Sourcing Finance Manager

How you can make a difference

Shape the future of European sourcing and merchandising finance by partnering with senior stakeholders across brands and functions. In this role, you will drive consistency, transparency, and value creation across joint sourcing initiatives while helping transform the European commercial finance landscape.

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups. Together with our seventeen strong local retail brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we share a passion for delivering great food, value and innovations.

Your new team

At the heart of the European Ahold Delhaize organization sits the European Finance team to support the European team and drive alignment, consistency and clarity for local brands in areas of IT, shared service centers (Finance & HR), joint sourcing and the ever-changing ESG transition. The European finance team supports the brands on cross-functional projects in these areas and drives the overall European portfolio to ensure delivery as Europe.

The EU&I Sourcing Finance Manager supports the EU sourcing team and plays an integral part in the joint sourcing activities that have unified certain products to be sourced centrally. The role also supports the EU merchandising team.

The role is to be a true business partner to the European sourcing team, supporting them in unifying sourcing savings calculations, aligning merchandising metrics across brands, and supporting the overall change agenda that sourcing is going through on a European level.

You will report to the EU& Commercial Finance Director, who will help, lead and coach you. You will have the possibility to own this area and make a difference through your approach and new things you implement.

Key focus areas of your role

• Business partnering – be the finance support to the various EU sourcing and merchandising teams
• Own the savings targets, drive consistency and help set up new enhancements to improve and simplify the process
• Forecast, Summer Letter and EBR – align with your cross-functional partners on upcoming forecast, Summer Letter and EBR goals and drive consistency
• Transparency to deliver on the forecasts for business partners and the brands
• Merchandising finance – help shape the merchandising transformation and support the team in the day-to-day business
• Strong reporting and presentation of results, with exposure to senior leadership
• Continuous improvement projects – opportunities to streamline processes and be the finance support in upcoming central EU sourcing and commercial projects

What’s in it for you?

At Ahold Delhaize, we create a caring culture where you feel safe and supported. Being part of our family of brands comes with cross-cultural teamwork, international experience, and room to explore across brands and functions. Your curiosity drives what’s next.

We value your well-being, both at work and beyond. That’s why we offer benefits like flexible work options, well-being initiatives, sabbatical leave, and family care.

• Attractive bonuses
• A first-rate pension plan
• 20 vacation days and the option to buy an additional 12,5 days from your personal flex budget
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card
• A laptop and smartphone

The ingredients you bring

Everyone brings their unique flavor. We believe this role comes to life when you bring the following experience:

• Have a Master’s degree in business, finance or economics
• At least 6 years of experience in Finance, and prior experience in accounting and commercial finance/sourcing is nice to have
• Excellent Dutch and English communication skills (verbal and written)

Meet your colleagues

“I need to feel like I'm constantly moving forward.”

Monica Lefterica, Capex Manager

“Go out there and do it – if it doesn’t work out, we'll fix it together.”

Frederieke de Haas- van den Vlekkert, Finance Director

“I love working for a company that encourages you to fully be yourself”

Bram Koper, Financial Controller Commerce