Global Marketing Manager

Overview

JOB TITLE: Global Marketing Manager – Hair Care and Prestige

JOB LOCATION: Singapore

RELOCATION TERMS: Local terms

Are you … A Creative maverick with a flair for storytelling? Do you thrive in an environment where innovation is encouraged, and bold ideas are celebrated? Do you have a founder’s mindset to make an impact?

We at Unilever International (UI), are looking for someone who can… Dream Big: Think beyond conventional marketing tactics. Create innovation and campaigns that inspire, provoke thought, and resonate with our audience. Be a founder Storytelling: Craft compelling narratives that captivate our consumers and connect with them on a personal level. Visual Mastery: Collaborate with our agencies to bring your ideas to life visually, ensuring a consistent brand message across all our communication channels. Take decisive decisions: Stay ahead of marketing trends and culture led content, conduct market research, and analyze data to make data-driven decisions fast. Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with teams across geographies to deliver business goals that stand out of the crowd. Innovation: Not afraid to push boundaries and explore new technologies and marketing channels. If we’ve got your attention and you\'re nodding your head, then we want you on our team

Unilever International is… An alternative but complimentary route to market, servicing white space opportunities not served by local operating countries. This is among Unilever’s fastest growing global business unit with 8 hubs (Singapore, US, UK, Korea, India, Dubai, France, and the Netherlands) with a diverse range of products, with expertise in utilizing distributors to reach consumers in over 150 countries. We treat the business as our own (like any founder would) with a purpose of – Serving the Underserved. We introduce Unilever’s brands into geographies like Africa, Pacific Islands, Mongolia where there is no Unilever operating company and spearhead launches of iconic household brands like Dove, Vaseline, Ponds, Clear, TRESemme into big markets like Americas, Europe, Korea and SEA where there are complimentary portfolio opportunities. We craft new formats that such as lip care, foot care and infused beverages that cater to trending consumer needs. We set-up new channels such as Hospitality and Airlines, D2C, NGOs to reach new consumer segments. In summary we consider ourselves the start-up arm of Unilever always experimenting with new ideas.

THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE… The Global Marketing Manager – Hair Care based in Singapore will play a key and strategic role achieving our ambition of doubling our business by crafting purposeful communication, spearheading disruptive science driven innovation and driving impactful business results.

UI is also now one of the top business units for Unilever, hence the growth of this category is of strategic importance. The role is responsible for the following beauty brands - Dove, Tresemme, Clear, Sunsilk, Shea Moisture Lifebuoy etc.

• Craft purposeful communication for our key seeding brands across global markets - Deep consumer empathy and inquisitiveness
• Develop impactful innovations that led by claims supported by science - Ability to challenge the status quo and ask the question why not?
• Create desirability for our brands by owning every part of the mix - Typical year may involve landing between +50 innovations in market across countries.
• Drive business results by implementing a Beauty driven financial growth model - Willingness to engage in robust discussions on strategy and air your own point of view with senior leaders.
• Be the face of UI’s Hair Care business with the Business Groups, Business Units and UI with C level, Brand Leads, and Internal UI teams - Confidently work with senior stakeholders without losing one’s point of view.
• Lead a team and build the next layer of UI Beauty & Wellbeing leaders.
• Have a deep desire to do something exceptional in life.
• The roles of duties are not exhaustive and may change according to business requirements.

• Head of UI Beauty & Wellbeing and eCommerce – LM
• Beauty & Wellbeing Global teams across brands and categories
• UI teams across markets – Sales and Marketing
• UI Research & Development Teams
• UI Procurement Teams
• UI SC
• UI Finance

If you have got this far, you should definitely apply

Please apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. Should you not meet our immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system, and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies.

You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.

In line with Singapore Government regulations, we are committed to giving priority to local Singaporean candidates during our hiring process. Applications from foreign candidates will be considered if suitable local talent is not available

Thank you for your interest and application.

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.