Assistant Brand Manager

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Marketing​

Marketing is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene and nutrition brands.
Our purpose and fight are what motivates us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, so that we deliver category growth as well as a positive impact on society.

With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organisation, we measure both our business and our societal impact. Our global teams lead on our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R&D. Leaving our local marketing teams to deliver on our regional goals in partnership with our Sales teams.

With the scale of our 2500 marketing community - alongside our leading-edge Marketing Academy - your opportunities to grow and upskill will be extensive.

About the role

Joining Reckitt’s Infant Formula Nutrition team as Assistant Brand Manager, you’ll take on from strategy development, market analysis to excellence in execution. The Assistant Brand manager position resides within the Marketing function and will support the Sr Brand Manager/Brand Manager in the execution of the Strategy & Activation for assigned brands. 

Your responsibilities

In summary, you'll:
 

• Support in developing and delivering the vision, in-market activation with excellence and gross profit for the brand
• Reliably and autonomously manage the day-to-day interface and key business activities of the portfolio.
• Manage and track brand marketing budget. Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure optimal spending
• Analyze brand, market & competitive trends. Identify key challenges and opportunities, as well as recommend suitable actions.
• Be part of the cross-functional teams in the execution of strategies for packaging, comms approvals, performance tracking and operations.
• Support the Manager to develop and execute local marketing plans for assigned brands and manage the effective deployment of the marketing budget. This includes consistent tracking of spend performance, as well as recommending optimizations.
• In close co-operation with the Sales function and Trade Marketing, identify needs / opportunities for assigned brands.
• Be a savvy digital marketer able to quickly understand and leverage the dynamic technology to maximize the business.

The experience we're looking for

• Minimum university educated (to Bachelors level).  MBA is a plus.
• 1-3 Years of classical marketing experience or MBA, must be able to demonstrate outstanding marketing skills and potential, developed within a CPG or Healthcare environment
• Prior experience in related fields (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Advertising) a plus
• Excellent commercial awareness
• Entrepreneurial and creative
• Excellent sense of urgency and achievement
• Resilient and able to respond under pressure
• Ability to influence
• Excellent analytical skills and P&L understanding
• Capable of analyzing data to draw conclusions from the data.

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The skills for success

Consumer Insights, Analytical skills, Presentation skills, Drive Innovation, Storytelling, Creativity, FMCG/Consumer Health Experience, Brand Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

USD $79,000.00  -  $119,000.00

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law.  In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.

Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.