Ice Cream Associate Market Collaboration Planning Manager

Job Title: Ice Cream Innovation Planner

Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Terms & Conditions: Full time, International assignment is not available for this role and relocation for local and international candidates is not provided.

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. 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.​

ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:

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.​  

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, 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 are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025.  

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! 

Background & Purpose of the Role
The Associate Market Collaboration Manager will lead the development of a 12–18 month rolling sales forecast for the Ice Cream Novelties portfolio, covering 3 brands and approximately 70 unique SKUs, totaling $600M in annual net sales. This role acts as the Supply Chain Business Partner across cross-functional teams, supporting the monthly S&OP cycle to build a realistic, input-led forecast and identify risks and opportunities.
A key focus is on communicating volume changes and drivers across the end-to-end supply chain, while leveraging machine learning and driving simplification and continuous improvement in forecasting processes and tools.

Key Responsibilities
Forecast Development & Management
• Lead creation of a bottoms-up forecast using business insights and machine learning inputs.
• Translate market and promotional insights into demand drivers for auto-forecast modelling.
• Ensure forecast volumes are aligned with financial projections and submitted on time.
S&OP Leadership
• Facilitate Activity and Demand Review discussions with deep market understanding.
• Drive forecast quality improvements through regular performance reviews with Demand Analysts, Brand, and Customer Strategy teams.
• Provide innovation forecasts to project teams and ensure data-driven planning for new products.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
• Partner with Brand, Customer Strategy, and Finance to deliver input-led forecasts across all horizons.
• Ensure coverage of non-forecastable segments, innovations, and local brand-building activities.

Performance Measures
• Forecast Accuracy, Bias, and VVD: Accountable for improving key forecast metrics.
• Waste Reduction: Targeting a 15% year-over-year reduction in business waste losses.
• Forecast Transparency: Ability to fully explain forecast composition (volume & value) and associated risks/opportunities during Activity and Demand Reviews.

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,