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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​

The eRB function is the eCommerce and digital execution engine of Reckitt. We help create a healthier, cleaner world by building shared success with our consumers, making access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment possible through online channels.

Within eRB we're focused on accelerating the performance and purpose of Reckitt brands to empower a bigger, faster and bolder eCommerce and digital business. This focus results in a dynamic, fast paced environment where cross functional teams are encouraged to collaborate to achieve success.

Reckitt has around 800 eCommerce people across the world. In-market roles cover areas such as online Key Accounts and Performance Marketing, regional roles work with the markets to provide specialist expertise to accelerate online growth, and our global teams cover areas such as Amazon, EB2B and Direct to Consumer.

About the role

This position is responsible for the development of assigned brands through the achievement of specific growth objectives. The position resides within the US Marketing function and will assume support for the Brand Manager for assigned brands within the category in Equity, Activation or Innovation capacities.  The Associate Brand Manager will play a key role in supporting the development of the overall category strategy, and is expected to drive the growth of his/her assigned brands through excellent marketing execution.

Your responsibilities

-To manage a brand within the context of the agreed strategies to maximize long term sales and profitability.
-Support the brand manager to develop, recommend and lead the execution of local marketing plans for assigned brands and manage the effective deployment of the marketing budget.
-To contribute to the development of category strategies.
-Monitor the marketing budget and develop product forecasts.
-Analyze brands and market trends and recommend actions to be taken.
-Contributing to RB Innovation by delivering a product development program to generate consistent sales and profit growth
-Assist the senior brand manager/marketing director to develop, recommend and execute annual marketing plan activities, including local media strategy and plans.
-To initiate and manage market research projects to deliver powerful consumer and customer insights as the basis for long term brand growth. Develop these insights into achievable plans.
-Participate in the development of local copy strategy / executions and/or to ensure adaptation possible for other regions.
-In close co-operation with the Sales function and Trade Marketing, identify trade needs / opportunities, developing pricing and distribution strategies and trade promotions for assigned brands.
-Facilitate speed to market of products, programs and services.

The experience we're looking for

-Degree educated, MBA a plus

-Min. 2-3 years’ experience in brand

-Career in leading CPG company a plus

-Financially and commercially astute

-Self-motivated, highly flexible and takes the initiative to do what’s needed

-Team working skills Ability to work in a global environment

-Networking skills

-Resilience

-Strong oral, written communication, and presentation skills

-Proficient in MS Office

-Strong time management skills

-Ability to handle ambiguity

The skills for success

Data Analysis, Ecommerce, Adaptability and Innovation, Social Media, Ecommerce data, Digital Marketing Expertise, E-commerce Platforms, FMCG/Consumer Health Experience, Brand Management, Project Management, Analysing sales, Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

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.

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.