Innovation Planning Lead, Supply Chain

The Magnum Ice Cream Company; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market pay

Flexible working

Health & wellbeing

Time off

Learning & development

Location benefits

Job summary

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is seeking an Associate Innovation Planning Manager for the US Ice Cream team. You will lead key innovations to market on time and in full, acting as project manager and supply chain lead with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Finance and other functions.

You will manage project plans, ensure capacity, coordinate inputs, and drive governance through gate papers, while maintaining quality and safety standards. A background in supply chain or product development is required.

Qualifications

• Has a Bachelor's Degree in business, supply chain, R&D or engineering.
• 5 years' experience in supply chain, project management, or related fields.
• Demonstrates leadership, program management and ability to influence decisions.
• Basic understanding of how manufacturing works.

Responsibilities

• Manage innovation project plans from start to post-launch evaluation.
• Coordinate inputs from all functions and track delivery of activities.
• Ensure supply chain capacity and capabilities for innovations.
• Communicate with key stakeholders and global/regional planners.
• Contribute to business cases with capital expenditure inputs.
• Prepare gate documents for the Unilever PM process.
• Maintain delivery quality and safety standards.
• Own project networks for variants/new hardware with cross-functional teams.
• Co-lead risk assessments and embed actions in timelines.
• Support complexity reduction and sourcing analysis for projects.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Business Partnering

MS Project

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is seeking an Associate Innovation Planning Manager for the US Ice Cream team. You will lead key innovations to market on time and in full, acting as project manager and supply chain lead with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Finance and other functions.

You will manage project plans, ensure capacity, coordinate inputs, and drive governance through gate papers, while maintaining quality and safety standards. A background in supply chain or product development is required.