Assistant Brand Manager

Assistant Brand Manager

**About Our company**:
People have looked to Kimberly-Clark brands for more than 150 years and today we're proud to help over a billion people around the world cope, laugh, love and live every day. From the best nappies and baby wipes to the softest tissues, to the best supplies for business, we are constantly searching for new ways to make life better for our consumers, our customers and our planet.

Our leading consumer brands like the Kleenex, Huggies, VIVA, U by Kotex, Poise, Depend brands improve the lives of people around the world. We believe in recruiting the best people and putting them in the right jobs so they can do their best work. Our Values - being innovative, accountable, authentic and caring - drive our culture. And our behaviors enable every employee to live and bring those values to life.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. One where we’re driven by our values, and supported to share ideas, initiatives, and energy. At Kimberly-Clark, original thinking infuses everything we do - from our drive for innovation to our progressive benefits and opportunities all over the world.

**Assistant Brand Manager - Huggies**

We are currently looking to hire a talented Assistant Brand Manager to work in the Huggies brand team. Reporting to a Senior Brand Manager, you will own the brand and consumer marketing strategy for the Huggies Baby Wipes portfolio for the Australian market.

Huggies is the largest brand within the Kimberly-Clark consumer portfolio in the ANZ market, so this is an incredibly exciting position for a talented marketer
- The Assistant Brand Manager supports the KCA Huggies marketing team in the development and implementation of strategic plans and brand building activities for the Huggies portfolio
- This role has full accountability for delivering engaging and compelling content across all digital channels, with a particular focus on social media
- The role will also play a critical part in delivering of key innovation/new product development projects, supporting the Senior Brand Manager to deliver key KPI’s and targets

**KEY RESPONSIBILITES**:

- Work with Senior Brand Manager to develop & execute annual marketing plan activities, including communication across digital, social, in-store, search and sampling
- Partner with the Shopper Marketing Manager to develop and execute with shopper activations
- Lead the New Product Development process, including developing 3 year strategic innovation roadmap
- Manage all queries across the Huggies brand portfolio
- Responsibility for the achievement of financial and market share targets for the Huggies brand in the market
- Providing regular tracking information on the Huggies brand, to monitor market performance, brand performance against KPI’s, budget tracking
- Working closely cross functionally across Australia and New Zealand, building strong relationships with internal & external stakeholders

**KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE**:

- Degree qualified (Business, Commerce or Marketing preferred)
- Brand management experience, preferably in an FMCG or consumer products/retail environment
- Excellent project management, organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Commercial acumen - comfortable analyzing numbers and understanding business financials
- Experience with SAP, IRI/Aztec or Nielsen (desirable);
- Experience in marketing products across digital and social media (highly regarded)

Our Kimberly-Clark employees receive a competitive salary and incentives as well as access to a fantastic range of benefits including superannuation, career development opportunities, free health & wellbeing activities, volunteering leave and much more.

**Global VISA and Relocation Specifications**:
**Primary Location**: North Sydney Office

**Additional Locations**:
**Worker Type**: Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**: Regular

**Time Type**: Full time