Finance Commercial Leader & Personal Care FBP

Europe Personal Care is a vital Business Unit (BU) within the Global Personal Care Business Group, with an annual turnover of c€1.8bn and comprising 6 strategic markets (UK, Germany, France, Benelux, Italy & Poland) and 3 Personal Care Categories (Deodorants, Skin Cleansing and Oral Care).  Working with some of Unilever’s biggest and most iconic brands such as Dove, Axe, Signal & Rexona, the Europe Personal Care BU is a key cell for market share, growth and profitability in a highly competitive landscape. The PC Europe BU has a clear focus on driving sustainable profitable growth through powerful brands & innovation and an agile mindset toward managing channel dynamics.

The Europe Personal Care BU Finance team is a multi-disciplined group of professionals covering Finance Business Partnering, Supply Chain Finance, and Performance Management, with a high performance and dynamic mindset, and fostering pan-European relationships to drive both professional and personal development.

Within this team, the role of Personal Care Poland Finance Business Partner is a new dual role with Poland Customer Development Finance responsibilities.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Business Performance

• Being the member of Personal Care Leadership Team in Poland and provide finance & commercial partnering to Category Leaders in Personal Care categories in delivering Personal Care growth agenda, and competitiveness with the right investment level supported by clear KPI and insights (up to 50% of the role in the scope).
• Delivering the in-year P&L, driving and shaping business performance for the Personal Care Business Unit.
• Driving performance of the category among local customers.
• Drive the right investment model (BMI across all categories in supporting the big bet innovation supported by clear objectives and alignment toward the portfolio objectives).
• Support in the development of category commercial strategy.
• Setting the longer-term strategic plan and lead the financial inputs/outputs of IBP.
• Control of sales & marketing budgets.
• Act as a single point of contact with European BU Category Finance Team. 
• Support CD from financial perspective for assigned channels to this role (as the role in 50% of the scope is assigned for topic related to Total National Poland). 
• Lead from finance end and support the negotiations with assigned customers.
• Support in promo pricing governance and execution.
• Control of TTS management and support contractual negotiations.
• Represent Finance on Polish CDLT. Be the champion for customer teams assigned to this role.
• Ensure the control framework is in place and working.
• Key stakeholders to interface: Finance National Management, Marketing, CSP, CBD, Supply Chain, PC Europe Leadership Team.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of Finance experience.
• Professional qualification (CA/ACMA or equivalent) is beneficial, however it is not essential.
• Excellent commercial acumen & strong business partnering credentials with a proven track record on delivery.
• Strong leadership skills are essential, experience in leading cross functional teams.
• Experience in presenting to and communicating with senior Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.
• Experience in Finance Business Partnering (Reporting, Forecasting, Performance management) and / or Sales Finance.
• University degree, preferable in Finance, Accounting, Economics and Management.​ 

Skills 

• ​​People Leadership skills
• ​High business acumen. 
• ​Critical thinking.
• ​Logical and analytical thinking.
• ​Stakeholder management.
• ​Ability to deal with large number of data and convert it into insight.
• ​Learning agility, collaborative spirit, result oriented. 
• ​Flexibility and adaptability to changing environments. 
• ​Proactive individual with “can-do” attitude. 
• ​Good in communication, organizational and presentation skills. 
• ​English fluency​.
• Experience in being accountable for Target delivery.  
• Excellent Excel/Presentation skills and Analytical Skills. 
• Good Communication Skills and able to work in fast paced environment and manage timelines. 

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.

SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviours:

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed.
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• CONSUMER & CUSTOMER LOVE: Brings the voice of the consumer into everything we do, always.
• PURPOSEFUL IMPACT: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever. 
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
• TALENT CATALYST: Inspire people to grow, with support and honesty.

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. 

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