Unilever is currently hiring for  Assistant Brand Manager for talent pooling

Scope: Unica

Location: Almaty

Terms & Conditions: Full time

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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.

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.  And this is an exciting opportunity to lead and drive Unilever’s growth engine into the future! We are looking for a driven, proactive, creative, and organized Assistant Brand Manager who will be responsible for leading the activation of our brand strategy across consumer-facing channels. 

Using breakthrough thinking, consumer, brand and customer understanding to create a clear and ambitious growth vision and strategy for the assigned portfolio, you will be part of the global marketing team working across a range of varied and exciting brand projects, from our big bang national advertising campaigns, through to building a standout brand experience across direct-to-consumer channels. 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

As the Assistant Brand Manager, you will be responsible for: 

• Managing the end-to-end performance and development of the assigned brand portfolio across 8 countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus region.

• Co-creating the strategy and annual plans by focusing on market trends and business objectives.

• Collaborating with agency partners and the global team to ensure your Brands remain desirable through outstanding brand communication and activations. 

• Managing the marketing budget to ensure consistent, relevant brand saliency. 

• Creating and maintaining marketing calendars for launches, advertising, activations, and promotions across brands and accounts. 

• Partnering with media, digital, and execution agencies to plan, implement, monitor, and optimize media and activation campaigns.

• Leveraging Nielsen data, market reports, and available business analytics to monitor brand performance, identify opportunities, and support data-driven decision-making. Coordinating ad hoc consumer and market research projects when required, in alignment with business priorities and stakeholder needs. 

• Collaborating with the Customer Marketing, CSP and sales teams to develop shopper-centric, differentiated retailer marketing plans across the full shopper journey. 

• Co-managing the brand P&L, supporting the delivery of growth, profitability, and business targets. 

• Supporting other category-wide initiatives within BU. 

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• University degree in a related field.

• 2-3 years of relevant marketing experience, preferably in FMCG.

• Fluency in English and Russian

Skills

• Strong marketing skills in brand building and performance analysis. 

• Rigor and adaptability to thrive in a complex environment with numerous opportunities. 

• A personal drive to succeed, guided by a strong inner game. 

• Deep consumer obsession, with a keen understanding of current needs and curiosity about future trends. 

• A high-growth mindset with a strong passion for consumers, shoppers, and customers.

• Expertise in communication channel management, delivering cost-effective, integrated brand communication. 

• Savvy in media, particularly digital marketing, with strong know-how. 

• Excellent collaboration and Positivity. 

• Curiosity, especially in beauty. 

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 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. 

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.