Assistant Category Manager - Unilever Food Solutions

Unilever

Cairo, Egypt

Ref: MP598-390

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

About Unilever Food Solutions

Unilever Food Solutions is now looking for a business-driven Brand Manager with a passion for foods driving the growth for leading high sustainability brands.

Food Solutions is the dedicated food service company of Unilever and the global market leader. We run our business in 74 countries employing 4700 people of which 500 chefs. Food Solutions work to inspire chefs to satisfy their guests' everyday with professional ingredients and services.

Food Solutions develop products under world famous brands Knorr, Hellmann's and Lipton. Our customer base includes hotels, restaurants, canteens, street carts, schools and hospitals. We form strong alliances with distributors.

It's our Vision to be the leading global provider of culinary and commercial inspiration to chefs and operators.

Our AMBITION is to double the growth rate of our business in a sustainable way.

Main Job Purpose:

Main purpose of the role is to lead Foods portfolio and category strategy for Egypt and Middle East.

Key Accountabilities:

- Cluster insights, foresights, category and operator understanding.
- Develop category strategy & own brand stewardship
- Category innovation roadmaps and sustainability roadmap
- Deliver OTIF cluster innovation and (big) activation projects from BOSSCARD to Market Ready.
- Adapt and adopt global projects for the cluster MCOs.
- Design and craft exceptional product and packaging experiences, including artwork and claims development.
- Deliver campaign ideas with agency partners based on the global BCI.
- Create BE Toolkits for cluster innovation and big activation projects.
- Adapt global BE Toolkits for the cluster MCOs.
- Product: Track quality of top sellers versus brand performance standards and quality benchmarks and identify any issues and/or opportunities.
- Packaging: Implement the global packaging guidelines and country regulatory requirements on the AWs.
- Price: Agree strategic pricing with cluster MCOs based on global strategic pricing guidelines.
- Promotion : Develop with the operator marketing team sharp and resonating innovation/renovation campaigns including digital activations
- Lead Post Launch Evaluation.
- Manage country portfolio assigned.
- Spend/Track cluster budget.

Requirements

Key Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Management
- 4 -7 years' experience in FMCG is an asset
- Proven Project management skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Relationship management skills
- Analytical skills
- Sales experience is a preferable asset
- Should Lead at least 1 innovation project

About the Company

Unilever is one of the leading FMCG company with 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people's lives in so many different ways.

Our brand portfolio has made us leaders in every field in which we work. It ranges from much-loved world favourites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave.

From comforting soups to warm a winter's day, to sensuous soaps that make you feel fabulous, our products help people get more out of life.

We're constantly enhancing our brands to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. We invest €1 billion every year in cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop our products.

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