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Ice Cream Job Title: Senior Category Manager (2B) – maternity cover
Scope: Full Time, 1 year contract
Location: Kingston upon Thames Head Office (Hybrid)
Terms & Conditions:
The Magnum Ice Cream Company (formerly a division of Unilever) is now a standalone, independent, EUR 7.9 billion publicly listed company. 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.
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!
Role Purpose
The Senior Category Manager leads category management for Tesco and Co-op, acting as a trusted strategic partner to customers and a senior leader within the category team. The role blends best-in-class category thinking, customer leadership, and people management, with accountability for driving category growth, leading complex projects, and developing talent. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the role proactively identifies opportunities while raising capability and standards across the function.
Key Accountabilities
Customer & Category Leadership
* Own the category agenda for Tesco and Co-op, delivering insight-led strategies that drive sustainable growth
* Act as a senior category expert, influencing buyers, planners, and senior stakeholders
* Lead end-to-end range, space, and category projects with high standards of analysis and storytelling
* Translate shopper, consumer, and market insights into clear, actionable customer recommendations
* Partner closely with CD, Marketing, and CSP to ensure aligned and executable plans
Senior Leadership & Ways of Working
* Set standards for quality, pace, and ways of working within the category team
* Lead cross-functional and ad-hoc projects with clear structure and delivery focus
* Identify and drive improvements in tools, processes, and category capability
* Role model strong planning, stakeholder management, and confident customer engagement
Coaching & Development
* Line manage and develop a Category Executive through clear direction and coaching
* Build team capability in customer engagement, storytelling, and technical category skills
* Share best practice to support wider team development
Insight & Decision Making
* Lead advanced analysis across EPOS, panel, and shopper data to diagnose performance and unlock opportunities
* Ensure insights are commercially relevant, prioritised, and customer-focused
* Challenge assumptions and elevate thinking to true category leadership
Essential
Skills & Experience
* Significant FMCG category management experience, ideally with Tesco and/or Co-op
* Proven delivery of complex range reviews and category projects end-to-end
* Strong customer presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
* Experience line managing and developing others
* Strong analytical capability combined with clear storytelling and presentation skills
* Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
Desirable
* Experience acting as a category lead across multiple accounts
* Experience leading cross-functional or transformational projects
* Understanding of convenience, online, and total store dynamics
Leadership Expectations
* Demonstrates ownership, accountability, and confidence
* Sets the benchmark for quality and delivery
* Acts as a positive role model for collaboration and growth mindset
* Balances strategic thinking with hands-on execution
ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:
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.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company (formerly Part Of Unilever) 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. Here’s What Defines Success In Our Organization :
* We are all about growth
* We operate with speed and simplicity
* We win together with fun
* We boldly innovate to disrupt our industry
* We care and challenge
* We are experts in the Ice Cream Category
ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?
Please apply online and do not forget to upload your CV. Your application will be reviewed against the requirements, and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date, with an update on the status of your application.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Magnum Ice Cream Company embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position
Disclaimer
Equal Opportunity Employer: The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
We take pleasure seriously. Join the Ice Cream team now!
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ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:
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.
The Magnum Ice Cream Company (formerly Part Of Unilever) 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. Here’s What Defines Success In Our Organization :
* We are all about growth
* We operate with speed and simplicity
* We win together with fun
* We boldly innovate to disrupt our industry
* We care and challenge
* We are experts in the Ice Cream Category
ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?
Please apply online and do not forget to upload your CV. Your application will be reviewed against the requirements, and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date, with an update on the status of your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr