Associate Director, Procurement Finance

Perform a wide range of economic analyses, such as competitive trends, pricing, cash flow, product line evaluation, and capital additions. Analyze and report external economic trends, such as the effects of government legislation. Appraise financial effect on the company. Counsel on all matters of potentially significant financial impact to the company. Develop long-range budgets and other projective guidelines and measures. Prepare long-term profit or loss forecasts to facilitate management review of capital appropriations, expansion strategies, product line changes, etc. Evaluate and provide recommendations for pricing practices and review significant pricing decisions for economic soundness. Lead special projects, such as the economic evaluation of divestitures or acquisitions, the financial effectiveness of internal operations, and the product performance. This is a high-level analytical position combining a thorough knowledge of accounting and finance issues with business sense.

Job Description

Associate Director Procurement Finance

The Procurement Finance Associate Director is the Finance Business Partner for the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and GCOE Procurement organization, and is responsible for providing insights and recommendations on our Procurement financial performance across the globe with ~$11bn of spend, spread across Direct & Indirect materials as well as Sustainability goals. The role is required to review and assess this spend while ensuring they support the zones by driving value for the business.

Responsibilities:

- Ownership of the Global Procurement P&L.
- Support CPO with consolidated financial visibility and analysis for incl FX and commodities.
- Responsible for financial review of Global Category Led (GCL) Contracts and support to the GCL team.
- Own the financial review of ESG commitments and contracts as well as management of in year progress on financial and performance goals.
- Own methodologies implemented by the Procurement group and ensure clear alignment to these identifying any gaps.
- Lead, develop and train a team of 2 direct reports and 5 indirect reports.
- Guide Procurement annual operational plan (AOP) and strategic plan / 3YP exercise, including global benchmarking.  Negotiate budgets with entity owners and global counterparts.
- Ad-hoc projects as required

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in economics, accounting, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.  MBA or CPA preferred
- Experience working a CPG company in the food & beverage industry
- 10 years’ experience working within operations or corporate finance
- Experience working in public accounting, investment banking, or consulting, an asset
- Strong communication, leadership and coaching skills
- Ability to review and simplify data to create a strong and compelling presentation to executives
- Experience working with budgets/forecasts and modelling
- Ability to motivate and lead a team

## Location(s)
Amsterdam

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes .