The role
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) Asst. manager for UPro Europe is a highly dynamic and exciting role with end-to-end responsibility of the Gross margin for the business and requires you to support the business with an owner’s mindset. This role provides a unique opportunity to work with External stakeholders as a Unilever representative while working cross functional teams within Unilever like teams from Finance, Supply chain, UEBV SCF, Procurement and CD.
We are looking for an entrepreneurial, highly motivated and experienced all-round finance expert who will provide financial insights to the business, enabling them to grow the business through smart decisions.
Key responsibilities
- End to end responsibility for supply chain costs and Gross Margin for the Upro Europe business
- Deep-dive into supply-chain costs with an owner’s mindset to ensure right costs are booked in the right place, avoid leakages and drive profitability for the business.
- Operate as the key Supply Chain Finance Contact with UEBV. Together with business team, work with UEBV & Procurement to ensure a fair charge of TPs and other supply chain costs to UPro Europe.
- Support your business partners in providing financial analysis required like benchmark costs with similar product formats/services between UEBV Professional & Retail business to enable them to drive performance
- Co-drive Fuel for Growth/Savings agenda for the business to support GM delivery
- Act as the key Finance contact from Unilever side to engage with the external partner “Diversey” on Supply chain costs and Gross Margin. Work closely with Diversey teams to ensure all relevant information required for financial reporting is exchanged On Time-in Full and is correctly recorded in Unilever books.
- Responsible for the integrity of P&L and balance sheet of UEBV Diversey unit (the central supply chain unit for UPro Europe).
- Support in preparing monthly/quarterly reports for the business as required.
- Identify opportunities to drive simplification and automation of the processes.
About you
To thrive in this role, you need to
- Be a strategic, highly adaptable and entrepreneurial person.
- Have excellent financial acumen and data analytical skills, with bias to drive action.
- Have excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills with key stakeholders
- Have experience working in cross-functional teams.
- Have great project management and business process design skill.