Assistant CMI Manager

Job description

Job Title: Assistant CMI Manager
Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum
Benefits : London Allowance (£1750 per annum) plus excellent benefits including: pension, Bonus, BUPA Healthcare, Free Gym, Staff discounts/Shop.
Location: 100VE, London

COMPANY OVERVIEW

“I'm helping to create a ‘positive beauty legacy' – making young girls, and millions of future consumers, more body confident. The potential and hope linked to what I do is truly inspiring.” Meaghan, Global Social Mission Manager.

Unilever is the global company behind powerhouse brands such as Dove, Persil, Flora and PG Tips. We have the huge ambition of doubling in size and improving billions of lives through the Sustainable Living Plan. And big ideas like the Dove Self-Esteem Project are driving our business. But to achieve this, we need more outstanding people like Meaghan. With over 35 brands in the UK covering foods, home, personal care and refreshments, the scope of activity and strength of expertise in Marketing is huge. Many brands are connected through long-standing social missions. All offer fulfilling opportunities to work on great categories – taking on real challenges, making a lasting impact, and creating better futures.

ABOUT THE ROLE


We are currently recruiting an Assistant CMI Manager within our Household Care Category.

This role is a step on a journey to understanding how the business works and developing business acumen. You will actively use the knowledge you gain to provide added value insights to the business. This is a global role and offers a unique opportunity work in a team that is creating products that will deliver the vision of the brand to the market place.

The CMI function's mission is to show the business how and where to win. In this role you will contribute to delivering our mission by supporting a CMI manager in business partnering a marketing team. You will be expected to run all or part of some projects on your own after 6 months in the job.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As an Assistant CMI Manager you will be responsible to;

· Distil information from primary and secondary research (e.g. market information, ad hoc research) and provide insights and recommendations to the business.
· Build understanding of categories, brands and consumers
· Support a CMI Manager in the design and delivery of market research projects:
Determine optimal research plan and method
Conduct and co-ordinate the project with the research supplier
Manage project within agreed budgets
Interpret and communicate key findings and recommendations
· Develop research skills, making full use of the CMI academy and community
· Build understanding of key business processes, which in this role relate mostly to mix and innovation development
· Manage and utilize relevant IT tools as required


ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

· University Degree or equivalent
· Experience managing qualitative and quantitative research
· Demonstrable experience of market research on either client or agency side
· Strong communication skills both written and verbal
· Ability to apply consumer and market understanding to business issues.
· Experience of analysing and synthesising data from different sources
· Experience of cross functional team-working
· Strong team player
· Good presentation skills
· Self starter

REQUIRED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS

· Accountability & Responsibility
· Growth Mindset
· Consumer and Customer Focus
· Bias for Action
· Building Talent & Teams

HOW TO APPLY

Hear more stories from our Unilever Makers and understand how you can start your own Unilever career at: http://www.unilever.co.uk/careers-jobs/professionals/ .

Or to apply now, click on “Apply to this job”. All candidate applications are reviewed in accordance with the criteria outlined for the job role. Please note that the closing date for the receipt of applications is 10th February 2016.

Candidates who have applied online can track their application through the candidate tracking link or, if you have any additional queries, you may contact the Recruitment hotline number on 0800 0284390.