Marketing Specialist - Innovation Lead

Unilever

La Lucia Ridge, South Africa
Drive launch of industry-leading innovations
Support local brand team
Lead key projects
As Laundry Innovation Lead, you will play a key strategic role in the laundry team linked to the strategic pillar of driving the launch of industry-leading innovations and ensuring that there is an adequate pipeline of viable innovations, combining three elements that ultimately define a successful business – team stewardship, creativity and discipline

Job Summary

  • As Laundry Innovation Lead, you will play a key strategic role in the laundry team linked to the strategic pillar of driving the launch of industry-leading innovations and ensuring that there is an adequate pipeline of viable innovations, combining three elements that ultimately define a successful business – team stewardship, creativity and discipline.
  • Build and maintain ongoing relationship with regional BT & ALT, Marketing, Finance, CMI, R&D, Supply Chain, customer and planning teams to secure optimal outputs & deliverables.
  • Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applications from all walks of life!

Matching Summary

As Laundry Innovation Lead, you will play a key strategic role in the laundry team linked to the strategic pillar of driving the launch of industry-leading innovations and ensuring that there is an adequate pipeline of viable innovations, combining three elements that ultimately define a successful business – team stewardship, creativity and discipline.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • drive launch of industry-leading innovations
  • support local brand team
  • lead key projects
  • leverage analytical skills
  • drive early in-market check
  • ownership of ongoing funnel value management

Nice-to-have

  • Founder's Mindset
  • agile way of working
  • can-do attitude
  • team player
  • passionate about growth

Key Requirements

  • 3+ years' experience in Brand Marketing or Creative/Digital/PR Agency
  • Proven history of Marketing Excellence
  • Ability to work confidently with multiple cross functional teams
  • Strong communication, presentation and stakeholders influencing abilities
  • Highly analytical, a head for figures with consumer & market curiosity

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