On any day, 2 billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good and get more out of life - giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future. Great products from our range of more than 400 brands give us a unique place in the lives of people all over the world. When consumers reach for nutritionally balanced foods or indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps that combat disease, luxurious shampoos or everyday household care products, there’s a good chance the brand they pick is one of ours. Seven out of every ten households around the world contain at least one Unilever product, and our range of world-leading, household-name brands includes Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo. Trusted local brands designed to meet the specific needs of consumers in their home market include Blue Band, Pureit and Suave. Whatever the brand, wherever it is bought, we’re working to ensure that it plays a part in helping fulfil our purpose as a business - making sustainable living commonplace.JOB PURPOSE If you are curious by nature, energized by connecting the dots, and uncovering growth opportunities within complex data & research, then this job is for you. In CMI, you have the opportunity to be a master storyteller and influencer, and to use data & insights to solve some of the businesses biggest problems. We are in service of consumers & shoppers and have a responsibility to represent them as an objective, fact-based voice in the business. WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE CMI specialists support the CMI growth partners to lead specialist analytics, and Brand Building Specialists specifically partner in building end-to-end superiority & elevating brand experiences. The key expectation of this role is to help brand teams understand the levers to pull to build brand love, to elevate experiences, and to measure how well we do these things. In this role you are expected to work with multiple data sets that enable brand understanding & activation - such as UBS, BGS, social & search insights, trends, primary innovation, etc. Focus areas will include innovation/renovation research, media testing & deployment optimisation, building customer growth stories for innovations, leading PLEs etc. Specialist roles flow to value & deliver domain expertise across BGs in the MCO/Region – they support the CMI Growth Partners, and as such their goals & workplans are designed against CMI Growth Partner priorities. While the role might have a BG-designation (e.g. in big markets), the expectations is to flow to value and so the person may need to support other BGs in the market/region at times. The Brand Building Specialist core responsibilities include: Leading analytics on UBS and Brand Power to support medium to long term brand performance (where relevant, working closely with the CD & perform specialists on the Ps that they own). Flawlessly integrating all possible sources to support ideation of innovation funnels that drives business growth Supporting CMI Growth Partners in the design of cost effective research programmes to maximise efficiency and effectiveness, and scaling up agile research methods and tools Leading research on priority innovations & renovations from ideation/co-creation to final testing of the full mix (including communication) Identifying & integrating consumer insights & latest micro trends to come up with disruptive innovation & brand-building / brand-experience ideas that are game changers. WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED Experiences & Qualifications Minimum 3 years bachelor’s degree in business/economics/marketing 3+ years of experience in analytics minimum – CMI, CD, analytics, or finance. Confidence and comfort in working with data / numbers and being analytically sound Strong organisation awareness & business acumen skills Adept at data interpretation and art of story telling Creative problem solving  Ability to overtly challenge and influence stakeholders/managing upwards Ability to independently set own priorities. Skills Marketing 6P acumen Business acumen (finance & org awareness) Content development, optimisation & measurement Market research & insight generation Creativity & experimentation Innovation excellence Social/search insight generation (working with SBA tools & analytics) Experience Working on brands at different life stages including in market brand activation Experience of building strategic understanding and Insights for brands and converting insights into actions. Includes working on identifying brand idea, working on brand campaigns, working on innovations and renovations. Delivering via collaboration  Experience of creating partnerships across brand teams and functions including R&D, Media, Finance etc and CMI teams. Experience of delivering through others including CMI expertise teams and external partners Crafting & Innovation Experience of leading on innovation, invention of new engagement. Experience of applying creativity and strategic thinking to delight the consumer Leadership You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way. As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better. Ability to work collaboratively with different teams & external partners without having direct reporting lines, inside and outside of the country Work autonomously & make decisions independently Work flexibly – responds well to change, and able to learn and unlearn Critical Behaviors Care deeply Focus on what counts Stay three steps ahead Deliver with excellence