Looking for Your Dream Job? Join The Magnum Ice Cream Company!

Scope: Local 
Function: Customer Development 
Location: Samsun
Terms & Conditions: 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.​

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:
Here is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are looking for a great team and a challenging, innovative, fun and energetic work environment, you are at the right place. We believe that the passion of our employees is our strength, and this is what drives us towards outstanding performance. then this role is just for you! 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Achieving Monthly On Premise Sales Targets: Spearhead the attainment of monthly sales goals in the On Premise channel and Food Service category by utilizing the allocated company budget efficiently. This entails developing and enhancing sales operations to drive revenue growth. 
• Strategic Business Agreements: Collaborate with the region and food service teams to ensure business agreements with customers are established at the onset of season openings, fostering strong business relationships and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. 
• Market Trends and Sales Data Monitoring: Monitor sales data and stay abreast of current market trends and customer needs. This proactive approach is crucial for adapting strategies to meet market demands. 
• Weekly Business Reporting: Compile and present weekly reports on business activities and market evolution. This analysis will inform the evaluation of market potential and guide strategic decisions and actions. 
• Optimized Product Sales Management: Manage the sales process by ensuring the sale of the appropriate quantity and variety of products to the correct customers through detailed channel analysis. 
• Retailer Transformation into Perfect Stores: Guarantee product availability, optimal introduction of NPDs, adherence to recommended pricing strategies, accurate product and promotional displays, and visual appeal. These efforts aim to transform retailers into 'Perfect Stores' by enhancing shopper attraction to the cabinet. 
• Holistic Data Insight and Communication: Ensure a comprehensive insight into market data and evidence-based practices. Leverage external market insights and communicate value-adding data analysis effectively, creating tangible value for the organization. 
• Efficient Inventory Management of FS Cabinet and Visibility Materials: Oversee the efficient management of FS Cabinet and visibility materials inventory, ensuring optimal distribution across regional operations. 
• Management of FS BMI and FS Budgets: Direct the management of Food Service BMI and FS TTS budgets. Expenditures should align with the CVA standards of Unilever, ensuring financial resources are allocated strategically to support marketing and operational objectives. 

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:  

Experiences & Qualifications

• University Degree 
• Minimum 3 years sales experience 
• Algida experience is preferred 
• Team management experience is preferred 

SKILLS:

• Excellent Presentation Skills: Effectively communicating and engaging with diverse audiences, clearly conveying channel strategies, products, and targets.  
• Proven Sales Performance: Demonstrated history of meeting or exceeding sales targets, showcasing an ability to drive consistent growth.  
• Mobility and Field Orientation: The willingness to travel and work in various locations indicates a flexible approach to field-based sales activities. 
• Proficiency in MS Office: Strong skills in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, for efficient data management, presentation creation, and communication. 
• Strong Analytical Thinking: Capability to analyze data, market trends, and customer insights to inform strategic decisions and identify sales opportunities. 
• Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Exceptional ability to build relationships, effectively communicate across various levels, and collaborate within a team environment. 
• Proficiency in English: While not mandatory, a strong command of the English language is preferred. 

LEADERSHIP: 

• You are now a Leader of Change. People look to you to provide safety in a storm, and you also appropriately challenge yourself to get even better results. Your role model resilience and care. You navigate these uncertain times by flexing plans and your leadership style, always with authenticity.  
• You are still responsible for delivering to the highest standards. You must be resilient so you can lead others to deliver with passion through uncertainty and create opportunities through the core and beyond. You must be able to flex your style and your plans to guide others through challenging times.  

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed.  
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets lofty standards for themselves. Actively builds one's own wellbeing and resilience.  
• TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best. Inspires powerful teamwork and collaboration, connecting people for better results.  
• CONSUMER LOVE: Brings the voice of the consumer into everything we do, always.  
• BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates opportunities for profitable growth through the core and beyond. 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

• A unique mix of global scale & start-up spirit—€8.3bn powerhouse with an agile, entrepreneurial mindset. We’re building a new high growth Ice Cream company from the ground up. ​
• Career without limits—42 markets, international opportunities, and fast tracked growth. ​
• A performance-driven culture—Freedom to act, disrupt and grow – your success is measured by impact.​
• A company that celebrates joy, innovation, and purpose—We create extraordinary careers, just like our ice cream creates extraordinary moments.

As publicly announced, Unilever will separate its Ice Cream business which is expected by the end of 2025. This role will transfer to the new Ice Cream company.

Unilever 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

ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?

To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV and a motivation letter.  

Your application will be reviewed against our requirements, and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.

Disclaimer

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever 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. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.