- This is your chance for a once in a lifetime career experience, playing a part in the creation of a fully independent, new Ice Cream organization. As part of this set-up, Magnum Ice Cream will establish a future-fit and innovative GBS organization, partnering with multiple business functions across a global footprint to optimize processes, unlock business savings, and operational efficiency.
- The GBS organization will partner key business functions including Finance, Enterprise Solutions and Information Technology, Procurement, Supply Chain, HR, Marketing, Customer Development and Sales, and Sustainability. A significant proportion of GBS roles will be based in one of our GBS hubs, with supporting spokes to be established in the Americas and Europe.
JOB PURPOSE:
Your role will be to support the GBS strategy-into-action, by leading the transition processes and projects related to GBS , including timely exits of TSAs to support the demerging of Unilever and Magnum Ice Cream, onboarding and knowledge transfer to new talent, creation/maintenance of relevant assets, documents, tools and processes, and overarching project and risk management.
In addition, you will lead a culture of continuous improvement, including identifying opportunities for process improvement, delivering a high degree of Service Level Agreements and other KPIs across hubs, and to manage related transformation projects.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Define and deliver the transition strategy, approach, and detailed process plans for the GBS transition, including the exit strategy for TSAs and entry strategy for new/bespoke GBS services
- Lead and drive the day-to-day delivery projects, ensuring completeness OTIF within the business case
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and scout for opportunities to improve processes, ensuring customer centricity and operational excellence across key KPIs
- Line management and development of a team of Transition Managers, supporting to deliver a compliant, high-quality and risk-managed transition
- Create and maintain relevant documents, assets, tools and processes
- Support with potential to lead/manage related transformation projects
- Budget and cost management related to transition and/or hub activation
- Line management including direct reports and dotted lines
Experience
- Must have:
- 8-10+ years leading major transition programs/projects
- 5+ years leadership in captive business services or business process outsourcing organizations
- Advantage:
- 5+ years leading operations in multiple functional domains or commercial areas
Competencies
- Exceptional ability to manage complexity; including competing priorities, risk management, and interdependency management, underpinned by project management experience (must have)
- Passion for continuous improvement; challenging the status quo, efficient problem solving, driver of high performance
- Experience creating detailed process maps, eg value stream mapping
- Strong stakeholder management skills; able to effectively deal with resistance and conflicts, build strong relationships, and establish trust
- Demonstrated leadership skills; able to build, motivate and lead teams in an international context
- Highly analytical and structured customer centric behaviour; excellence eye for detail, hands-on mentality, and ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
Qualifications
- Relevant Masters Degree or relevant experience
- Certified Project Management Professional (or equivalent experience)
- Advanced Lean Practitioner (or equivalent experience)
- Fluent in English language, additional languages are a plus