Global Talent - Assistant Manager (Ice Cream)

Unilever is currently hiring for Global Talent - Assistant Manager (Ice Cream)!

Who We Are

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, € billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025 : The Magnum Ice Cream Company. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity. With expert ice cream employees and iconic brands like Wall’s (Algida), Magnum, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.

We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company. A place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. And where we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences - transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories. Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth. Growing our business. Growing our customers’ businesses. Growing our people’s careers. Growth begins with empowerment. So we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments – and having fun doing it. We dream big but keep things simple to act fast.

If you want to grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream , this is the place for you! In The Magnum Ice Cream Company, we are committed to developing and nurturing talent within our organisation. You will have options for career growth and exploration, allowing you to explore roles and opportunities across the new company. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey. We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.

Job Purpose :

As part of our new Ice Cream organisation, the Global Talent - Assistant Manager will be a key member of the Global TLO team. This team defines, designs, and builds the capabilities, culture, interventions, and frameworks that drive business growth and provide the world-class expertise we need to leverage to make our new company more competitive.

The Global Talent - Assistant Manager role will play a pivotal part in shaping and delivering integrated talent management strategies that support our business growth ambitions. They will support the design and implementation of global talent strategies, including career and internal mobility frameworks, identification and development of key talent and critical roles, and translating our company culture into talent systems and processes. This role will also be responsible for designing and managing technology solutions regarding Talent (, Workday) and leveraging talent data and insights to inform decisions and drive progress on our diversity and inclusion ambitions.

This role will report into the Global Talent Lead and collaborate closely with market TLO partners, HRBPs, and global teams to ensure our talent frameworks are fit-for-purpose, scalable, and front-line relevant.

Main Responsibilities :

• Support the development and deployment of global talent strategies aligned with business growth priorities.
• Drive the implementation of integrated talent management practices across the organisation, ensuring alignment with local needs through collaboration with market TLO partners and HRBPs.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of career frameworks and internal mobility strategies that enable growth and development for our people.
• Support the identification and development of key talent and critical roles, ensuring robust succession and development plans are in place.
• Translate our company culture into talent systems and processes that reinforce desired behaviours and mindsets.
• Partner with teams responsible for performance management and leadership development to ensure alignment and integration from a talent perspective.
• Design, manage and optimise talent technologies (, Workday), ensuring data integrity and user experience.
• Generate and analyse talent data and insights to inform decision-making, track progress, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support our diversity, equity, and inclusion ambitions by embedding inclusive practices into talent processes and frameworks.
• Contribute to global talent projects and initiatives, bringing a collaborative and solutions-oriented mindset.

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Additional Information

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasise that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in the preferred location. If you are based outside of this location and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the location.