Associate Brand Manager, TRESemmé Innovation

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TRESemmé is America’s #1 Hair Styling Brand, with a legacy rooted in salon-quality performance and a bold, fashion-forward spirit. Born in salons and raised on the runway, TRESemmé has long been a champion of self-expression, confidence, and bold style. As the beauty landscape evolves, so does our ambition—to lead the future of haircare with innovation that’s both high-performance and high-impact.

Today, TRESemmé is on a mission to elevate its legacy and become the most desirable and sought-after salon-quality hair brand. With a renewed focus on premiumization, we are building a new generation of products that blend cutting-edge science, trend-forward design, and deep consumer insight.

This role will be at the heart of that transformation—focused on expanding and elevating our new premium collection as a hero platform for the brand, while also driving innovation across our core End Look portfolio and NRM initiatives that unlock value and growth.

JOB PURPOSE

As the Associate Brand Manager, Innovation, you will help shape the future of TRESemmé by leading innovation across both premium and core platforms. You’ll bring a creative, consumer-first mindset to developing new products, formats, and experiences that elevate the brand and deliver business impact.

This role requires a strong eye for beauty, a deep understanding of premium positioning, and the ability to translate insights into compelling innovation. You’ll also play a key role in identifying and executing NRM innovation opportunities that enhance value, drive profitability, and strengthen our presence across channels.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Lead Innovation Development: Manage end-to-end innovation projects across premium and core platforms—from concept to launch.
• Expand the End Look Portfolio: Identify whitespace opportunities and develop new wash & care and styling solutions that build on TRESemmé’ End Look equity.
• Drive Premiumization: Shape the future of the premium collection with elevated product, packaging, and storytelling that resonate with beauty-forward consumers.
• Design for Retail: Develop value-adding innovations tailored to key retail partners, including pack formats, merchandising solutions, and channel-specific activations.
• Support NRM Strategy: Create innovation that supports pricing strategy, margin improvement, and portfolio optimization.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with R&D, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance, and external agencies to bring innovations to life with excellence.
• Consumer & Trend Insight: Stay ahead of beauty trends, consumer behavior, and cultural shifts to inform innovation strategy and pipeline development.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor in-market performance and consumer feedback to optimize future launches and inform strategic decisions.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experience & Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in brand management, innovation, or product development
• Strong creative thinking and problem-solving skills
• Aesthetic sensibility and passion for beauty, fashion, and design
• Understanding of premium positioning and how to deliver elevated consumer experiences
• Experience with value engineering, pack design, or NRM strategy is a plus
• Excellent project management and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Comfort with data and ability to translate insights into action

Skills:

• Creative & Curious: You’re energized by new ideas and inspired by culture, trends, and design.
• Consumer-Obsessed: You think like a beauty shopper and act like a brand builder.
• Agile & Accountable: You move fast, stay focused, and own your outcomes.
• Collaborative & Courageous: You work well with others and aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo.

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.
• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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Pay: The pay range for this position is $86,080 to $129,120. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. 

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible. 

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible. 

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.