Senior Finance Controller Ingredients Go-to-Market

FrieslandCampina Ingredients is seeking a highly motivated and strategic Senior Finance Controller to play a critical role in driving business performance, commercial value creation, and digital transformation across the Ingredients business. The successful candidate will work closely with the Business Group leadership team, commercial teams, external partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to maximize value creation and accelerate business performance.

What we ask

• Strong analytical capabilities combined with both tactical and strategic thinking.
• Capable business partner with strong business and commercial acumen.
• Strong end-to-end perspective, able to connect supply chain, valorization, and commercial dynamics.
• Self-starter with a proactive mindset, taking ownership and driving business performance and continuous improvement.
• Able to maintain a helicopter view in a complex environment and navigate strategic projects impacting the whey supply and trading business.
• Hands-on and pragmatic, with the ability to drive customer and joint venture topics, as well as ad hoc business requests.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• Experience in trading, feed markets, or related commercial environments is preferred.

What we offer

• You will be part of the FrieslandCampina Ingredients Go-to-Market Finance team, consisting of 15 team members with various backgrounds and experience.
• A hands-on finance role with the opportunity to play an active role in many commercial, operational and strategic topics.
• Lots of exposure to external partners, both joint venture partners and external partners in the feed business, as well as the Business Group Management Team.
• Opportunity to minimize financial losses and optimize valorisation of supply-driven feed and trading flows of BG Ingredients side streams.

As a farmer-owned cooperative, we combine an international environment with a clear social and sustainable purpose. We support your growth through training, coaching and internal career opportunities. With trust and autonomy, you can make real impact.

Employment benefits

• A work week of 32 to 40 hours, 15% company bonus, 8% holiday allowance and a pension scheme.
• Hybrid working with flexible working hours, a train card and/or €0.23 per km (max. 30 km one way).
• 200 hours of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 40 hours.
• A laptop, phone and home office equipment to support flexible working.
• Extras at the head office, such as milk and cheese during lunch, fresh fruit and barista coffee.

Vacancy Description

As Senior Finance Controller Ingredients Go-to-Market, you are the financial co-pilot for the Whey Sourcing & Trading business, partnering closely with the Senior Sales Manager and commercial team to drive performance, profitability, and value creation. You combine end-to-end P&L responsibility, commercial finance leadership, and strategic business partnering with a strong focus on data-driven decision making. Through robust performance management, business insights, and continuous improvement initiatives, you help optimize commercial and operational decisions and support the realization of FrieslandCampina Ingredients' growth ambitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the financial co-pilot to the Senior Sales Manager Whey Sourcing & Trading (WS&T) and team, driving business improvements, contract negotiations, and realization of the strategic agenda.
• Own the WS&T P&L, including the valorization of feed and trading flows of BG Ingredients side streams and the supply of Lactose to the DFE joint venture.
• Drive financial performance by challenging commercial decisions, identifying value creation opportunities, and translating strategy into financial outcomes.
• Monitor complex supplier agreement negotiations and commercial discussions to ensure correct pricing and indexations, including alignment with external partners.
• Leverage a strong understanding of Ingredients business processes and product portfolio to support valorization decisions, network optimization initiatives, and strategic business cases.
• Lead the finance agenda in operational committees with customers and external partners, driving operational and financial improvement programs.
• Run and continuously improve WS&T finance operations, including MBRs, Outlook cycles, budgeting processes, and management reporting, in close collaboration with the Financial Reporting & Planning team.

In addition, you contribute to the Commercial Excellence agenda and drive business performance through data-driven decision making by

• Developing, implementing, and monitoring commercial and financial KPIs, including contract coverage, contract consumption, distributor performance, and customer segmentation.
• Supporting sustainable growth across Platinum, Gold, and Silver customers through strategic account planning, optimized resource allocation, and performance insights.
• Enabling strategic resource prioritization through business impact assessments and data-driven insights.
• Driving transparency and performance management through dashboards, analytics, and management information.
• Championing a data-driven culture across FrieslandCampina Ingredients by translating business needs into actionable insights and supporting AI-enabled solutions.
• Leading the adoption of digital tools and new ways of working that enhance decision-making, efficiency, and organizational performance.