Working opportunity as Brand Executive in Hindustan Unilever Limited

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company, touching the lives of two out of three Indians with over 20 distinct categories in Home & Personal Care Products and Foods & Beverages. The company’s Turnover is Rs. 17,523 crores (for the financial year 2009 - 2010)
HUL is a subsidiary of Unilever, one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe with annual sales of about €40 billion in 2009 Unilever has about 52% shareholding in HUL.

Post: Brand Executive

Job Description:
• The incumbent will be responsible for all Brand Building/marketing activities in the café
• Will need to partner with the external agencies in conceptualization and implementation of plans to drive footfalls in the café
• Working with OOH team to create and implement activation ideas/ promotions and plan for subsequent roll outs
• Focus will be network and stakeholder management, and therefore follow ups with Business partners/ Channels/ Agencies in order to deliver.
• The person should be capable of data mining and analysis and also have an eye for Creative work, as he/she will be required to plan activities & work with the Creative agencies to deliver material for POS (Point of Sales Material) deployment etc
• Partner commercial team in managing the brand support budget and ensuring that brand spends across activities are within the overall agreed support budget
• MIS generation for monitoring progress
• Strong team coordination & leadership skills with ability to coordinate across functions and organizations and ensure the brand’s agenda is carried out
• Coordinate with the PR (Public Relations) agency to manage the PR work for the brand.
• Get consumer / market feedback on ideas/ communication under development and recommend improvements / changes to drive better market shares, and also co-ordinate and drive brand consumer research (CMI) plans with the CMI Team

Candidate Profile:
• Qualification – Any Graduate
• Additional Qualification - MBA
• Number of years of total / relevant experience – 1 – 2 years of marketing/ branding experience
• Industry / Sector – Retail Sector/ Service Industry/ On-ground activation experience/ Working in Ad agency for service/retail brand

TO APPLY:
Apply preferably by April 6, 2011.
Please apply online. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.
You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.
Please note that the closing date for the receipt of applications is April 13, 2011.

Additional Information:
Experience: 1-2 years
Location: Mumbai
Education: B.Pharm, B.Sc, MBA/PGDM
DEPARTMENT: IND/BB-UFC Beverages
Functional Area: sales