Global Category Marketing Innovation Assistant Manager (FMCG)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a world leading global organisation, our client Leading Global FMCG company with Brands such as Dove, Knorr, Persil & Magnum are currently looking for a Global Category Marketing Innovation Assistant Manager based at their prestigious facility in Blackfriars. This is a full-time temporary role for a period of 6 months, working a 36.25-hour week. This role is paying up to between £39,500 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience.

The successful candidate will be working in the Oral Care category strategy team, assisting the senior category strategy manager in a key projects for the category.

Main responsibilities:

· Supporting Senior Category Manager in oral care flavour portfolio transformation

· Working with cross-functional team | Working with the project cross-functions (R&D, research procurement, flavour houses, consultant)

· Working with brand teams| Liaising and working closely with global brand project teams

· Senior leadership | Updating project at the steercom, GCLT and other forums

Skills/Experience/Qualifications:

Interface: R&D, Consumer Insights, Procurement, Brand teams, Flavour houses

This is a WL1 role. We are looking for a candidate that is highly motivated, curious and action-oriented.

- Experience in global marketing, and specifically innovation product development

- Strong project management skills

- Proficiency in understanding and working with technical teams (R&D) to develop ingredients and flavours

- Bias for action: ability to multi-task and absorb a heavy workload in a fast-paced/high-change environment

- Cross-functional team management skills, knows how to navigate a big and complex structure (local & global teams, different functions and stakeholders)

- Global mindset & Self-disciplined: autonomous, flexible and ability to work alone with remote project team, while at the same time, able to connect and drive global brand project teams

- Organised, rigorous, positive mindset, good with relationship management, able to get things out of people not directly working with him/her

- 3 years' experience