Senior Finance Manager, EMEA Procurement

Senior Finance Manager, EMEA Procurement

Lodz, Poland

We are currently looking for a talented individual to hold the position of Senior Finance Manager, EMEA Procurement Consumer. The role is based in Lodz and reporting to EMEA Procurement Finance Director. The selected person will be responsible for financial decisions related to procurement spend across EMEA. Detailed description and responsibilities are described below.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing the analysis and reporting of direct purchase item spend in EMEA on materials and FX, inbound freight and duty.  Working with commercial and FP&A teams to ensure accuracy and transparency
• Managing quarterly forecasts, budgets and long term planning within the region
• Providing key insight EMEA procurement budget, including decisions on costs related to raw materials, packaging, co-packing, freight and duty, FX and rebates
• Tracking, reporting and validation of EMEA direct and indirect CCI projects.  Providing rigour and consistency to projects presented by the EMEA buyers, the CCI team, R&D and ensuring that the projects are correctly integrated into the respective forecasts
• Lead business partner to the Consumer Solutions commercial and commercial finance teams in supporting the delivery of profit targets and commercial strategy
• Managing information process for pricing negotiations with key customers, with direct effect on pricing/NSV.
• Providing informal support to analysts across our European countries
• Supporting indirect procurement projects
• Working with McCormick Center of Excellence on enhancements to reporting systems
• Providing analytical & decision support to enable efficiencies in work capital (AP & Inventory)
• Ensuring that SOX controls are completed on time and ensuring timely and accurate preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
• Managing and developing a Procurement finance Analyst based in Poland and supporting a Supply Chain Finance Controller based in D&A
• Maintain contact with Global procurement finance to ensure standardisation of process and policies

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Strong business partnering skills
• Ability to craft and communicate a story for complex situations in a clearly articulated manner backed up with appropriate insights
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across multiple professional levels, cultures and languages.
• Growth mindset on how to drive innovation, efficiencies and be a champion for Change as we evolve to the dynamic needs of the business following principles of McCormick Growth behaviours
• Strong influencing skills
• Commercial Mindset with the ability to think strategically and understand business impact
• Ability to work to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to be adaptable and flexible in the fast changing FMCG environment
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to handle complexity and achieve results
• Strong interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build and sustain relationships at all levels of the organisation as well as leading and supporting an informal team
• Proactive approach to problem resolution
• Demonstrable knowledge of ABC (Activity based costing)
• Strong IT skills: Excel (VLOOKUP, pivot tables); experience in working with a fully integrated financial/ERP system (SAP) , Preferably good experience using Power BI

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