Finance Manager Co-Pilot

The creation of exceptional Out of Home Food & Beverage experiences is the business of Nestle Professional + Nestle Solutions Lab. We are a food and beverage company dedicated to partnering in and furthering the business of everyone involved in the foodservice and hospitality industry. Our passion is Food and Beverages, and our aim is to develop close relationships with all our partners and use our global experience and know-how to share new, profitable, business ideas, trends and insights to ultimately help you achieve ongoing consumer satisfaction through our brands, products and solutions.

Whatever your business challenges, ideas or opportunities, we will work by your side to help you realize the success you dreamed of and to always provide a memorable culinary experience for your guests. We are not just in the business of food and beverages but dedicated to delivering exceptional satisfaction on every plate and cup, dedicated to making more possible, with you. Learn more by visiting www.nestleprofessional.us and www.nestlecoffeepartnerssl.com

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In this role you will serve as the Finance Manager Co-Pilot (NPS NCNA) supporting the Nestle Professional Solutions Sales Organization. This position provides financial, economic and competitive insights to support negotiations and win profitable business with large, complex customers. It also ensures sound investment decisions and is a key contributor to the achievement of the Nestle Professional Solutions division's sales growth and margin expansion objectives.

Key deliverables include: 1) Ensuring transparency and accuracy of sales financials 2) Fact-based guidance for the optimal use of commercial resources in customer contract renewals, negotiations and acquisition of new business. 3) Driving digital transformation and acceleration of Trade Planning & Management 4) Promoting compliance with local and Nestle Accounting Standards and maintaining an effective, efficient control framework.

The individual must be able to effectively interact, collaborate and communicate across multiple functions in the organization, constructively challenging and building consensus to drive results. They must also have a deep understanding of the full P&L and levers of value creation and be able to clearly communicate Financial concepts for non-Finance partners. The position will plan, prioritize, and manage workload in an environment of competing priorities where risk and value must be accurately assessed to support timely and sound business decisions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides actionable insights and recommendations to drive business actions and achieve targets and ambitions, with focus on Pricing, Mix and value creation elements. Supports the Non-Commercial National Accounts (NCNA) Sales team in developing financial proforma models, measuring customer performance, evaluating product/category performance across NCNA.
• Reviews and tracks customer performance and develops appropriate action plans to ensure achievement of performance targets for NCNA. Managing contracts within Exceedra for accurate volume and trade forecasts by customer.
• Influences Customer Contract negotiations and renewals by strategically setting or improving contracted program terms & conditions. Ensures accurate accounting of contract spend exposure and timely resolution of claim exceptions to support period end close and monthly forecast process.
• Ensures quality and timely information is used by the business for decision making and exercises foresight to ensure that potential risks and opportunities are anticipated and understood. Promotes the use of external and internal information for benchmarking.
• Drives a culture of 'audit ready at all times' compliance.

Key Experiences:

• BA/BS in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting.
• 5+ years of Finance experience.
• Prior experience in Strategic Revenue Management or Revenue Growth Management strongly preferred.
• Record of value creation through initiatives that improve efficiency and/or drive profitable growth.
• Ability to apply sales best practices and standards within the commercial finance and sales organization.
• Understanding of Foodservice (Away from Home) Food & Beverage Trade and Customer landscape.
• Good knowledge of the product portfolio, brand and customer profitability to encourage decisions that positively contribute to mix.

Key Skills:

• Financial modeling
• Time management
• Effective cross functional communication
• Organizational skills
• Key financial system skills: Excel, Exceedra, Oracle FIT, SAP, Power BI

Requistion ID:335008

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