Global Procurement Finance Analyst

Location: Netherlands

SIRE® is the market leader in Life Sciences recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continuous innovation. We like technology, in a Life Sciences market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!Our client is a professional Food and Finance organisation, based in Noord-Holland Netherlands.

The Company

Our client is a global leader in plant-based nutrition with a great history and a portfolio of iconic brands that people have used and trusted for generations. This includes Flora, Rama, Becel, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter and ProActiv.
They are a global food company with 6 business units operating in 95 markets. They have the mind-set of a start-up. This makes them fast, agile, entrepreneurial, cost conscious and accountable for their products - from seed to serving at the breakfast, lunch or dinner table.
They take quality seriously and around the world we taste products every 30 seconds. They take their consumers seriously and more than 150 people will taste test each of their new innovations before they hit the shelves.

Role Description

Our client is a global leader in plant-based nutrition with a great history and a portfolio of iconic brands that people have used and trusted for generations. This includes Flora, Rama, Becel, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter and ProActiv.
They are a global food company with 6 business units operating in 95 markets. They have the mind-set of a start-up. This makes them fast, agile, entrepreneurial, cost conscious and accountable for their products - from seed to serving at the breakfast, lunch or dinner table.
They take quality seriously and around the world we taste products every 30 seconds. They take their consumers seriously and more than 150 people will taste test each of their new innovations before they hit the shelves.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
· Material cost forecasting
· VIP Savings controlling
· Communication to the Countries

Key Accountabilities
· Working with Procurement teams to generate material price forecast for Cost forecast
· Coordinate material forecast process for the Transfer Price calculation process ( for the applicable countries)
· Control Material Savings and give input for Transfer Price Updates and Financial Forecast
· GMVA actuals and forecast reporting for Material Savings
· Analysis of Savings delivery to P&L
· Business Partnering on material cost
· Communicate material price forecast with the countries

Leadership Behaviours
Standards of leadership applicable for this role are listed below in order of importance:
· Accountability and responsibility
· Analytics/leverage mastery
· Growth mindset
· Bias for action

Requirements

· Master degree in Accounting/ finance or equivalent
· Over 3 years of experience in financial, operational and business partnering roles
· Excellent analytical and communication skills with ability to respond under pressure
· Experience of working in cross functional teams within a matrix environment desirable
· Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
· Meticulous nature and good attention to detail
· Flexible and open minded, quick to adapt to changing requirements

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Britt Gabriels.