Ice Cream Associate Procurement Manager - Collaborative Manufacturing
About The Position
The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) is the world's largest pure-play ice cream company, with 19,000 employees and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto, and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries. We are a high-performance, collaborative culture focused on getting things done, embracing digital, using data for decisions, and continuous learning. This full-time, project-based role (18-24 months) supports the procurement program for the North America Ice Cream business, focusing on third-party manufacturing partners. The goal is to ensure contract manufacturers meet service, cost, quality, and innovation objectives while maintaining flexibility, resilience, and speed-to-market. At project completion, there is an intent to reintegrate into a BAU role, subject to business needs. International sponsorship and relocation are not available. The preferred location is Englewood Cliffs, NJ, or South Burlington, VT, but other TMICC factory locations may be considered.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a supply chain (procurement, planning, operations) or finance role.
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Supplier management, negotiation, forecasting experience, project management, financial acumen, SAP/data skills, Excel guru, stakeholder management.
- Action oriented, self-starter, able to work in agile environment, comfortable being the face of the company to external partners.
- Demonstrated ability to work co-operatively with other teams to achieve shared goals, ability to hold teams and peers accountable for delivering results.
- Willingness to travel 10-30% of time.
Nice To Haves
- CPG/food experience preferred
Responsibilities
- E2E ownership of supplier relationships; first point of contact for internal/external stakeholders, ensure OTIF performance across KPIs (service, cost, quality)
- Ownership of Supplier P&L: financial analysis of the portfolio, including price benchmarking and landed cost analysis, design & implement savings plan with each supplier for continuous improvement, analyze quarterly price updates and challenge suppliers with market intelligence data
- Support Innovation Sourcing: support Line Manager with tendering process and subsequent analysis of prices and commercials, including supplier discussions and visits
- Lead New CM Onboarding: lead E2E onboarding of new suppliers across various systems, ensuring master data accuracy and flawless execution
- Forecast Champion: provide input for price forecasting of raw materials, packaging materials, and conversion costs
- Contract Management: Create/update contracts in Contract Lifecycle Management way of working
- Drive and lead implementation of cost savings based on sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, Directed Buying activities and supplier compliance, and manage approval of savings projects in system.
- Cross-Functional Partnering: Work with Planning, Operations, Quality, R&D, and Finance
- Systems & Data: Support SAP/master data and reporting accuracy
- Safety & Quality: Ensure GMP and compliance standards are met
Benefits
- Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards
- Flexible ways of working
- Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work
- Time off to rest and recharge
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Medical, dental and (where applicable) vision coverage
- Health and wellbeing support, including employee assistance programs and wellness initiatives
- Health-related savings and spending accounts
- Retirement savings programs with a competitive matching plan
- Additional employee perks (e.g., corporate discounts, commuter or learning support)
- Bonus eligible
- Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
- Retirement savings benefits
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- Parental leave
- Sick leave
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Access to numerous voluntary benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
