Assistant Finance Manager – Unilever Food Solutions

Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Brussels, BelgiumLocal conditions apply.

Who are we?

The world of Food Solutions is a dynamic and exciting environment with passionate professionals who work hard to carry out their common ambition to “support, inspire, progress”. Our customers range from restaurants and hotels through to pub chefs and workplace, school or hospital caterers - as well as the wholesalers and cash and carries who service the foodservice industry. Unilever Food Solutions (ufs.com) is the dedicated culinary foodservice business of Unilever which operates in more than 70 markets across the globe. The UFS portfolio consists of many of the world’s leading food brands like Knorr, Hellmann’s and The Vegetarian Butcher.

Business Context

Within the UFS Benelux team we are looking for an Assistant Finance Manager who reports to the Finance Manager and has close contact with the Marketing & Sales teams. The role offers an attractive balance between strategic and operational responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

Together with the Finance Manager, you are responsible for the general financial administration and you provide support for the follow-up of the various marketing and sales budgets for the Unilever Food Solutions business. You do this together with the marketeers and the various account managers. You will also be responsible for the setup of profitability calculations for various customers, as well as the settlements of our entire tender business.

In short, we have a very extensive and varied range of tasks on offer for you!

Main Accountabilities:

• Supporting the Finance Manager with budget exercises for marketing and sales, analysis regarding profitability.

• Administrative support for referencing new products and prices.

• Monitoring sales performance and setting up actions with the sales team if necessary (FP&A).

• Administrative & analytical support of the business operations team: follow-up on settlement of budgets and contractual agreements with both the wholesaler and end customers, credit notes and price claim management, promotional analyses. A close working relationship with the trade account managers is evident in this role.

• Drawing up, sending & paying out all tenders (price quotes & public tenders) and you are the central point of contact for both internal and external contacts regarding this matter. You are the key user and manage the tender management tool (TMT) in all its facets. You will certainly be able to demonstrate your organizational qualities and determination, but your social and communication skills will also come into their own here. Calculating and paying out field payments and samples are also part of your core tasks.

• In addition, you will do financial reporting every month end to ensure the correct numbers get reported to the global organization.

• A core task is to clearly monitor overhead and Brand and Marketing investment expenditures and reporting to management thereof.

• Forecasting will be a monthly responsibility to gather information from the Trade team, Supply Chain and through data from clients to submit to global.

Leadership Behaviours:

Standards of leadership applicable for this role:

• Agility; being inquisitive and courageous.

• Passion for high performance; deliver and takes accountability for a step up in UFS performance on both top- and bottom line.

• Business Acumen; quickly understanding and acting on a new business model (B2B) to create new opportunities and sustainable growth acceleration.

Profile:

• Degree in Finance, Management or a quantitative field (or equivalent experience).

• 2-5 years’ experience in financial roles.

• Excellent analytical and communication skills with ability to work under pressure.

• Able to interact and collaborate effectively in a wide network of stakeholders.

• Clarity of thinking – ability to see the big picture, whilst interested to dive into details.

• Strong engagement, presentation, and communication skills.

• Interest in everything related to nutrition so that you can think along with Sales colleagues and their customers.

• A positive and commercially minded force who can hold his/her own in a sales and marketing environment.

• You are systematic & independent.

• Team Player that can work cross-functional (both with marketing and sales-oriented roles).

• You are meticulous and able to handle your administration punctually.

• Knowledge of languages: Dutch and/or French + English.

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  To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV, latest EoY , talent card and a motivation letter.   If you have been informed that you are at risk of redundancy, please make sure to tick this box during your application. Please also attach your letter of redundancy to the application.

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  Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.

  For questions, please reach out to Joelle Grau, joelle.grau @unilever.com  

  By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to apply for other positions.

  Disclaimer  

  Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color , religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability .

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