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Americas Finance BP Sourcing

Location: 

Chicago, US, 60654

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role: 

 

Barry Callebaut is a global organization poised for growth; a company that has embraced the vision to delight its customers while out-performing its competitors, a business that is committed to sustainability, has innovation in its DNA, is a leader in complex manufacturing and supply chain solutions and is focused on being a best-in-class employer. Barry Callebaut seeks diverse and passionate people who thrive in a dynamic environment, focused on continuous learning, living BC’s Values, and of course, loving chocolate.


Finance Business Partner for the Americas Region Sourcing team (WE Category directors based in ZRH & CEE VP Sourcing) supervising the Financial analysis for the sourcing department, co-leading from Financial aspect the Regional Sourcing P&L and B/S decisions.

 


Key responsibilities include: 

 

  • Business partner for the Americas Region Sourcing team (North America, South America) serving VP Sourcing, Americas.
  • Manage Regional P&L, B/S, & Cash flow reporting, detect risk & opportunities, and provide insights and develop strategic initiatives to drive action plan to close gaps.
  • Evaluate new sourcing strategies, develop business cases to support initiatives, & prepare investment proposals.
  • Develop, implement, and oversee finance capabilities by designing finance process and reports to be used to drive performance and guide tactics of all business partners.
  • Deploy the re-engineered processes, capabilities and re-architected finance systems to measure performance vs targets and support enhancement of FP&A activities.
  • Aid in development of regional working capital strategies in close collaboration with Accounting & Treasury
  • Co-lead standardization and digitalization within the Global Sourcing Finance Team
  • Lead the regional Sourcing Team through Strategic Plan, Budget & Forecasting cycle preparation and presentation
  • Collaborate, cross functionally, in a matrix organization with Pricing, Sales and sourcing to steer margin decisions
  • Review and manage the development and timely submission of all reported KPIs for Regional Sourcing lead and related presentations (i.e. Internal quarterly reviews, monthly regional reviews)
  • Manage Third party Trading Business results recognition and design related financial controls and analysis
  • Drive controls and review financial process over supplier usage (counterparty risk & diversification), monitor risk single source suppliers
  • Review finance process to safeguard processes and procedures within Sourcing (Internal Control) 
  • Manage resources and influence in matrix organization, manage processes via GBS based resources 
  • Travel 10%  

 


About you:

 

  • Higher education: Bachelor in Finance / Controlling / Economics or Business Administration, Master degree considered a plus 
  • 10+ Years of applicable Finance / Controlling experience preferably developed in a Food processing environment. Experience with controlling, risk management incl. commodities / derivatives management considered a plus.
  • Outstanding Presentation skills, ability to influence / strong collaboration skills in Matrix organization 
  • Organizational agility
  • Accuracy and an analytical mindset is key for this position
  • High analytical skills supported by very strong capabilities in MS Office & SAP R/3, Microsoft Power BI
  • Very strong oral and written skills in English

 


What you can expect from Barry Callebaut: 

 

  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
  • Paid time off, plus generous paid holidays
  • Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility 
  • An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature. We call it #OneBC! Just ask our champions with the Americas Women’s Forum and the Racial Equality Forum!
  • Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth
  • Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products.  
     

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

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