VFMMP Assistant Brand Manager

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Join The Magnum Ice Cream Company
The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We're on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company. A place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. And where we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences - transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories. Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.

About The Magnum Ice Cream Company
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth. Growing our business. Growing our customers' businesses. Growing our people's careers. Growth begins with empowerment. So we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments – and having fun doing it.

With expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall's, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry's, loved in 76 countries, we are the world's largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.

We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025.

We dream big but keep things simple to act fast.

If you want to grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream, this is the place for you

Job Responsibilities
P&L Management

• Topline sales delivery of the brand, gross margin improvement projects, and brand & marketing investments management to deliver bottomline profits.
• Lead their part of the business in the Annual Business Plan and Monthly S&OP cycles (Activity & Demand Review, Local Sales & Operations Meeting) including sales analysis and spotting of issues and opportunities.

Brand Marketing Plan (Design & Deploy)

• Flavor/Pack Innovation/ Renovations
• Campaign development and deployment

Key Success Metrics
Financial Metrics: Underlying Sales Growth (USG) and Underlying Operating Margin (UOM)

Brand Power Growth

Innovation Delivery to Business Cases

Key Interfaces
Internal Cross-Functional Project Team (including R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Business Development, Media, Consumer & Market Insight, Customer Strategy & Planning)

Internal Regional Brand Teams

Creative, Media, and PR/Influencer Agencies

Key Skills/ Experience Required
Minimum 5 years experience in Brand Management or Customer Business Development

Consumer and Customer Understanding

Project Management and Problem Solving

Good with Numbers (Sales Analytics, Business Cases, etc.)

Communication & Presentation Skills

Leading Teams and Managing Stakeholders

Additional Information
As publicly announced, Unilever will separate its Ice Cream business which is expected by the end of 2025. This role will transfer to the new Ice Cream company.
Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants 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.
For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position
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.