Global Comfort Brand Manager - Freshness Innovation

ROLE TITLE: Global Comfort Brand Manager - Freshness Innovation

LOCATION: 100VE, London

About The Role

There has never been a more exciting time to join Comfort. As one of Unilever's most iconic and profitable brands, with a presence in more than 150 million households, Comfort is embarking on a big and ambitious transformation programme. The fabric enhancers category is being reshaped by changing consumer lifestyles, evolving fragrance expectations, and growing demand for products that deliver emotional as well as functional benefits. In response, Comfort is leading the category forward - reimagining fabric enhancers through distinctive fragrance experiences, breakthrough technologies and a completely renewed brand world.

As a Brand Manager, you will play a pivotal role in one of the largest and most strategic transformation programmes in Home Care. You will help lead a global range renovation spanning new technologies, fragrance innovation, claims, packaging, communication campaigns and visual identity - bringing the next generation of Comfort to millions of consumers across multiple markets. Operating at the intersection of consumer insight, innovation, design, communications and business strategy, you will work with senior leaders, global experts and external partners to shape decisions that will define the future direction of the brand and the category.

This is a rare opportunity to leave a lasting mark on a global power brand - creating work that reaches millions of consumers, influences markets around the world, and helps write the next chapter of Comfort's growth story. We are looking for a forward-thinking, ambitious and highly motivated talent to join the Global Comfort team and lead our biggest core transformation programme. The role offers exceptional visibility, significant ownership, senior stakeholder exposure, and a unique platform for accelerated career growth within one of Unilever's most important global brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Senior Global Brand Manager to drive Comfort’s global freshness platform, supporting growth across the brand’s largest and most strategic portfolio segment.
• Lead Comfort’s largest global core transformation programme, spanning 10+ markets and encompassing technology upgrades, fragrance renovation, packaging transformation, and rollout of a new visual identity aligned with the evolving brand world.
• Support the development of global renovation toolkits, including claims architecture, visual identity systems, key visuals, communication assets, and market deployment guidance.
• Help shape future phases of the renovation programme, identifying opportunities across fragrance, packaging, product superiority, and consumer experience initiatives.
• Manage cross-functional and multi-market stakeholders, aligning them behind a common vision and ensuring excellent execution from strategy through to in-market delivery

Experience Required:

• Proven Brand Management experience, with a strong track record of driving growth through innovation, renovation and brand-building.
• Proven global innovation leadership, with experience developing and scaling new products, technologies and consumer propositions, and leading complex projects from concept to launch.
• Strategic, consumer-led and externally focused, with the ability to translate consumer, category and competitive insights into impactful growth opportunities and long-term brand strategies.
• Strong commercial acumen and executional excellence, with the ability to manage complexity, make sound business decisions and deliver measurable results.
• Outstanding communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated track record of high performance and the ability to align senior leaders, cross-functional teams, markets and agency partners behind ambitious goals.

Key Relationships:

• Local/ regional marketing leaders
• Global cross-functional partners
• External agencies (design, communications)
• Global Fabric Enhancers Directors and VP

What We Offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).