Europe Customer Operations Senior Finance Manager – LOGISTICS & OVERHEADS HUB HEAD

Job Purpose

Customer Operations is a Supply Chain function comprising of Logistics, Customer Service & Planning.

Role entails Finance Business Partnering European Customer Operations team on Logistics & Overheads matters. The role will head Customer Ops Finance Hub located in Katowice, Poland that supports all pan-European Finance activities across Transport, Warehousing & Overheads. The role presents a huge opportunity to unlock value for Unilever by ensuring robust Financial framework and unlocking optimisation opportunities to drive Savings & Service improvement.

Hub Head will manage multi-layered team of ultimately 10-15 Managers & Analyst and report into the European Customer Operations Finance Director.

Main Responsibilities

Finance Business Partnering + Financial Planning & Analytics:

• Prepare Logistics Cost Forecast for Transport & Warehousing

• Lead month end close activities ensuring accuracy & robustness of reporting

• Analyse Actuals vs. Forecast variances and prepare summary of root causes for management

• Together with Logistics Operations team drive Savings & Optimisation initiatives

• Participate in preparation of Annual Plan & Budget for Logistics

• Act as Budget Controller & Finance Business Partner for Functional Overheads

• Drive process standardization, optimization & digitalization for Finance processes

Talent & Teams:

• Build a winning team of Finance Business Partners

• Drive effective team collaboration and look for synergies

• Demonstrate passion for growth, excellence, capability building and agility in a highly VUCA business environment

• Share knowledge and strive for building a winning finance team

• Act as knowledgeable, purposeful & motivated manager to diverse team of 10-15 members

All about YOU:

• 7 or more years of Finance experience incl. line management experience of 7-10 people

• Former Supply Chain Finance experience at global or regional level is a must

• Evidence of strong people & team management abilities

• Experience & passion for process optimisation and digitalisation

• Structured and well-organised mindset

• Passion about high performance and working in a diverse team

• Ability to quickly navigate between detailed and helicopter views

• Ability to work under time pressure and ability to dynamically prioritise the workload

• Ability to understand complex dependencies and drive simplification

• Strong networking skills and ability to build connections with teams spread across the region

• Dynamic, Flexible and Positive mindset is a must

• Fluent level in spoken & written English

What we offer:

• Hybrid work and flexibility

• Opportunities for the development and improvement of qualifications

• Sharing the cost of professional training & courses

• Benefits: life insurance, private medical care, pension fund, sharing the cost of sports activities, and many others

• Annual bonus

• Extra days off to take care of yourself and others

• Unilever store - Our products at attractive prices

• Company car or car allowance

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