Commercial Finance Associate Manager

Job Description --------------- As a Commercial Finance Associate manager, you will be leading and working with a high performing team, with high degree of autonomy and decision making, and P&L Ownership. Besides partnering with the Sales team on driving the business across 25+ countries within Europe, the position is the designated business partner for the Head of Away From Home supporting in pan-European tenders for growth opportunities (Burger King, KFC, etc). You will also be leading from Finance perspective the negotiations with Hard Discounters (Kaufland & LIDL) focusing on enhancing the collaboration, expanding the assortment and maximizing the existing business. **Job Description** Key responsibility: * **Own the Cluster’s P&L**: owner of P&L for the region – responsible for delivering annual sales target while protecting profitability; building thorough business cases; focus on driving growth * **Operational planning & routines**: lead the forecast cycle discipline – assure key assumptions inclusion in the plan with constant challenge of change drivers * **Managing Trade Investments**: Assess opportunities for extra investments to maximize the ROI, collaborate in creating the joint Promotion Plan, being the gate keeper and ensure control and clarity over the Trade Investments * **Revenue Growth Management:** Provide insights into PPA (Price, Pack, Architecture) in-line with the strategy of delivering profitable growth across Volume, Revenue, Bottom-line and Market Share * **Business partner mindset:** deep understanding of markets environment / trends, proactive proposal of value generative ideas, being a point of contact / negotiations with distributors Expected Experience & required skills: * 5-7+ years of experience in Finance/Category or similar background * Excellent leadership skills – self-starter, with a drive for results while operating with speed and agility * Strong financial competence inclusive of previous experience owning a P&L, understanding of profit and revenue drivers * Strong interpersonal skills with experience in building distributor and customer relationships * Passionate about growth and demonstrates a growth mindset focused on delivering solutions * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in an agile environment * Experience negotiating both short- and long-term initiatives that are mutually beneficial to KHC and the customer **Location(s)** Amsterdam 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****.**