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Finance Business Partner, Indirect Spend

Location: 

Zurich, CH, 8005

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

 

We are currently hiring for a Finance Business Partner for the Global Sourcing Team of Indirect spend.  The role will be key in supporting the Purchasing department with financial analysis, computing Calculations on relevant KPIs of Indirect spend (Trading profit & OPEX / CAPEX Savings).

 

Key Responsibilities Include:

 

  • Act as Business partner for the Indirect spend lead and their direct reports (Purchasing team indirect spend)  

  • Assume ownership of Actual Regional P&L preparation and reporting; driving action plans to achieve targets

  • Contribute to the implementation of business strategy by preparing Mid Term Plan and Budget/Forecasting financial projections

  • Review and manage the timely submission of all reported KPIs for Regional Sourcing lead and related presentations (i.e. Internal   quarterly reviews, monthly regional reviews etc.)

  • Prepare month end closing accruals calculation in local books for relevant cost centers

  • Drive due diligence controls of OPEX & CAPEX Savings on a quarterly basis

  • Trigger Working capital improvement initiatives (collaborate with Treasury, Regional finance etc.)

  • Partner sourcing team in Business case evaluation (i.e. risk and financial evaluation of new sourcing strategies)

  • Generate analysis on the SG&A cost for actual and budget/forecast cycle for Global Sourcing, including FTE / HC analysis for Actual and Forecasting cycles in collaboration with HR

  • Coordinate Budget cycles and system Budget data submission for all regions of Global sourcing

  • Contribute to the implementation of Group Finance Strategy by driving EPM adoption (SAC) and data driven decision making processes within global sourcing (Finance digitalization); represents Sourcing in Group Finance projects

  • Design, implement and maintain processes and procedures within Sourcing

  • Business partnering with local cross functional teams and finance peers globally

 

About You

 

  • Higher education: Bachelor in Finance / Controlling or Business Administration, Masters preferable

  • 7+ Years of applicable Finance / Controlling experience preferably developed in a Food processing environment

  • Experience with controlling of Procurement value creation i.e. OPEX & CAPEX savings preferred

  • Sound experience of supporting a global Procurement or related function

  • Experience and ability to evaluate and challenge business cases

  • Excellent Presentation and collaboration skills

  • Able to display organizational agility

  • Strong stakeholder management experience with the ability to challenge and influence

  • High analytical skills and attention to details

  • Food Industry experience is a plus

  • Exposure to Risk Management

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.

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