Junior QSR Manager

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.  

The role

The Junior QSR Manager supports the delivery of strategic Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) partnerships across regional accounts. The role coordinates innovation projects from concept to launch, supports commercial planning and volume forecasting, and ensures effective execution across markets and external stakeholders.

This role acts as a central point of coordination between Marketing, CMI, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Development and QSR customers to ensure projects remain on track, risks are identified early and launches are delivered successfully.

What you'll be responsible for

Project & Innovation Management

• Support end-to-end delivery of QSR innovations, roll outs and relaunches.
• Coordinate project timelines, milestones and approvals across cross-functional teams.
• Lead innovation networks and launch readiness plans.
• Ensure customer requirements are accurately translated into internal briefs and actions.
• Support preparation of market cascades, new product launches and ways of working.

Commercial Planning & Volume Management

• Monitor project financials, pricing changes and margin impacts.
• Track business case and highlight risks against commitments.

Market Coordination

• Act as a key contact for markets participating in the QSR project.
• Share best practices, learnings and launch results across markets.

Reporting & Business Support

• Develop project status updates.
• Maintain project databases, launch calendars and key performance trackers.
• Support budget management and purchase order administration where required.
• Drive continuous improvement in ways of working across the QSR team.

We're looking for someone who

Minimum Experience & Qualifications

• Experience in regional Customer Development, Marketing, Category Management, Project Management or a related commercial function.
• Project management discipline, with the ability to coordinate multiple markets, stakeholders, partners and workstreams against milestones.
• Solution oriented and entrepreneurial mindset with a can do mentality required to build a new growth channel for TMICC.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to make complex findings simple, practical and action oriented.
• A collaborative, proactive and detail-oriented working style, with the confidence to challenge constructively and follow through on commitments.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with QSR customers such as McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Popeyes or similar chains, FMCG, foodservice or licensing businesses.
• Experience with end to end innovation management, capability deployment, market rollouts or change adoption across multiple countries or business units.

Core capabilities

• Project Management: Delivers projects on time and identifies risks early.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: Thinks beyond immediate tasks to identify new opportunities, improve ways of working, and unlock value.
• Customer Partnership: Understands customer objectives and translates them into mutually beneficial solutions that create value for both the customer and the business.
• Project & rollout management: Coordinates milestones, dependencies and adoption across markets and workstreams.
• Partner & stakeholder collaboration: Builds productive relationships and aligns cross-functional teams around shared actions.
• Communication & storytelling: Makes insights clear, concise and relevant for different audiences

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. 

If you are an individual with a disability and require assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know.

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.