EU Brand Manager - Fabric Care

EU Brand Manager - Fabric Care

City:
Slough

This position is responsible for supporting Vanish portfolio with the focus on Europe:

• Support defining activation roadmap & timing to enable IMEX and Area target delivery. Ensures CGO 3
  
  Yr plan fit for purpose for region / key markets
• Support innovation delivery to IMEX and sign-off of Launch recommendations for key initiatives
• Support delivery of the activation toolkits to IMEX encompassing communication assets, trade story, 4P principles

• Partner for the ABD and Creative AOR to deliver Creative & Comms work.
• Partner with the I&A consumer insights to fuel our Creative & Comms.
• Partner with the Design and project teams for smooth and timely LAW development.

• Contribute to a live bank of powerful consumer insights to fuel our Equity, Creative & Comms

• Support the Activation Roadmap and Timing to enable Area/Market targets
• Make sure local needs/ regulatory requirements and timelines are respected and integrated into comms development process

• Support the build of Creative Idea, Core Creative Assets and core communication for all Activations (TVC/Video, KV / In-store / Digital /ecomm Templates & others TBD by project) ensuring full funnel requirements/ sufficiency with receiver markets
• Cooperate on overall comms plots development, to drive synchronization in consumer and HCP comms development, where appropriate

• Support the provision of Activation Toolkits (Innovation / BDIs) tailored by market cluster / Job to be Done. MMR like process to collect feedback, finding supplier, creating POSM catalogue for markets to order. Localization done by Markets.
• Support the deployment of Master Asset toolkit to markets for localization (Comms & Design)

• Support our key Area partnerships to maximise impact on Equity and Performance. Ensure IMEX teams fully enabled through timely guidelines and toolkits.

• Leads/Support on connects with IMEX teams for ongoing day‑to‑day operations & problem solving.

• Active member of the CAP team for region – ensuring we deliver against clear priorities.

• Project Management Experience
• Brand Management Experience as a Brand Manager or at least 2‑years as an Assistant Brand Manager

• Marketing experience
  : be able to demonstrate good marketing skills developed within the FMCG environment, Household care / Fabric Care experience of benefit.
• Brand Equity and Creative & Comms Experience
  : be able to demonstrate Brand Equity and Creative & Comms skills developed within the Household care/ Fabric Care.

• Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organization (CGO, MX, Key Lead Markets, agency) – strong interpersonal skills, dealing with multiple stakeholders across different functions and levels of expertise
• Entrepreneurial and able to work autonomously
• Strong sense of urgency and achievement
• Resilient and able to respond under pressure
• Leadership qualities in impacting, contributing and challenging brand equity, and creative and comms
• Ability to influence and collaborate with markets with varying levels of portfolio and brand maturity
• The business language in Reckitt is English, therefore fluency in English is essential. Fluency in other language(s) is advantageous.