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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Brand Protection Manager NAMEX & LATAM
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About this position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
- Develop and execute regional brand protection initiatives aligned with global brand protection strategy and business objectives.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with internal teams (Legal, Marketing, Sales, Channel, Operation…) and build a brand protection network.
- Online Management: Manage online brand protection vendor and build strong relationships with e-commerce and social media platforms to take down infringing listings.
- Anti-counterfeiting Solution: Collaborate with product manager to enhance the product design and increase the barrier for infringers to copy our products
- Technical Verification: Manage a clear process for production verification and counterfeits reporting.
- Offline Enforcement: Work with legal counsel to proactively identify, investigate, and take relevant actions against counterfeit operations, trademark infringements, and gray market activities.
- Brand Protection Communication: Work with global, regional, and local market customer activation team, channel team and sales team to realize brand protection communication.
- Data Analysis: Track and report on key metrics (e.g., number of takedowns, market value released), analyze relevant trends, and recommend proactive measures.
What makes you a good fit
We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Brand Protection Manager to safeguard our company’s valuable brand Loctite in NAMEX and LATAM. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive brand protection strategy to combat counterfeiting, trademark infringement, and unauthorized sales. The ideal candidate will have a good track record in brand protection and cross-functional collaboration with legal, marketing, and sales teams.
- Qualifications & Requirements Education: Bachelor’s degree. Advanced degree in law or IP certification is a plus.
- Experience: 3+ years in brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, grey market infringement prevention, IP enforcement, or any other related fields.
- Proven experience working with online platforms, law enforcement, and customs is a plus.
- Familiarity with trademark and IP laws, regulations, and practices in US. A good understanding of relevant laws and regulations in other key markets in NAMEX and LATAM is a plus.
- Strong project management and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Fluent in English.
Some benefits of joining Henkel
- Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
The salary for this role is $ 125,000.00 - $ 170,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
JOB ID: 26091228
Job Locations: United States, CT, Rocky Hill, CT | United States, MI, Madison Heights, MI | United States, NJ, Bridgewater, NJ
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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Whom do I contact if I have questions concerning my application?
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