Terms & Conditions: Full Time

If you want to work for a global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023, come join Unilever Ice Cream! The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Wall’s, Magnum, Ben &Jerry’s. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent as we build our diverse and inclusive culture. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you for you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organisation. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company. We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.

JOB PURPOSE:

The primary purpose of this role is to support the Ice Cream Customer Business Manager and cross functional Target Ice Cream team in delivering proactive analysis and insights, monitoring business performance, designing custom sell in stories and actioning on opportunities / risks to grow the business. Additionally, this role is tasked with management of the eCommerce business including assortment, set up, optimization, activation and asset management. Strong interaction between both internal and external stakeholders is required

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The position will require advanced skills in analysis, project management and eCommerce with strong proficiency in excel and eCommerce portfolio management. The associate CBM (aCBM) is expected to have proficient knowledge of data systems such as IRI/Circana, Numerator, and retailer specific platforms.

The aCBMis responsible for weekly analysis andreporting of sales trends, shopper analysis, competitive activity and creating actionable insights from the analysis of these trends. Additionally, you will be responsible for designing and creating various sales materials for presentations to the Customer, Brands and Internal teams.

Additionally, as the aCBM you will own and manage the eCommerce Ice Cream business for Target with full responsibility for search optimization, portfolio management, promotion, etc. focused on increasing penetration and conversation of our Ice Cream portfolio at Target.com. This role will report into the Target CBM.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

Must have a growth mindset and a passion for winning.

Prior experience in the CPG industry is preferred.

Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Must be able to effectively relate with multiple levels of management, internally and externally.

Must be detail orientedthat works effectively in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment.

Must have strong relationship building and project management skills.

Must be fully proficient with Excel and PowerPoint. Power BI and other applications a plus

Prior working knowledge of POS reporting systems preferred (Nielsen, IRI/Circana, Customer-Specific) and Sales Planning Systems.

An undergraduate degree is required.

WHO YOU ARE:

You’re detail oriented: This position will require meeting cyclical deadlines as well as ad hoc deadlines in addition to proactive business analysis that will identify risks and opportunities to drive competitive growth. The ideal candidate manages these changing priorities and ensures customer and internal deadlines are met

You have an owners mindset: The ideal candidate will see the category they work on as their own business and have a strong sense of accountability and responsibility to the business. They will be proactive in looking for ways to grow the business and offer solutions and ideas. They will identify issues quickly and effectively work to prevent them in the future

You love to win, and have fun doing it: Drive strategic relationships and accelerated growth, while operating within approved Trade Marketing parameters and driving trade investment efficiency.

You’re a dot connector: The position will require the ability to retrieve and analyze many different data points from multiple sources and have business acumen to connect these data points quickly to identify emerging trends, determine the resulting business implications and clearly communicate these findings.

You are a self-starter: You love working with ambiguity, developing new solutions and influencing change with a strong bias for action.

You have a team mindset: In partnership with the Customer Business Manager, the ideal candidate will interact with the retailer and Unilever internal teams to develop a relationship, and lead communication around business operations and data insights