Life tastes better with ice cream
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 create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.
What truly sets us apart is how we work.
We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.
We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.
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Location: Sikeston, MO
**Terms & Conditions:**Full Time
JOB PURPOSE:
SUIT Engineers play a crucial role in supporting the factory by validating and assisting with planned changes in manufacturing related to Innovations. This involves maintaining cost-effective production while optimizing processes and adopting a flexible approach to challenges such as labor shortages, raw material shortages, supply chain disruptions, technological and product innovations. Reports to the Product and Innovation Engineering Manager.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lison with R&D, Marketing and Supply chain Manufacturing to propose a solution for Innovation project.
Identify the make/supply solutions to solve the problem.
Marketing together with R&D Design, identify the ambition for the consumer experience and how this will be delivered through product, process, and packaging design.
Follow Early Product Management methodology to forecast resources and Capex needed, and to determine how likely the project is to hit launch.
The starting point is to provide an initial technical brief describing the problem and proposed solutions.
Develop project brief with R&D team.
Complete due diligence on the supply chain elements foreseen for the Validate Phase testing/launch plans (including transit trials where necessary). Define testing plan to define any risk , and propose mitigation plan, eg pilot plant trials, factory trials, transport trials, etc.
Capex survey and approval (If new capabilities are required).
Are the capabilities of the new assets future fit?
Risk Assessment to the agreed CRQS/PQS (SHE and Quality)
Clear definition of recipe and process flow diagrams in PLM, including critical parameters & tolerances for materials, semi-finished goods and processes.
KPI's and KAI's (Success Index) consolidation & targets
Waste targets in line with IC Innovation Waste Policy
Launch Monitoring Plan - definition & formalisation of action standards for first months after launch
eMOC (equipment and/or process
Post project technical review.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
**You’re a born leader:**Assist Product and Innovation Engineering Manager on capital, innovation, and value improvement projects in the Ice Cream category. Responsible for providing estimates, options assessment, and technical support for these projects.
Carries out tasks related to project assessment, technical support and implementation with minimum supervision. Ensures compliance with Unilever Hygiene, equipment and safety standards, specifications, and best practices. This shall include formulation/process/equipment evaluations, industrial trials, preliminary engineering, project cost controls, timeline, establishment of commissioning plan, plant/equipment commissioning, production startup.
**You’re a change maker:**Our success is dependent on change, and the SUIT role is a critical contributor to driving improvements against all business metrics (safety, quality, finance, innovation, etc).
You’re a dot connector: Liaison with all key stakeholders (departments) to ensure full alignment with project scopes, timelines, impact and key project milestones. This role has significant interaction with R+D, Marketing and the impacted facility teams.
You love to win, and have fun doing it: Have the ability to balance a variety of priorities while maintaining healthy relationships across the engineering team, key stakeholders and customers.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
Essential • 3+ years’ experience in Project Engineering with FMCG experience strongly preferred. • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a project management role. • Professional engineering skills • Project Delivery experience • Experience managing project budgets.
Preferred • Firsthand experience / track record of delivering major capital project in Ice cream category
For example:
You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team delivers with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
You are still responsible for your own results, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
**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.
PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.
Pay: The pay range for this position is $88,600.00 to $133,000.00. TMICC takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
Benefits: TMICC employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, 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, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
What We Can Offer You
Meet the Women of Customer Development | Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability
ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?
We take pleasure seriously. Join the Ice Cream team now!
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Why join us?
This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could!
You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.
Roles with real accountability and visible impact
Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done
Continuous learning and development as the business grows
Reward linked to performance and contribution.
Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.
Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?
If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps.
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Additional information
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
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