Nutrition & Health Assistant Manager

Job description

Purpose of role:

The Nutrition & Health Assistant Manager is responsible for the food's nutrition agenda at Unilever and Unilever Food Solutions & Refreshment. The role entails driving the N&H agenda, influencing product innovation, reformulation, brand-led growth activities and sustainable nutrition communication about our products and services. Role requires applying scientific nutrition expertise to the Unilever business context to ensure our products fit into a healthy sustainable diet.

Team Structure:

· Role - Nutrition & Health Assistant Manager reporting to Nutrition & Health Manager SEAA

· Direct reports: -

· Indirect reports: -

· Broader Team: Foods & Refreshment Marketing team, R&D team (global/regional nutritionist, Technical Project Leader, Regulatory affairs), External Affairs, Legal

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the nutrition & health communication for the Foods & Refreshment brand in Thailand

• Ensure correct use of agreed nutrition and health claims

• Provide on-going support to the communication of brands in the market

• Issues management of nutrition and health brand issues

• Execute brand related internal nutrition education

• Support consumer care line (Q&A development, address consumer nutrition questions)

• Build and maintain relations with relevant health influencer as defined in cooperation with marketing & corporate relations to ensure external support on nutritional messages

Accountabilities :

· The role will act as a single contact from local business perspective related to nutrition & health. The role requires independency, nutrition expertise and confidence to interphase several stakeholders, from internal team to external environment.

· Delivery of consumers' and KOFs' (Key Opinion Formers) communication and claim of nutrition in foods in local, which must comply with Unilever internal guideline and local regulation.

· Delivery of nutrition inputs into innovation & renovation projects

· Delivery of advocacy activity as aligned together with advocacy trio team (nutritionist, regulatory affairs, external affairs)

Consultation:

Marketing team, R&D team, External Affairs, Legal, internal communications

Information:

Business Team Strategies, Product Innovation Roadmaps, Communication Toolkit, Internal Nutrition & Health Guidelines

Essential skills and Experience:

• Minimum bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science other Life Science background, preferably with 2 years working experience (nutrition, public health, health science, N&H communication).

• Positive attitude and energy

• Ability to work across different functional teams and divisions to communicate the nutrition considerations

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong project management skills

Leadership Behaviours:

Should "meet or exceed expectations" on the Standards of Leadership behaviours:

· Purpose & Service – Works from purpose for the good of others

· Personal Mastery – Always brings their best self

· Agility – Constantly curious & courageous

· Business Acumen – Generate value in Channels & Customers

· Talent Catalyst – Develops & magnifies the power of people

· Consumer Love – Creates better futures for our consumers everyday
Passion for High Performance – Inspires the energy needed to win and grow