Global Category Marketing Innovation Assistant Manager FMCG
- Employer
- Manpower
- Location
- City of London, London
- Salary
- 31600 - 39500
- Closing date
- 24 May 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Category Manager
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a world leading global organisation, our client Leading Global FMCG company with Brands such as Dove, Knorr, Persil & Magnum are currently looking for a Global Category Marketing Innovation Assistant Manager based at their prestigious facility in Blackfriars. This is a full-time temporary role for a period of 6 months, working a 36.25-hour week. This role is paying up to between £39,500 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience.
The successful candidate will be working in the Oral Care category strategy team, assisting the senior category strategy manager in a key projects for the category.
Main responsibilities:
· Supporting Senior Category Manager in oral care flavour portfolio transformation
· Working with cross-functional team | Working with the project cross-functions (R&D, research procurement, flavour houses, consultant)
· Working with brand teams| Liaising and working closely with global brand project teams
· Senior leadership | Updating project at the steercom, GCLT and other forums
Skills/Experience/Qualifications:
Interface: R&D, Consumer Insights, Procurement, Brand teams, Flavour houses
This is a WL1 role. We are looking for a candidate that is highly motivated, curious and action-oriented.
- Experience in global marketing, and specifically innovation product development
- Strong project management skills
- Proficiency in understanding and working with technical teams (R&D) to develop ingredients and flavours
- Bias for action: ability to multi-task and absorb a heavy workload in a fast-paced/high-change environment
- Cross-functional team management skills, knows how to navigate a big and complex structure (local & global teams, different functions and stakeholders)
- Global mindset & Self-disciplined: autonomous, flexible and ability to work alone with remote project team, while at the same time, able to connect and drive global brand project teams
- Organised, rigorous, positive mindset, good with relationship management, able to get things out of people not directly working with him/her
- 3 years' experience
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