SCF Transformation Manager - Temporary Role
Location: Amsterdam #TMICC
Type: temporary, 12 months
The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company.A place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. And where we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences - transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories.Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.
ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY:
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth. Growing our business. Growing our customers’ businesses. Growing our people’s careers.Growth begins with empowerment. So, we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments – and having fun doing it.
With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.
We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025.
We dream big but keep things simple to act fast.
If you want to grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream, this is the place for you!
BUSINESS CONTEXT
ICE EU/ANZ is in a journey to accelerate growth and profitability. We aim delivering consistent, competitive 3%+ growth, and growing profit ahead of sales.
Transformation is a key lever in the profitability plan. Across all P&L areas there are several plan under way, driving a strong transformation plan, delivering the growth, the productivity and the fuel to re-invest. With key principles on doing things smarter, simpler, bolder and bigger.
MAIN JOB PURPOSE
Europe has the ambition to deliver underlying sales growth whilst stepping up underlying operating margin. The ambition is unprecedented and requires a high level of creativity and flexibility, mostly considering market volatility.
A bold but balanced set of initiatives has been launched covering the transformation of Europe’s Supply Chain (SC) network across main categories, driving savings harder & more transparently, a relentless push on Zero Waste and re-setting Europe’s Manufacturing network to the competitive level the business needs.
Reporting to Ice Cream Transformation Director Europe & ANZ, the Supply Chain Finance Transformation Manager Europe & ANZ will be the custodian and driver of delivery of the program composed by several individual projects for the Ice Cream category.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Full ownership of all transformation reporting, including effective communication to all stakeholders
Monthly transformation savings management reporting driving the full reporting cycle with all stakeholders to ensure timely submission of actuals and forecast.
Driving variance analysis and hold project teams accountable for execution and delivery, as well as ensuring clear explanations and alignment on changes and R&O
Own budget capex and restructuring control and governance of projects
Ensure Restructuring accounting and treatment is permanently aligned with Controllers Group and accounting rules
Consolidating and reporting actuals and forecast for restructuring cost and alignment with global team
Driving clear reporting of actual and forecasted project management cost including of clear phasing of people involved
Drive finance validation of all plans, capturing all milestones and critical steps to secure delivery
Ensure clear operational and financial KPI tracking is implemented for all live projects
Step in for specific projects / areas to deliver a well aligned business case
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS
5 years' experience in FMCG and Finance (Supply Chain Finance a plus, particularly in business case development)
Professional qualifications and experience: Finance/business degree, fluent in English
Experienced living and working in different cultural environments,
A solid understanding of cost accounting, financial accounting, and project management,
Strong problem-solving skills, analytical ability, strategic and critical thinking with focus on value creation,
Demonstrated ability to work and build rapport with stakeholders in a multicultural and multilevel dynamic environment,
Key Skills: change agent, driving performance through finance,
Advanced knowledge on modelling, big data and story telling,
Standards of Leadership: bias for action,curiosity and drive,accountability and responsibility
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?
Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!
Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus and share scheme.
Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office , you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.
Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
Home work allowance
Company laptop and mobile phone
Green Mobility Policy
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As publicly announced, it is envisaged that Unilever will internally separate its Ice Cream business by July 2025, at which point this role will transfer to the new Ice Cream company. It is expected that the Ice Cream business will then separate from Unilever by the end of 2025. Any impact on terms and conditions of employment will be communicated in due course. This proposal is subject to consultation where legally required.
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.
For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position
*NL specific:
for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in the Netherlands). If you are based outside of the Netherlands and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the Netherlands.
Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the Netherlands, if successful, your internal application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer.
You will be eligible for relocation support in the form of flights (to NL), immigration and tax support (in the year of move) and a lump sum in cash to be paid out during the first salary payment in the Netherlands. No further relocation support will be provided in a self-initiated CLOC.
ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?
To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV, latest EoY 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.
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.
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.
We take pleasure seriously. Join the Ice Cream Team now!
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