Nutrition Finance Lead Turkey & Arabia

Unilever is currently hiring for Nutrition Finance Lead Turkey & Arabia

ABOUT UNILEVER

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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

Nutrition Finance Lead Turkey & Arabia role is the custodian of value creation in the business and reports to NT Finance Lead PTAB. You will be a key member of the Nutrition Turkey Leadership team and Nutrition PTAB Finance Leadership team in this capacity. This role manages and drives end to end P&L in a cross-functional set up.

Building and executing a strategy to unlock value in this role will be a key enabler for overall success. You will develop a strong commercial acumen, good knowledge of supply chain and have organizational awareness to connect and collaborate. You are expected to incorporate agile in the way of BU working and lead simplification.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Delivery of in-year financial performance vs targets

• Partner with NUT Turkey leadership and teams to drive business delivery to achieve financial targets
• Proactively manage risk and opportunities within the business and flag in a timely manner
• Partner Marketing teams on in-market projects (innovations, renovations) to support growth
• Drive value creation programmes (e.g. NRM, ZBB, F4G) to maximize growth and profitability
• Provide decision support and oversight for sourcing strategy and capex projects
• Support delivery of overheads, geography cash targets for BU

Performance Management:

• Oversee Finance Performance Management to ensure targets are met.
• Coordinate monthly country performance reviews within the Business Unit (BU).
• Assist the BU General Manager and Finance lead in preparing for the BG/BU monthly meetings.
• Ensure the Forecasting process is completed on time and comprehensively for the BU, and share related insights with the BU Leadership Team.
• Perform timely and comprehensive analysis of actuals, and provide actionable insights to the BU Leadership Team.
• Lead the automation of reporting and analytics in collaboration with the Data & Analytics (D&A) Team.
• Convert insights into necessary interventions to create both short-term and long-term value for the BU.

Financial forecast accuracy

• Ensure accuracy of monthly financial forecast by leading and ensuring a robust Country S&OP
• Provide insight and analysis to all relevant stakeholders (Country and BU LT) on monthly results and forecasts
• Work with local country Finance Excellence Team (FET) to ensure the cash-up process is done in a timely and quality manner
• Managing month end closing, forecasting and reporting activities; following up actions for financial performance

Development of long-term strategy

• Develop the NUT Turkey ambition and financial framework for the long-term, in alignment with the BG/BU strategic priorities
• With the BU Finance leadership, identify and execute relevant initiatives to support the overall strategy for both the BU as well as the Finance function

Business Partnering

• Support and partner with the business teams in business modelling, P&L forecasts, competitor benchmarking
• Make interventions in the areas of Gross Margin (GM), Pricing, Return on Media Investment (ROMI), Promotions & market development
• Preparation of business cases in collaboration with brand teams as well as the Research & Development (R&D) and Consumer & Market Insight (CMI) communities; Drive post-launch intervention
• Work on pricing strategies, competitive analysis & benchmarking and business process redesign.
• Analyze financial results and key trends, assess current and future business risks, and communicate results to leadership.

Stewardship

• Ensure controls in place and functioning for pricing, promotion including SoA
• Ensure non-financial controls are managed according to Unilever standards

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field. MBA, CPA, CMA certification a plus.
• Minimum 7 years of financial experience or similar positions, preferably in FMCG sector

Skills

• Strong analytical capabilities
• Strong commercial finance acumen with proven ability to partner and influence business strategy
• Strategic planning, forecasting, strong handle on Fundamentals of Growth
• Stakeholder management and business partnering
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with & lead cross functional team.
• Ability and drive to work independently
• An enterprising and inquisitive nature that can find solutions to complex problems
• Advanced skills in Excel, and in-depth knowledge of SAP and BW.
• Personal Mastery and Effectiveness
• Fluency in Turkish & English

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.