CMI EU HOME CARE INNOVATION ASSISTANT MANAGER

JOB PURPOSE:

The Home Care Category (cleaner products as Domestos bleach and Cif sprays as well as detergents as Dirt for Good brands and fabric conditioner as Snuggle brands) in Europe is one of the fastest growing parts of Unilever in 2020. The changing consumer needs due to the COVID pandemic and the subsequent choices we have made as team, make this category set for growth and investment in the coming years in Europe as well as globally.

The HC EU team adopted Innoflex as way of working to become more fast paced. Home Care Europe, , is therefore a great place to build your CMI innovation experience.

Within the category, you will work on some of Unilever’s most iconic and purposeful brands such as Domestos, Cif and Snuggle/Comfort, all of which have ambitious plans over the next years. For this role, we are looking for someone with a passion for driving impactful innovations, eager to learn, agile in mindset.

You will report directly to the Senior CMI Innovation Manager. You will be part of the EU Home Care CMI team, consisting of CMI Performance, CMI Engagement and CMI innovation. The team is led by a CMI Director. You will work closely with EU Marketing teams, Innovation project teams, the Strategy team and global CMI.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?

Lead several innovation research projects from ideation/co-creation to launch using a range of innovation methods. You will gain experience of using both traditional and new methods to identify pain points and products and services that will ultimately meet the consumer needs.

Lead meta learnings and post launch evaluation.

Be responsible for building and developing relationships across key business partners including CTI, Marketing, R&D, Strategy and Finance: EU as well as global marketing/CMI and country CMI/marketing

Pilot new methods & approaches

A member of the Innovation network with dual reporting lines to both the Innovation and category.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS YOU SHOULD HAVE:

- Passion for innovation, trends and creativity

- Agile mindset: fitting the innoflex of thinking

- Eagerness to learn fast

- 1-2 years’ experience in innovation research, but we also consider other type of CMI experience or marketing experience

- Strong project management skills

- Good analytical thinking and communication skills to present clearly at ease in a facilitation role

- A team player; accountable, open minded who likes to work in rapid and agile way

- Consumer Love: outside in thinking, always representing the consumer voice

CANDIDATE COMPETENCIES:

You should be eager and curious to land better mixes in a faster way.

You need to demonstrate strong collaboration, communication, facilitation & presentation skills as you might be required to facilitate idea generation and give internal presentations to senior stakeholders. You have a Bias for Action in speed and simplification and are open to embrace new disruptive innovation ideas.  

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