Introduction & Job Detail:  

Danoners are steering us to a more sustainable future, helping to make the world healthier. As a certified B-Corp, we have our Danone Impact Journey to 2025. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders. Do you want to be one of them?

Role Purpose:

Business Partner with the Channel & Customer Director and their team with the shared ambition to drive revenue growth and win market share. Co-build Joint Business Plans aligned to Category strategies, provide insights & analysis and ensure the forecast is robust. Support to mitigate risks from plans and influence resource allocation to convert opportunities.

Commercial Business Partnering:

• Be the main finance point of contact to the Channel & Customer Director and their team to drive performance for KPIs across four categories.
• Engage with Channel & Customer teams, providing analysis and commentary throughout the monthly cycle, collaborating with Category Finance.
• Build, understand, and animate customer P&Ls, sharing insights and recommendations with wider stakeholder groups across Finance and cross-functional teams.
• Challenge trade investment and terms, ensuring adherence to RGM guidelines to optimize the promotion plan.
• Lead volume, mix, and price analysis for the channel.

Month end activities:

• Lead month end closing activities working closely with the Invoice to Cash team to deliver on-time, accurate P&L topline reporting.
• Internal audit controls including working with Auditors at year end on accruals management.

Systems and continuous improvement:

• Develop detailed working knowledge of systems and drive new reports and processes to meet the changing requirements of the business and stakeholders.
• Proactively seek more efficient ways of working in the team and across the business.
• Support cross-functional capability building.

About You: 

• Strong business partnering skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication and ability to cascade information across different functions
• Finance systems & processes including advanced excel skills
• P&L management
• Variance analysis
• Commercial focus with an understanding of customer dynamics, ideally FMCG

Salary Bracket: The salary on offer for this role is between £50,000 - £60,000

About Us: 

At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

We have a range of flexible benefits and excellent rewards, click here to find out more: https://careers.danone.com/uki/en/Why-Danone/our-learning---rewards.html 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

The closing date for applications is 12/08/24, you will therefore hear about your application after this date

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