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Ice Cream Team Coordinator

Job ID:
R-99641
Category:
General Management
Location:
Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England
Date posted:
03/10/2025
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Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: Ice Cream Team Coordinator

Location: Kingston

Work-Level: WL1C

ABOUT ICE CREAM: Life Tastes Better with Ice Cream

We spark moments of happiness for people and within the communities where we operate. As ice cream makers we are serious about happiness. With warm hearts, we create the coolest products, and we supply them to our consumers. As the largest ice cream company in the world, we have over 100 years of experience in delivering smiles, and we plan to continue this for many more years to come.If you are in the current Unilever Ice Cream business or consideringworking for the newly separatedIce Cream business, you will work for the Global leading Ice Cream player in a growing category where we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

We have two roles who will give support to the new ICLT of the standalone ice-cream company. Comprising of 8 Directors a separate location, new office movesand new company that will be hosting and coordinating customer events throughout the year both on location and off location, these roles require supporting 4 Directors each come with expanded responsibilities of event coordination and new IC office location day to day management. To accelerate our journey as a separate company, we are looking for the best administrative talent, passionate people who love to coordinate events, manage office logistics and locations and who are empowered to get the job done with speed, professionalism and passion. These roles are the backbone of the ICLT ensuring they leaders of the new company are supported both in administrative and strategic tasks such as T2T global, customer and supplier meetings.


JOB PURPOSE

These rolesare an exciting opportunity for someone who is loves to support, help and care for others.We are seeking energetic, results-driven ice-cream lovers with proven PA and event coordination skills and to support the UKI ICLT leadership team. Passionate to provide the highest level of administrative and organizational support to the ICLT, other executives and confident in engaging with external customers in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment. These positions will manage the ICLTs calendar, travel, expense reporting, meeting coordination and prep. Beyond this, the role will play a critical function in organizing and sharing communications within the new ice-cream company, and be event leads for sales conferences, customer meetings, trade window sell-ins and any global or European visits. The successful candidates will also take the project lead for the new IC company office location (still TBC) and will ensure office design, furniture layouts and execution in line with new designprinciples of new company. Committed to ongoing personal and professional development by actively participating in training and development offerings and supporting the UKI HR team in all learning, development and team building culture activities throughout the year. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Prioritize and schedule meetings on behalf of the ICLT, and other executives.

  • Manage all calendar entries and act as point of contact for inside and outside of new ice-cream company

  • Oversee the detailed coordination and booking of travel and all travel related itineraries.

  • Act as a point of contact for Communication within the ice-cream company and the rest of the organization and w/ third parties. 

  • Ensure timely and effective communications are established including editing and updates to presentations and external communications

  • Manage the planning and logistics for key community meetings, training sessions, leadership team meetings as well as the annual planning process 

  • Organize T2T customer meetings – arrange location, travel, accommodation, AV, meals etc

  • Coordinate the on-going tracking and management of overhead travel budgets

  • Complete and submit all OH expense reports on a timely basis; including ensuring direct report expenses are reviewed and approved on time. 

  • Project coordinators for new ice-cream office location, design, transition and implementation 

  • Lead communication coordinators for HR learning, events, team building activities and development programmes 

  • Organizes local and international workshops, conferences, trainings and meetings and provides support to international visitors.

ALL ABOUT YOU

SKILLS:

  • Effective Communication to convey complex information clearly and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels organisation, internally and externally 

  • Confidence and capability to take on large scale events under pressure and deliver outstanding experiences for suppliers, customers and our people

  • Truly business partner mindset: bringing support and calm to very busy, agile and every change business context 

  • “Can Do” (founder) mentality to unlock problems finding effective solutions with speed, showing passion and motivation for business growth. 

  • Eye for detail and analytical skills to analyse data to make informed decisions, optimize processes and costs. 

  • Flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions, technologies, and organizational needs.

QUALIFICATIONS 

  • Relevant years of secretarial background supporting a large team at Board or Executive Level 

  • Advanced in MS Office Suite, Expert with Tele-conferencing and Video-conferencing support 

  • Proven ability to organize seminars/workshops with attendees from across the region; and to provide support to Managers who are traveling, remotely. 

  • Essential personality traits includepassionate, energetic, interactive, self-motivated, IT literate, must be able to prioritize, highly organized and good interpersonal skills, committed, resilient under pressure

ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?

To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your Talent Card, CV and 2023 End-Of-Year Assessment. If you have been informed that you are at risk of redundancy, please make sure to tick this box during your application and also attach your letter of redundancy to the application.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.

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to apply for other positions.

SPECIAL NOTE TO APPLICANTS OUTSIDE OF UK:  

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will consider candidates based in the set locations. If you are based outside of these locations and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but at this stage we will not take your application forward. We will only consider your application if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the set locations. Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside UK, while location of the role is within the UK, if successful, your internal application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. You will be eligible for relocation support in the form of economy-class flights (to UK), immigration support (if applicable), tax support (in the year of move) and a lump sum, net of taxes will be paid during the first salary payment in the UK. No further relocation support will be provided in a self-initiated CLOC.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer that 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.  

We take pleasure seriously. Join the Ice Cream team now!

NOTES

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible.

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.   

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Emily Casey on Emily.Casey@unilever.com

What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).

Relocation to the UK

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions. 

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