Sales Finance & Planning collaborates with teams across the company to drive long-term growth and profitability at Danone. As a member of our team, you will play an active role in achieving our targets by managing the financial execution of the business plan and collaborating cross-functionally to achieve the strategic priorities for the customers we support along with broader company objectives. 

The Senior Manager acts as the primary finance business partner for the ABSF sales team.  This role is responsible for key financial and planning processes, influencing and supporting cross-functional partners, and supporting continuous Ways of Working improvement across our processes and deliverables to achieve company and team objectives.  This role has one direct report and can be based in either White Plains, NY or Louisville, CO!

Responsibilities:

• Lead monthly close, forecast and flash processes for the ABSF sales division across multiple business units
• Effectively communicate business outlook along with risks and opportunities to finance and sales leadership
• Influence and guide sales team and other stakeholders to profitable business decisions
• Act as liaison between demand planning team and sales team to drive alignment to volume forecasts
• Partner with sales team to develop customer level plans within the trade management system
• Collaborate with category commercial sales team, revenue management team, and customer sales team to establish trade targets and support pricing strategies
• Support ad-hoc requests

The base compensation range for this position is $140k-170k commensurate with experience. Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment.

• You have a Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred)
• You have 7+ years of progressive experience in finance or related field
• You ideally have CPG industry experience
• You have experience managing a P&L
• You have strong analytical and reasoning abilities
• You are proficient in Excel, with experience working with data across multiple systems
• You have experience working cross functionally and can influence in a matrixed organization
• You have strong interpersonal, communication, presentation and relationship-building capabilities
• You can prioritize and manage time effectively

At Danone North America, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You’ll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here

 
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