Nomad Foods
Senior Finance Business Partner
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Procurement Senior Finance Business Partner
Permanent role
Based in Woking, Surrey (Hybrid)
About Nomad Foods
Nomad Foods is home to iconic brands such as Birds Eye, Aunt Bessies & Goodfella Pizzas. As Europe’s leading frozen food company, we are proud of our passion, innovation, and commitment to excellence.
About the Role
We are excited to be hiring a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic team in our Woking head office.
As a valued business partner to the Head of Categories responsible for Fish and Indirects, worth a combined spend of ~€1bn, the Procurement Finance Senior Business Partner is a member of the Group Supply Chain Finance team working to provide a stewardship mindset, transparency, challenge, and integrity to commercial buying decisions to generate value for Nomad. The role also supports setting the commercial buying and productivity strategy along with the approach to supplier relationships and agreements.
You will be responsible for the analysis of Nomad’s spend versus budget and forecast as well as providing management with guidance on future outcomes, working with buyers to deliver a robust budget, forecast, and productivity pipeline of future cost-saving opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Business partner Head of categories for Fish and Indirects and the 10 buyers / senior buyers in those teams
- Preparing the annual Budget for Procurement purchases for the year ahead. Ensuring that assumptions are clear and challenged with buyers and Heads of Category
- Performing analysis of actual purchases and re-forecasting of expected future pricing with comparisons versus budget, explaining and communicating the key drivers of variances
- Working closely with planners in strategically important factories to help understand raw material stock, deliveries, and consumption in order to accurately forecast expected price variances
- Identification of risk and opportunities and work with buyers to mitigate and close any gaps to target
- Owns procurement price and cost information and supporting the communication of this information and trends to the commercial market teams to support retailer discussions
- Work with procurement team to identify, verify, and track key procurement cost savings projects and initiatives
- Accountable for ensuring that accurate financial information and insights are used in decision-making and performance is accurately measured and forecasted
- Support the evaluation of alternative supply chain and sourcing opportunities
- Understands trends in the external environment and competitive landscape and translates these into opportunities and insight for Nomad
- Works with buyers and planners to understand inventory positions, contractual call-offs, and coverage to ensure optimisation of stock positions and pricing
- Evaluation and decision support for procurement cash and working capital impacts
- Defines and implements small scale process simplification projects
- Lead, coach, and develop direct report in business partnering and financial activities
- Undertake formal appraisal reviews with direct report, i.e., mid-year and year-end reviews
- Coach and train buyers on financial issues / requirements
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- Education: University graduate, qualified accountant
- Experience: Min Qualified Accountant. A track record of 5+ years delivery in business partnering roles
- FMCG experience
- Excellent communication and analytical skills distilling detailed information down into key clear messages
- Highly numerate + analytical, with good attention to detail
- Able to apply intellect + judgement to influence cross-functional colleagues to act on financial recommendations in commercial decisions
- Able to lead, coach, and develop a direct report to out-perform targets
What We Can Offer You
We’re on an exceptional adventure and can offer a truly purpose-led career with flexibility. In addition, you will benefit from the below:
- An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
- The potential to progress your career across different areas of Birds Eye and Nomad Foods
- A culture where you're part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference
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