Assistant Brand Manager, Huggies

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About the Opportunity:

We are currently looking to hire a talented Assistant Brand Manager to work in the Huggies brand team reporting to a Senior Brand Manager.

Huggies is the largest brand within the Kimberly-Clark consumer portfolio in the ANZ market, so this is an incredibly exciting position for a talented marketer!

• The Assistant Brand Manager supports the KCA Huggies marketing team in the development and implementation of strategic plans and brand building activities for the Huggies portfolio
• This role has full accountability for delivering engaging and compelling content across all digital channels, with a particular focus on social media
• The role will also play a critical part in delivering of key innovation/new product development projects, supporting the Senior Brand Manager to deliver key KPI’s and targets

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Senior Brand Manager to develop & execute annual marketing plan activities, including communication across digital, social, in-store, search and sampling
• Partner with the Shopper Marketing Manager to develop and execute with shopper activations
• Lead the New Product Development process, including developing 3 year strategic innovation roadmap
• Manage all queries across the Huggies brand portfolio
• Responsibility for the achievement of financial and market share targets for the Huggies brand in the market
• Providing regular tracking information on the Huggies brand, to monitor market performance, brand performance against KPI’s, budget tracking
• Working closely cross functionally across Australia and New Zealand, building strong relationships with internal & external stakeholders

About You:

• Degree qualified (Business, Commerce or Marketing preferred)
• Brand management experience, preferably in an FMCG or consumer products/retail environment
• Excellent project management, organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Commercial acumen - comfortable analysing numbers and understanding business financials
• Experience with SAP, IRI/Aztec or Nielsen (desirable);
• Experience in marketing products across digital and social media (highly regarded)

What’s On Offer

Our Kimberly-Clark employees receive a competitive salary and incentives as well as access to a fantastic range of benefits including superannuation, career development opportunities, free health & well-being activities, volunteering leave and much more.

About You:

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

To Be Considered:

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and will be in contact with additional information accordingly.

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