Associate Brand Manager - Dove Deodorant, Super Premium

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centres around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

At Dove, we are on mission to make a positive experience of beauty universally accessible to everyone and have been doing so for two decades through campaigns and initiatives that have worked to challenge narrow beauty ideals so women and girls can see more of themselves in media and culture.

Dove is the largest Personal Care brand in Unilever with year over year growth – grounded in purpose, with a clear strategic vision, a strong innovation funnel and a unique POV on beauty. Alongside Dove’s position within the Unilever portfolio, the brand is loved by millions of people worldwide for both its products and its commitment to Real Beauty.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are a highly driven, curious individual with strong bias for action who is looking for a big challenge and significant responsibility – interest in beauty trends a plus – then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Manage IAT as cross-agency lead, providing feedback and driving progress to deliver best-in-class activations
• Partner with innovation team and media agency in development, execution, and real-time optimizations of media campaigns
• Close partnership with key customer teams to aid in innovation sell-in and lead both Shopper support plans and in-store executions
• Support the development of influencer marketing strategy and own Brand review of influencer content
• Own in-market share performance reporting and analysis to track innovation and inform brand strategy
• Plan and execute budget and promotional calendar for Dove Super Premium portfolio
• Manage sampling efforts, including production forecasts and evaluation of sampling opportunities
• Lead sales samples delivery for 2026 innovation

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred
• 5+ years of marketing experience preferred
• Passion for Beauty – outside-in thinker
• Highly competitive mindset and spirit to win
• Experience working with or leading cross-functional teams and agency partners
• Experience with and understanding of US customers and consumers 
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• A good balance of analytical and creative thinking
• Self-starter, comfortable with fast paced environment 
• Comfort with Unilever tools and key processes (or ability to learn) including Circana/IRI, Numerator, UBS

Skills

• Bias for Action: Make things happen + always have the end goal in sight.
• Full Funnel Thinker: Ability to partner with internal and external partners to deliver best-in-class innovations and campaigns that drive relevance and acceptance in the U.S. market, especially at key retailers.
• Analytical Monitoring + Reporting: Track and report on in-market performance of products, campaigns, and promotions. Monitor social trends and new products relevants to the Super Premium portfolio.

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

What We Can Offer You

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Pay: The pay range for this position is $86,080 to $129,120. 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. 

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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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