Assistant Brand Manager

**UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR Assistant Brand Manager**

Location: Weena, Rotterdam moving to Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Local conditions apply

Full-time

**ABOUT UNILEVER**

If you are in the Unilever Ice Cream business or consider choosing to work for the Unilever Ice Cream business, you will work for the Global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023. 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 Wall’s, Magnum, Ben &Jerry’s. 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 within our Ice Cream company. 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.

**ABOUT ICE CREAM: Life Tastes Better With Ice Cream**

Unilever Ice Cream is the biggest global ice cream company, with over 100 years of experience delivering a mix of indulgent and responsible treats that delight consumers. We're all about innovation, quality, and sustainability with 35 brands, including three billion-euro brands (Magnum, Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Carte d’Or), and a strong presence in over 60 countries, generating €8 billion annually. Our brands aim to turn moments into memories with indulgent yet responsibly made products. We have a clear strategy for growth and value creation.

We're investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, set to separate from Unilever by November 2025. Ice Cream has unique characteristics compared to Unilever’s other businesses, and its growth potential will be better realized under a different ownership structure.

We turn the ordinary into the extraordinary by creating unique and innovative ice cream experiences that make life taste better. In our Ice Cream business, we're crafting the future through innovation and creativity, sparking moments of happiness for people and communities. But it's not as simple as it seems - as ice cream makers, we're serious about happiness. With warm hearts, we create the coolest products.

**WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?**

**1. Portfolio Strategy and Innovation/Renovation Management**: Deliver breakthrough innovation/renovations and launch the right products with the right propositions in the right channels at attractive prices to drive growth and market share.

**2. Communication Strategy and Campaign/Communication Asset Delivery**: Ensure ‘mental and physical availability’ of your platform’s brands through key campaigns and visibility assets.

**3. P&L Responsibility**: Drive sales & volume growth, profitability, market share, and communication effectiveness.

**EXPERIENCE YOU SHOULD HAVE/**THE QUALITIES WE LOOK FOR**
- A great motivation to work on Ice Cream.
- Must have finished University degree (Bsc/Msc) by Jan 2025.
- Strong analytical skills (market share analysis, P&L understanding, etc).
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- University degree (Bsc/Msc) in Business Management, Strategy, Marketing or similar preferred.
- Up to 2 years experience in Marketing preferred.
- Preferred experience in brand & innovation management.
- Preferred experience in crafting brands and communication development (ATL, Digital/Social).
- Enthusiastic, energetic and positive mindset.
- A proactive team player who doesn’t shy away from a challenge and is eager to win.

**WHAT DOES UNILEVER OFFER/**WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?**

Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do - creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits
- Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.
- Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
- Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
- We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
- Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to sp