JOB TITLE Product Developer
LOCATION Colworth
WORK-LEVEL 1C
Time Type: Full-Time
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!
Job Purpose
EU Ice Cream RD&I team is the driving force behind the creation and delivery of benefit-led, innovative ice cream products across our world‑renowned global (e.g. Magnum, Carte d’Or, Cornetto, Walls), premium (e.g. B&J, GROM) and regional (e.g. Cremissimo, Ingman, Evga, Cucciolone) brands. The team embraces agile innovation and are fully connected to countries and markets to land global, regional and local projects in the markets. The business reaches across all Ice Cream experiences from familiar in‑home tubs, pints and mono portions and out of home scooping to global and local classics and kid’s favourites.
In this role you will work on new product development and business continuity projects. You will have the opportunity to lead smaller activities, while supporting a more experienced technologist in other, more complex projects. You will work closely with RD&I ice cream experts from various disciplines learning how to design products that best fit our consumer’s needs while ensuring that they are compliant with legal and food safety requirements. In this role, you’ll also work in close partnership across internal functions (Marketing; Supply Chain; Procurement) as well as key external partners and suppliers (e.g. Third‑Party Manufacturers and ingredients suppliers).
If you have a passion for creativity and developing exciting and innovative products, this is the perfect opportunity to shape and deliver delicious and sustainable product experiences within a fast‑paced team environment.
Responsibilities
* Plan, organise and execute a variety of project types as assigned under guidance from line manager, working closely with onsite RD&I experts from a variety of fields
* Work closely with marketing teams in the European and local country teams to define project scope at start of projects
* Use your creative talents to develop great products
* Support or lead technical delivery of projects, covering diverse topics such as: product concepts; formulation design and specifications; lab and pilot plant prototypes; cost, quality assessments; sustainability, legislation compliance and claims
* Lead and manage pilot plant and factory trials for prototype/product development
* Write and manage specifications and systems data for the products you work on
* Manage supplier relationships working closely with other functions such as Procurement
* Work closely with key internal partners such as: Marketing, Supply Chain and Finance
* Apply Unilever development tools (Risk Analysis, Design HACCP, Quality in Innovation, Open Innovation, 5S, ICE)
* Develop selling stories and supporting CD teams with sell‑in meetings
Key Relationships
* Global, EU & local country Marketing teams
* Global & European Supply Chain (factories, planning, quality, etc.) and Procurement teams
* Supplier/partner organisations
* Technical R&D specialists (CTI, Processing, Packaging, Formulation, Nutritionist, Digital & Data)
* Unilever specialists in Finance, CMI, Quality, SEAC, Patents and Regulatory
All About You
* Passion for creative food product design and development
* Excellent communication and project management skills
* Attention to detail especially in experimentation, data recording and analysis
* Time management and priority setting
* Health & Safety
* Degree level qualification (or equivalent) and/or relevant experience in a technical discipline preferably in food technology or development.
* Experience of working cross‑functionally and with third parties (optional)
* Experience of leading delivery of projects from brief to market is desirable (optional)
* European language skills are highly desirable (optional)
Leadership Behaviours
* Purposeful impact
* Personal mastery
* Consumer love
* Agility
* Passion for high performance
Travel Requirements
* Occasional short business trips within Europe may be required.
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