Sustainability Manager – Packaging

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

Ice cream packaging is a fun challenge. A Magnum wrapper has to survive a frozen supply chain and then open cleanly in one hand. A cone sleeve has to keep the wafer crisp. A tub has to make it from factory to freezer to sofa. Making all of that more sustainable, without giving any of it up, is where it gets really interesting.

This role runs TMICC’s packaging sustainability agenda end to end. You drive the interventions that make our plastic and paper-based packaging better, you build the roadmaps that keep us ahead of packaging legislation, and you make sure we can be straight about where we are today and where we still need to get to.

It is an orchestration role. Technical development sits with RD&I and our suppliers, regulatory interpretation with Legal and Public Affairs, buying with Procurement, the consumer story with Brand, and you have colleagues with transversal expertise in nature and human rights alongside you. Your job is to bring the right people together, decide where we focus, and hold the plan. That takes real packaging knowledge, strong data capability, and the confidence to challenge.

What you’ll be responsible for

Packaging Sustainability Direction 

• Establish and lead a cross-functional packaging sustainability working group to coordinate TMICC’s packaging sustainability roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities, sustainability ambitions and evolving regulatory requirements.

• Maintain oversight of packaging sustainability initiatives across innovation, procurement, RD&I, regulatory affairs, marketing, legal and operations, ensuring clear ownership, alignment and progress against priorities.

• Co-create TMICC’s position on packaging recyclability, circularity, recycled content and sustainable material choices.

• Support the development of packaging sustainability targets, transition plans and priority interventions in partnership with Sustainability leadership and key business functions.

• Assess sustainability opportunities, risks and trade-offs to support prioritisation and investment decisions.

• Monitor global trends, stakeholder expectations and industry best practices to identify opportunities that strengthen TMICC’s sustainability performance and competitive advantage.

Packaging Material Compliance & Regulatory Readiness 

• Support the PPWR squad on implementation in Europe and contribute to readiness plans for emerging packaging regulations globally.

• Establish and manage workflows for the collection, validation and maintenance of packaging compliance documentation, including Declarations of Compliance (DoC), EUDR requirements and supporting technical records.

• Maintain a global overview of existing and emerging EPR schemes, packaging taxes and related regulatory obligations, assessing implications for TMICC.

• Partner with RD&I, Public Affairs and Legal teams to support TMICC’s packaging advocacy strategy and external policy positions.

• Translate regulatory developments into clear business implications, risks and opportunities for packaging decision-making.

Packaging Data, Reporting & Claims 

• Support development of the packaging sustainability data roadmap, including future capability requirements, and ensure alignment with MagnumOne and broader enterprise data initiatives.

• Act as the primary point of contact for packaging sustainability data, reporting requirements and methodology questions across the organisation.

• Manage packaging sustainability metrics and reporting processes, supporting ESRS disclosures and other internal and external sustainability reporting requirements.

• Coordinate annual reporting on plastics, packaging sustainability and circular economy initiatives.

• Own the packaging sustainability fact base and provide subject matter expertise for sustainability disclosures, customer requests, external communications and packaging-related sustainability claims.

• Translate data and analysis into clear recommendations that support decision-making across packaging strategy, sourcing and innovation.