Commercial Finance Associate Manager

Job Description

As a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst, you will be leading and working with a high performing team, with high degree of autonomy and decision making, and P&L Ownership. Besides partnering with the Sales team on driving the business across 25+ countries within Europe, the position is the designated business partner for the Head of Away From Home supporting in pan-European tenders for growth opportunities (Burger King, KFC, etc). You will also be leading from Finance perspective the negotiations with Hard Discounters (Kaufland & LIDL) focusing on enhancing the collaboration, expanding the assortment and maximizing the existing business.

Job Description

Key responsibility:

• Own the Cluster’s P&L: owner of P&L for the region – responsible for delivering annual sales target while protecting profitability; building thorough business cases; focus on driving growth

• Operational planning & routines: lead the forecast cycle discipline – assure key assumptions inclusion in the plan with constant challenge of change drivers

• Managing Trade Investments: Assess opportunities for extra investments to maximize the ROI, collaborate in creating the joint Promotion Plan, being the gate keeper and ensure control and clarity over the Trade Investments

• Revenue Growth Management: Provide insights into PPA (Price, Pack, Architecture) in-line with the strategy of delivering profitable growth across Volume, Revenue, Bottom-line and Market Share

• Business partner mindset: deep understanding of markets environment / trends, proactive proposal of value generative ideas, being a point of contact / negotiations with distributors

Expected Experience & required skills:

• 3-5+ years of experience in Finance/Category or similar background

• Excellent leadership skills – self-starter, with a drive for results while operating with speed and agility

• Strong financial competence inclusive of previous experience owning a P&L, understanding of profit and revenue drivers

• Strong interpersonal skills with experience in building distributor and customer relationships

• Passionate about growth and demonstrates a growth mindset focused on delivering solutions

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in an agile environment

• Experience negotiating both short- and long-term initiatives that are mutually beneficial to KHC and the customer

Location(s)

Amsterdam

Location(s)

Amsterdam

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.