We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Group Procurement Finance to join our Finance team in Normanton, West Yorkshire.
As the Head of Group Procurement Finance you will business partner the Procurement, Logistics and GNFR leaders of IPL Produce. You will lead FP&A for the Procurement Function and ensure business decisions and performance are optimized for all stakeholders.
Your key responsibilities will include:
• Finance business partnering to the Group Procurement Director and category buying managers to ensure they maximize financial performance and deliver budget commitments (P&L covers £1.5bn of spend)
• You will build the 5 Year and 1 Year financial plans (budget) for the Procurement and Logistics functions, providing clarity on all assumptions and ensuring full engagement within the leadership team so that commitments are owned
• Attend regular performance reviews with the Procurement and Logistics leadership team to review and challenge the P&L and KPI performance
• Through monthly forecasts you will assess and quantify any P&L risks or opportunities and ensure that action plans are developed with the leadership team to optimize performance
• Facilitate a programme for identifying, evaluating and tracking cost saving initiatives
• You will provide financial leadership on change activities to ensure they are financially viable. As a part of this, ensure that key deliverables (both financial and non financial) are clear so that the project can be assessed accurately post implementation
• Ensure we maximise the potential of the Anaplan planning system across IPL procurement to drive insight and more accurate plans, forecasts and product costings. Also advance the use of data and other technology to improve the ways of working across the team
What are we looking for?
• Qualified accountant (CIMA / ACA / ACCA) with >3 years post qualified experience in finance roles
• Finance business partnering experience with ability to build collaborative working relationships with internal business customers
• Experience of business partnering Procurement functions
• Experience working within a challenging environment working to tight timelines
• Excellent critical and analytical thinking
• Self - starter with a high level of motivation for driving performance of the business, the team and themselves
• Excellent communicator at all levels
• Strong leaderships skills and experience of leading a team
• High degree of Attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills (MS Excel) and presentation skills (MS PowerPoint)
• Experience of working within a manufacturing, FMCG or Retail environment (is desirable)
What's in it for you?
We are a rapidly growing and exciting business, dedicated to the development of our colleagues and committed to creating a great environment for people to come and work. In order to grow we need to find people already living our values, culture and commitment.
In return we will offer you development, a competitive salary and benefits package, inclusive of:
• 10% Asda In store Discount
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• 34 days Annual Leave - Inclusive of 8 days bank holiday
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Life Assurance - All our colleagues benefit from life assurance of 4 x their annual base salary.
• Help@hand - Free, direct access to health and wellbeing support service, including unlimited video consultations with a UK-based GP 24/7, physiotherapy and mental health support.
• Grocery Aid - We’ve partnered with Grocery Aid to our colleagues and their families with a wide range of emotional, practical and financial support services.
• Asda mobile Discount - 30% off a wide range of Asda Mobile bundles and add-ons for our colleagues and one of their family members.
• Asda Pet Insurance discount – Up to 10% Discount
• Exclusive Exchange Rates via Asda Money - our colleagues can get a better exchange rate for their travel money when buying currency through Asda Travel Money (TravelEx)
• Ride-to-work scheme - We work with Evans to provide our colleagues with great savings across their range of bikes, clothing and equipment.
• Plus lots more! - Depending on job band, other fantastic benefits are also available including private healthcare, car allowances and long term incentive schemes.
• Free car parking
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