategic thinking and ideas

　　Proven record of drive and initiative with outstanding interpersonal & communication skills

　　Unilever Canada is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national or ethnic origin, marital status, family status, disability, genetic characteristics, and a conviction for which a pardon has been granted. If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected] . Please note: These lines are reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and are not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses. Unilever Canada est une organisation engagé à la diversité et à l'inclusion pour stimuler nos résultats d'affaires et créer un meilleur avenir chaque jour pour nos employés, les consommateurs globaux, les partenaires et les communautés. Nous croyons qu'un effectif diversifiée nous permet de faire correspondre nos ambitions de croissance et de stimuler l'inclusion dans l'entreprise. Tous les candidats qualifiés recevront la considération pour un emploi sans égard à la race, la couleur, la religion, le sexe, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale ou ethnique, l'état matrimonial, la situation familiale, l'invalidité, les caractéristiques génétique, et une condamnation pour laquelle un pardon a été accordée. Si vous êtes une personne handicapée qui a besoin d'aide à tout moment au cours de notre processus de recrutement, veuillez communiquer avec nous au [email protected] . Veuillez noter: ces lignes sont réservées aux personnes handicapées ayant besoin d'aide et ne sont pas un moyen d'enquêter sur les postes.

　　Job Category: Marketing, Commercialisation, Márketing

　　Job Type: Brand Operations Assistant

　　Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals