Senior finance manager
Foods people love. Brands people trust. And a career that nourishes your future like no other.
We're in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.
We’re determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day.
Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond.
Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Essentia water was acquired by Nestle in 2021 filling a critical need within NPWs portfolio. Essentia brings unique learning opportunities, including an exclusive DSD route to market, co-man, and best in class media.
The brand has seen strong growth while going through huge integrations. The scope of the role will be to continue to drive the business forward, while supporting continued integration.
The ideal candidate is highly motivated, comfortable in ambiguous situations, a strong collaborator, and can quickly form and articulate their position.
Looking for a leader that can coach and collaborate across all levels.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Own Essentia P / L and financial results.
- Report financial status to senior management monthly by developing forecasts, reporting results, analyzing variances, and developing improvements
- Develop continuous process improvement strategies to drive operational efficiencies and further integrate Essentia business within NPW
- Plan, develop and implement strategies for operational management to meet organizational performance plans and gross margin targets within agreed budgets and deadlines
- Establish and maintain appropriate processes and dashboards for measuring necessary aspects of business operations
- Develop key financial planning and reporting (forecasting, tracking, reporting and financial and operational analysis)
- Develop key insights on business and investments to optimize growth
- Understand Essentia’s unique route to market via co-man and DSD to help formulate E2E strategy utilizing the best of Essentia and the best of Nestle.
- Help develop and optimize critical commercial processes including MBP, MBS, AOP, and DF
- Finance lead on all Essentia innovation.
- Lead ad hoc analysis on strategic and critical tactical decisions.
NESTLÉ USA POSITION DESCRIPTION
SUPERVISION RECEIVED :
Expected to be able to work independently, with limited supervision on day-to-day tasks & responsibilities that are executed on a weekly and monthly periodic basis.
SUPERVISION GIVEN :
Expected to provide key coaching to all levels of the organization to help build financial acumen, familiarity with Nestle Financial processes, and to hit key deliverables.
FINANCIAL / STRATEGIC IMPACT :
Expected to create value through maximizing business growth in a challenging and competitive environment. Short term will need to navigate through the ever-changing competitive environment and internal integrations while forming the vision and path over the MBS horizon.
Will be key finance contact in several critical process including MBP, AOP, DF and our commercial planning. Will be able to have significant impact in long term route to market and optimization of Nestle resources at Essentia.
REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL :
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
- 7+ years of financial management experience
- Previous management experience preferred
- Ability to manage directly as well as influence others
- Ability to work with limited / no supervision
- Position requires approx. 15% to 20% travel
- Prior Supply Chain / Logistics experience preferred
- Prior cost management experience strongly preferred
- Sales Finance Strongly Preferred.
SKILLS :
- Ability to influence and work with cross-functional teams
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Strong aptitude to learn and use corporate finance systems
- Strong aptitude in learning and using external market data (IRI)
Job ID : 245341
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