Global ice cream manufacturer scaling supply chain and data infrastructure
The Magnum Ice Cream Company operates as Unilever's standalone ice cream business across 10,000+ employees in 25+ countries, managing a portfolio that includes Magnum, Ben & Jerry's, Cornetto, and regional brands. The tech-stack pivot—adopting SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and SAP RISE while retiring legacy SAP ECC—signals a major ERP modernization underway, paired with active implementation of quality management systems and a unified data platform build. Hiring velocity is accelerating across ops, manufacturing, and sales, with leadership focus on transformation and procurement, indicating the company is mid-way through a complex global systems migration.
Notable leadership hires: Deployment Lead, Transformation Project Lead, Procurement Lead, Consumer Insights Lead, Technology Office Head
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is the world's largest pure-play ice cream business, operating independently within Unilever as of July 1, 2025. It owns and operates a portfolio of beloved consumer ice cream brands sold across more than 25 countries. The organization spans manufacturing, supply chain, sales, marketing, and data functions with over 10,000 employees. Current operational priorities include food safety compliance, reducing waste and equipment downtime, vendor management, and category growth. The company is executing a major digital transformation involving ERP system consolidation, quality management system implementation, and the development of a unified data platform to support decision-making across a complex matrix organization.
Core systems include SAP, Workday, Azure, Databricks, dbt, Power BI, Tableau, and Looker. The company is actively adopting SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and SAP RISE as part of a major ERP migration, while retiring legacy SAP ECC systems.
Major initiatives include SAP S/4HANA and Ivalua procurement implementation, quality management system rollout, unified data platform development, automation capital projects, new product development, and a global transformation program spanning manufacturing and supply chain optimization.
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