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Mondelez International Manager Category Finance FP&A Meals, Innovation & Sustainability EU (F/M) in Athens, Greece
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
You will manage the Innovation agenda in Europe, on the one hand by being the central finance lead for our Meals category, working closely with our Marketing Director MEU on MEU innovation projects and on the other hand by business partnering with our Marketing Excellence team MEU and the global Innovation team. Furthermore, you will be the lead contact for our Sustainability VP MEU.
How you will contribute
You will:
Manage and execute aspects of finance planning and performance management process and related financial decisions potentially including Strategic Plan and Annual Contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modelling, and decision support for a focused scope within a region, business unit, country, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International Business Services or Corporate Finance team. You will own data collection and verify data integrity
Ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in your area of scope and ensure full compliance with our policies
Help the senior manager and the business prepare critical financial data and insight that enable perspectives for business strategies and decisions as well as execute adhoc analysis on request
Lead projects to improve efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement
Contribute to a high-performing Finance team. You will also invest in personal development and the development of Finance peers and drive our Finance talent agenda within the organization, with a focus on local FP&A pipeline
You will work closely with the Marketing Excellence and PCM team on our Innovation agenda for all categories
As main business partner for our sustainability lead you will overlook the sustainability financials and work closely together with our Senior Director Sustainability MEU and Procurement Finance Director
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE in financial planning and performance management including data collection and structuring, analyzing, planning and reporting company financial performance across all financial KPIs and investment decisions and cost management to achieve financial targets
BUSINESS ACUMEN and understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and local snacking market dynamics. Relevant experience in a regional/local business
LEADERSHIP SKILLS including experience with business partnering and communication skills across a large regional or local public company
GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and the ability to identify/execute opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness
INTEGRITY and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations
More about this role
This is a location-free role in Europe.
What you need to know about this position:
The Manager Category Finance must have a collaborative style with the ability to build partnerships cross functionally and effectively influence. You will provide business decision support to management. You will provide FP&A support to the Senior Category Finance Manager MEU Bakery & Meals, the FP&A Director and the Central Marketing Innovation team MEU.
Main responsibilities:
Meals
Key business partner to the Sr Director Meals MEU , leading financial analysis and directing the Central Marketing team on innovations and strategic decisions;
Participate in the monthly Project Approval (PAM) Process through assessment and voting on various projects (Innovations/ Promotions/ Profitability/ Maintenance/ Productivities etc.)
Prepare regular innovation updates for Category and area Finance Leadership
Coordinate the post-evaluation process for recent new product launches. Support Marketing with BDM (Brand Dev. Meeting) presentations and framing the story.
Participate in monthly BDM’s, directing other project team functions (e.g., BD teams) to improve functional decision making of our innovation pipeline and estimate financial impacts driven by different outstanding options.
Lead and coordinate FP&A activities for the Meals category;
Product hierarchy management, restatements and NPD tracking and analysis
Ensure budgeting and actuals for Meals are in line with company targets
Tracking and budget management of central A&C for Meals (monthly, AC, LE and major fc’s)
Drive process efficiencies and ways-of-working improvements
Promote financial knowledge and literacy to non-finance functions by providing advice and consulting
Responsible to manage a Genpact support for certain tasks, e.g., innovation P&L preparation, adhoc retrieves, monthly actuals deck etc.
Ad-hoc FP&A support
Finance pillar lead for finance topics within the Compass system project scope
Sustainability
Key business partner to the Sr Director Sustainability MEU , coordinating financial tracking for various sustainability streams;
Coordinate budgeting and Strategic Plan (SP) processes in Sustainability and Mindful Snacking related projects, with both Regional and Global teams
Central support to ensure robust finance assumptions received from x-functional teams are included for budgeting/SP
Partner with Proc. Finance to understand sustainability on-costs and ensure impacts are mitigated ensuring viability in the P&L
What you need to be successful in the role:
Understanding of PnL structure and variance analysis
Strong analytical, critical thinking, listening and communication skills
Presentation skills
Problem solving, multi-tasking skills and influencing skills with different departments
Self-motivated, proactive, organized
Very strong excel skills
Adaptability – responds resourcefully to new demands and challenges
Operating effectively in a changing environment and using initiative and personal resourcefulness
Collaborative approach
Coaching skills for other members of the team
Working knowledge of Finance systems (FIT, BI) and advanced user of MS excel
5+ years working experience in Finance, Category and FP&A knowledge preferred
Using data to make recommendations and decisions
Fluent English skills
Innovation Excellence
Key business partner to the Marketing Excellence & PCM MEU
Be an active finance business partner for all categories to support our Marketers with sufficiency & efficiency of their projects and be their first point of contact
Understand the Innovation reporting in Accolade and respond to global requests
Define Hurdle rates for innovation and other projects and work closely on that with your manager
Improve ways of working for innovation projects across all categories and work together with the whole team on end-to-end processes
Understand our Innovation Dashboard and work together with Genpact and our COE for Reporting & Planning on the quarterly actual reporting of our Top Innovations
What you need to be successful in the role:
Strong analytical, critical thinking, listening and communication skills
Presentation skills
Problem solving, multi-tasking skills and influencing skills with different departments
Self-motivated, proactive, organized
Very strong excel skills
Adaptability – responds resourcefully to new demands and challenges
Operating effectively in a changing environment and using initiative and personal resourcefulness
Collaborative approach
Coaching skills for other members of the team
Working knowledge of Finance systems (FIT, BI) and advanced user of MS excel
For Slovakia:
We pride ourselves on having a high performing and collaborative culture where we support your career and development. In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer salary starting from 3.950 € plus annual bonus payment based on your performance . The final offer will depend on the skills and previous experience of the candidate. We also offer top attractive benefits.
Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our succes
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Excited to grow your career?
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER
Job Type
Regular
Finance Planning & Performance Management
Finance
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum
Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.
Join us and Make It An Opportunity!
Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.