Foods Supply Chain Finance Analyst

UNILEVER IS LOOKING FOR A SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE ANALYST – GLOBAL FOODS

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

We want our business to flourish, and we know that our success depends on others flourishing around us. That's why our purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace, and why sustainable, long-term growth is at the heart of our business model.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Foods Business Group (BG) represents 20%+ of the Unilever business. Foods has an exciting portfolio consisting of both global brands and local jewels. This portfolio benefits from a growing footprint in Developing & Emerging markets and an established consumer base in developed markets. Foods is competing in one of the most rapidly changing markets and Finance Teams play a pivotal role to ensure the right investment decisions are being made – protecting value today and creating a future ready.

In the new Unilever Organization, Business Groups now have end to end P&L responsibility across the company which requires a different way to drive performance management, investment, choices that are fully aligned with strategy, and overall value creation.

Supply Chain Finance plays a key role in shaping sourcing strategies, investment choices and ensuring an efficient cost base to drive long term and sustainable value creation. The Foods Global Supply Chain Finance Analyst reports to the Business Group Foods Supply Chain Finance Manager and works to drive value through a range of levers including cost savings programmes, complexity and waste reduction, network strategy, capital allocation, innovation, and capacity investments.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE?

The role offers a great opportunity for the successful candidate to develop a global network across Finance and Supply Chain, build experience in supply chain strategy development, performance management and Foods business.

• Monthly performance analysis for both actuals and forecast to extract insights, identify hot spots, and drive corrective actions.
• Business model optimisation and margin improvement programmes, including the continued development of savings programmes.
• Complexity management, simplification, and harmonisation programmes.
• Providing a critical interface between the various teams involved to facilitate decision making for Foods Supply Chain; especially linking the Foods Business Units, Procurement and Research & Development in a structured manner to ensure rigour, efficiency, and consistency in core ways of working.
• Major global-driven capital and/or restructuring programmes, whether to drive savings or respond to innovation or capacity needs.

THE QUALITIES WE LOOK FOR

• Financial academic level or equivalent experience
• Strong analytical capability, attention to detail and Microsoft Office skills
• Highly motivated to get things done and pro-active in doing so
• Ability to work collaboratively with other / senior key stakeholders
• Passion for learning and development
• Excellent communication skills and positive attitude

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!

• Attractive total remuneration package: excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.
• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
• We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
• Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40%-60% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office, you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.
• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
• Homework allowance
• Company laptop and mobile phone
• Green Mobility Policy.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, parenthood, pregnancy or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against.

By highlighting the gender diversity at the workplace, Unilever encourages women equally men to apply. If you look for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.

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