Ice Cream Associate Brand Manager, Yasso Operations

Job Title: Ice Cream Associate Brand Manager, Yasso Operations

Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Terms & Conditions: Full-Time

If you want to work for a global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023, come join Unilever Ice Cream! The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Magnum, Talenti, Popsicle, Good Humor, Klondike, and Yasso. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent as we build our diverse and inclusive culture. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you for you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organisation. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company. We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a creative and innovative marketer who is ready to lead the Yasso brand to new heights. The ideal candidate will drive the business forward with out-of-the-box ideas, strong leadership of the cross-functional team, and by challenging the status quo to get things done more efficiently. The Yasso Operations Associate Brand Manager will support the delivery of the annual plan and forecasts, the management of agency relationships, and liaising with key customers for the Yasso business.

Ice Cream is a category with complete interdependency between supply chain, customer development, finance, and marketing. As such this role will flex across the traditional brand marketing roles to help drive the business forward. The person who will be successful in this position is motivated to take on lots of responsibility and driving growth. Most importantly, this role will support the Yasso integration into the total Ice Cream portfolio, ensuring that Yasso continue its strong growth trajectory while continuing to set the pace for the better for you segment of the market.

Key Responsibilities

You are a passionate marketer who always puts the consumer at the center of business decisions. The Yasso Operations Associate Brand Manager will be held accountable for creating brilliant in-market plans, delivering the forecast, and providing strategic input into developing long term strategy to sustain the core portfolio. The role will report directly to the Yasso Operations Brand Lead.

• Deliver brand P&L and market share results
• Develop and execute plans to deliver growth and profit targets including launching innovation and driving the core
• As a project leader, partner closely with cross-functional team (Supply Chain, Sales, Operations, Customer development, Finance, Marketing Innovation) to manage operations
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, tracking of market demand and marketing investment
• Lead agency teams through ice cream season to deliver media campaigns, digital activation, social media community management and shopper marketing programs.
• Drive the digital agenda in a highly volatile and competitive environment
• Design and execution of brand activation and earned media campaigns
• Manage agency and brand team meetings and communications
• Develop briefs for shopper marketing assets
• Manage production and deployment of assets with shopper marketing agency
• Create customer-specific strategies for key retail channels, both in traditional retail and out-of-home channels
• Execute retail optimization programs, including management and tracking of customer sell-in and ongoing execution as well as managing relationships and projects with Category Management, Customer Development, and field teams
  
  

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred
• At least 3 years of experience in brand marketing or management required
• Proven ability to demonstrate analytical thinking, data-driven decision making, and forecasting experience required
• Communications, corporate social responsibility, non-profit, or consumer goods experience preferred
• Understanding of the US retail environment, direct retail customer experience and digital marketing and/or branding experience preferred
• Ability to operate in an unstructured, dynamic environment, and to provide innovative approaches in a team-based structure
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Analytic capability to manage & forecast volume, address business issues, chase business opportunities and make strategic recommendations
• Clear demonstration of project management & leadership skills
  
  

Pay: The pay range for this position is $83,200 to $124,700. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. 

retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. 

What We Can Offer You

Meet the Women of Customer Development | Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose

Unilever 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, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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