Title: HR Manager – Ice Cream Global Business Services
Location: Pune, India
About Ice Cream: Life Tastes Better With Ice Cream
If you are considering working for the Unilever ice Cream business, you will work for the global, leading Ice Cream player with €8bn Turnover in 2024. The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of the top 10 selling brands including Wall’s, Magnum, Ben &Jerry’s. 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 tentatively by Jan 2026 in India. Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure.
Ice Cream Human Resources: Leading for a winning, trusted and investible global ice cream market leader!
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 in what will be the Ultimate Pleasure Food company.
We are seizing this unique opportunity to reset the role of Ice Cream HR. Together we will become the best and most admired HR team in the world by our new people processes and technology, and by becoming a training ground for people experience that will be the envy of everyone.
This position offers exceptional learning opportunities, including building the GBS from the ground up, hiring hub roles, partnering with them, managing global stakeholders, and participating in the demerger. The incumbent in this role will have the unique opportunity to deliver the people strategy agenda for the GBS entity including a clear strategic framework, and orchestration of teams towards business impact and communication to multiple audiences and stakeholders.
The primary role of the incumbent will be to partner the GBS Head, alongside supporting the IC HR Head. This role will also involve partnering various teams in GBS and work on various separation and Establishment Tasks.
The role of HR Business Partner is varied and challenging in nature. The role is designed to work closely with Function Heads to unlock talent, capabilities and implement transformation programmes. The role holder will also be responsible for partnering projects, aligned to the people strategy.
We are committed to developing and nurturing talent within our Ice Cream company. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organisation. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company.
JOB PURPOSE:
The India Ice Cream Business Unit contributes >10% to the METSA IC business and has the ambition to accelerate underlying sales growth whilst stepping up underlying operating profit growth and ROIC.
You will be in the lead for several HR strategic topics. This can include but is not limited to organizational design, implementation of organizational change initiatives, talent management, and employee engagement. In this role you closely work together with the different Country HR Lead as well as be part of the Global Ice Cream projects.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work as a strategic HR Partner to translate business strategies and objectives into HR Agenda
Execute organization design changes stemming from Workforce Planning
Implement transformation programs in alignment with business strategy
Collaborate with the business for creating a high-performance culture by creating and implementing team and organizational design solutions
Stakeholder Management and partnership to deliver business value at the
Creating a positive winning Culture & improving Employee Engagement
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED: Experiences & Qualifications
Previous HR Business Partnering experience is desired
Have the adaptability and resilience to balance short term and long term priorities
Have strong relationship building skills and a flexibility of approach to coach and become a trusted partner to business heads and their teams
Be able to use data and insight to unlock new opportunities that generate value
Be a change agent who can support transformation of both Organization and Culture
Be Self-aware, and focused on their own development
Unilever Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Unilever and has not been reviewed or approved by Unilever.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and occupational health support alongside a 24/7 employee assistance program. Wellbeing offerings such as health checks, resilience tools, and counseling support the perceived depth of health-related benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) match that reaches up to 5% of base salary, strengthening the overall value of the package. Share and savings options are also referenced as part of longer-term financial support beyond salary.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits customization is enabled through tools such as a “My Reward” system and a “Benefits Envelope” that allows employees to personalize selections. Flexible working approaches are also associated with improved overall satisfaction, reinforcing perceived choice and adaptability in the total rewards offering.
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