Unilever is currently hiring for a Junior Brand Manager Sunlight Function: Marketing Reports to: Senior Marketing Manager Scope: Local Location: La Lucia Ridge, Durban Terms & Conditions: Full time, onsite ABOUT UNILEVER Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you. JOB PURPOSE Sunlight is Unilever Africa’s largest brand. In South Africa, Sunlight is present in Fabric Solutions, Personal Care and in Home & Hygiene (Dishwash and Pine gels). Sunlight Dish is the market leader in the Dish Wash segment with 71.5% value share (12mm Nov 2025), a high UBS Score (91.1%) and the strongest brand power. However, the brand is under increasing threat from competitors, specifically MAQ Dish as well as DOBs. This role is specifically for the CORE. The key focus areas for the brand to win are: Turn Brand Power to GREEN by improving meaningfulness & difference – getting closer to the consumer through social first and always on content creation. New Good+ Innovation communication support. Price Reset: The brand has been struggling to justify it’s premium in the market, leading to share losses. Landing and tracking the price reset planned for Jan 2026 is critical. Leverage the Portfolio: As a brand we have been over reliant on the core and and key pack size 750ml; PPA and accelerating the premium segment is a critical focus for 2026. Win in white spaces: Accelerate USG in SEA. WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE + Work cross functionally and alongside the global and local team to deliver the innovation projects across the innovation funnel from conception to deployment OTIF + Developing integrated communication campaigns for innovations/renovations + Interact with local teams to deliver a communication toolkit that is consumer relevant and aligned to local media principles. + Data analysis: Generating insights from data (Data Orbis; AC Nielsen; Brand Power) + Defining, Designing and implementing the brand plans based on the brands JTBD + Stakeholder engagement at BTs and other relevant forums; demonstrating a strong ability to influence. + Good financial acumen specifically in terms of budget management; Business cases and basic P&L Management. Managing the brands budget to ensure best ROI and phasing of spend + Working with and building relationships with multiple agency partners; Artwork Excellence and media teams. + Working closely with the customer and dComm team to develop strong unmissable executions. KEY RELATIONSHIPS + Global brand teams, Supply Chain, Procurement, Consumer Markets Insights, R&D, Shopper Marketing, CD, Finance, Global Brand Community, Senior Stakeholders WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED Experiences & Qualifications + 3-5 years of Marketing/Brand experience + Relevant Marketing qualification + Strong levels of growth mindset – a winning, competitive mindset + Bias for actions and drive – willingness to get things done + Consumer and customer focus – curiosity, ability to uncover relevant insights and translate these into actionable plans. Must be curious to explore and learn in the social first space. + Ability to assess business challenges, articulate these, and drive the right level of influence across all stakeholders and cross functional teams. Strong storytelling skills to translate data into insight. + Strong business/financial acumen + A passion for excellence Skills + Attention to detail + Communication skills + Stakeholder management skills + Collaboration skills + Reporting + Presentation skills + Coordination + Data analysis Leadership Critical Behaviours + Care deeply: caring deeply about how consumers experience our brands every day, everywhere; about our people’s growth and development, and our impact on the planet. You care about your performance, to a point where it hurts when you don’t win. Always brings their best self. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations and build empathy for others. Sets high standards for themselves. Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside of Unilever. + Focus on what counts: we set clear and stretching goals and recognise maximum performance impact. Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. + Stay three steps ahead: we think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. We are always curious and confident – anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs and external trends to beat the competition. Approaches delivery with an iterative and incremental, test - do - learn approach. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions. + Deliver with excellence: we deliver everything we do with excellence and pace. We take personal ownership and hold each other to account – always finding a way to do what we said we will do. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! 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. Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bring ing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey. Job Category: Marketing Job Type: Full time Industry: