Ice Cream Finance Supply Manager, Canada

Scope: North America

Location: Toronto, CA

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

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 Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Magnum, Talenti, Popsicle, Good Humor, Klondike, and Yasso. 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 to explore roles and opportunities across the new organization. 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.

Ice Cream Finance: Leading for a winning, trusted and investible global ice cream market leader

This is your chance for a ‘once in a lifetime’ career experience, playing a part in the creation of a fully independent, new Ice Cream organisation.in what will be the Ultimate Pleasure Food company.

We are seizing this unique opportunity to reset the role of Ice Cream Finance. Together we will become the best and most admired finance team in the world, and we’ll do this by focusing on value creation, trailblazing future-fit financial processes and technology, and by becoming a training ground for financial craftmanship that will be the envy of everyone.

Just imagine the benefits of working within a single category, where everyone and everything is laser-focused on the same goal, where there's opportunity to develop deep and wide understanding of the business economics and international ecosystem of a single category, and to translate that into value creation.

The role of Ice Cream Finance in this momentous moment is staggering, exciting, and yes...a little daunting, which is why we are looking for empowered and accountable decision makers who are keen to take on end-to-end responsibility; if you are a self-starter who identifies opportunities, takes initiative, and innovates to create value, who is proactive, resourceful and comfortable with challenge and uncertainty, you will thrive with us. In return, you will be rewarded with a rich finance role, no matter where you are in your career, and within an environment that’s both fulfilling and fun...after all, life tastes better with Ice Cream!

JOB PURPOSE:

Are you ready to make a significant impact on Market supply chain operations and gross margin delivery? As the Market Supply Chain Finance Lead, you will be at the heart of our supply chain strategy, driving efficiency and innovation.

Your role will encompass:

• Strategic Financial Leadership: Drive Supply Chain Value creation agenda by leading performance and governance framework on end to end supply chain costs including Procurement, Production and Supply Chain Overheads
• Collaborative Innovation: Work closely with supply chain leaders and finance teams to spearhead strategic initiatives/ network optimization.
• Performance Optimization: Utilize your expertise to optimize financial performance and support gross margin, savings delivery and fuel for growth programs. Govern supply chain capex and inventory management to deliver working capital targets.
• If you are passionate about driving gross margin improvement, delivering world class supply chain finance programs and thrive in a collaborative environment, we invite you to join us and be a key player in our success story!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner Market Supply Chain lead on all aspects of end-to-end supply chain costs, savings and transformation agenda
• Frame appropriate gross margin, costs, savings and cash targets for supply chain operations in the Market
• Drive S&OP rigour in plan to forecast processes, deliver forecast accuracy targets
• Provide clear analysis and insights of gross margin impacts versus prior year and forecast to drive actions
• Champion value creation projects on supply chain and drive fuel for growth programs, governance and tracking
• Drive governance of supply chain capex, develop business cases for make versus buy decisions, network optimization etc
• Partner Procurement lead on all aspects of procurement finance including management of net material inflation, CMA and savings
• Enable transformation of supply chain finance processes and drive simplification and transition to hubs
• Partner Market SC lead to identify cost savings opportunities and savings Financial Planning and Analysis
• Support strategic supply chain initiatives with financial analysis and modelling.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED: 

You’re a born leader: Assist Product and Innovation Engineering Manager on capital, innovation, capacity, and value improvement projects in the Ice Cream category. Responsible for providing estimates, options assessment, and technical support for these projects. Carries out tasks related to project assessment, technical support and implementation with minimum supervision. Ensures compliance with Unilever Hygiene, equipment and safety standards, specifications, and best practices. This shall include formulation/process/equipment evaluations, industrial trials, preliminary engineering, project cost controls, timeline, establishment of commissioning plan, plant/equipment commissioning, production startup.

You’re a change maker: Our success is dependent on change, and the Product and Innovation Engineering Assistant role is a critical contributor to driving improvements against all business metrics (safety, quality, finance, innovation, etc).

You’re a dot connector: Liaison with all key stakeholders (departments) to ensure full alignment with project scopes, timelines, impact and key project milestones.  This role has significant interaction with R+D, Marketing and the impacted facility teams.

You love to win and have fun doing it: Have the ability to balance a variety of priorities while maintaining healthy relationships across the engineering team, key stakeholders and customers.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, or related field; MBA or professional certification (e.g., CPA, CMA) preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance, with a focus on supply chain or operations finance.
• Strong knowledge of financial planning, analysis, and cost management.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in financial modelling and ERP systems.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Leadership experience and ability to manage cross-functional teams.

Must have competencies

• Financial Acumen
• Analytical Thinking
• Strategic Vision
• Communication Skills
• Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Leadership
• Adaptability

What We Can Offer You 

Meet the Women of Customer Development | Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability