Supply Chain Finance Manager – Capital Expenditure & Controls

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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Our story

Family and ideas have always been our ingredients. Our founding families believed biscuits and chocolates could bring moments of happiness to the world. Their ideas have stood the test of time. Their spirit continues to inspire our future. It’s in the care and the craft we bake into biscuits and chocolates that have been loved for generations. And it’s in the fresh ideas, the new twists, flavours and textures we add to old and new favourites.

A global community

Our 16,000 colleagues, in every corner of the world, bring their own experience of happiness to pladis. Each of us is unique but coming together as one family of bakers and chocolatiers working hard, with pride and with purpose. Because after all these years, we still believe biscuits and chocolates bring people together. We are pladis. We bake happiness. Happiness with every bite.

Inspired by you

Our founders didn’t follow rules and recipes, they created them. We’re looking for fresh thinkers to help us create the next chapter for pladis.

pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues.

Because growth is our oxygen and our fuel. And it’s our deep and abiding belief that growth comes from working together, helping each other out, always passionate about our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.

pladis colleagues care deeply about being the best. About winning, staying the course and never giving up. Whichever part of the world we’re in, whatever our role. Whether we’re baking, working in HR, finance, marketing or many other areas – we win as one pladis team.

And while we’re all unique, we share something in common. It’s the code by which we live and work. We call it our ‘Winning Traits & Behaviours’: Purpose Led, Agile, Collaborative, Positive and Resilient. Five aspects of pladis life that define who we are, how we interact and get things done.

Why join our team? 

pladis is home to iconic brands Godiva, McVitie’s and Ulker. These brands make sweet treats and savoury treats that consumers everywhere recognise and enjoy! As we start on our new pathway, we will continue making the biscuits and confectionery people know and expect from these brands, and we will expand their portfolios too. Together we will build new and exciting products at pladis – new flavours, new concepts and new ways to share happiness

Our strength is not only in our products, it is also in our people and our values Each business that has united to form pladis are loved for their heritage and values. We will retain the honesty, integrity and trust instilled in our brands by our ground-breaking founders as we embark on the next chapter of our success.

What will this role achieve? 

As the Capex Lead for Supply Chain Finance, you will be fully accountable for our Efficiency, Infrastructure, Compliance and HSE Business Cases as well as having input to our Growth projects. All reporting, forecasting and budgeting responsibilities for Capex will be led by this role; including submissions for the Quarterly Capital Board to Group Supply Chain Finance.

Alongside Capex, this role will lead key Financial Control workstreams and be responsible for eliminating financial losses within the Supply Chain. To achieve this, a journey of standardisation and culture of continuous improvement will be necessary. Priorities will change but focus areas might include our recording and sale of waste, inventory valuations and labour reconciliations.

As a guardian of Financial Control in the function, this role will also be responsible for Internal & External Audit relationships and workstreams and the leader for UK Transfer Prices. Lastly, ad-hoc work will comprise of ROI investment decisions as well as key analysis and decision support.

The role will report directly into the Senior UK&I Supply Chain FP&A Manager; as well as supporting the Supply Chain Finance Director, Supply Chain Financial Controller and our 5 Regional Finance Managers. You will regularly partner key internal contacts such as Factory Managers, Supply Chain Director & Project Engineering Director and also work with Global & Regional Supply Chain Finance, as well as Internal Audit. Lastly, this role will also act as a point of contact for External Audit on behalf of the Supply Chain Finance Team

The role will require travel to the manufacturing sites and Chiswick Park to both drive financial awareness, support our journey to full standardisation and to oversee audits (internal & external). This exciting role offers phenomenal career development opportunities to build a strong network across the business. Leadership, excellent communication skills and Financial Control experience are required.

This role is pivotal for supporting the Senior UK&I Supply Chain FP&A Manager in driving critical focus across all areas of financial control in our function.

What will be your key deliverables? 

People

• Comfortable influencing & challenging internal & external partners to help drive business performance and adhere to financial controls
• Lead key partners through the business goals and commitments to Budget
• Travel to manufacturing sites and Chiswick Park to both drive financial awareness, support our journey to full standardisation and to oversee audits (internal & external).

Financial Control

• Design & drive adherence to Financial Controls in order to eliminate financial losses in the Supply Chain
• Drive culture of “continuous improvement” across our function and support standardisation journey on financial controls within Supply Chain Finance
• Lead on Internal and External Audit: Co-ordination of Audits, Tracking Audit actions before/during/after, partnering Factory Managers on Financial Control to support full standardisation, Sharing of Best Practice, Audit objectives met on time and in full

Capex

• Responsible for Reporting, Forecasting and Budgeting our Capex Spend in UK Region
• Business Partner Supply Chain Director and Project Engineering Director on Strategic Projects through inception, implementation and tracking of performance
• Lead Business Cases on Efficiency, Infrastructure, Compliance and HSE. Support and guide Growth Business Cases designed by Commercial Finance team
• Issue Weekly Updates of Capex Spend
• Ownership of Capex LE for quarterly Capital Board with alignment of senior stakeholders beforehand

Audit (Internal & External)

• Coordinate internal audit process on behalf of supply chain (including visits to site)
• Own consolidated tracking of all live audit actions (before/during/after audit takes place)
• Regular update meetings with Factory Managers
• Regular progress meetings with the Yildiz Internal Audit Team
• Create value in Function by implementing change and sharing best practice

Global Transfer Prices

• Responsibility for design and issuance of Transfer Prices from UK&I Region to other pladis Regions
• Responsible for presentation to and alignment on Transfer Prices with UK CFO, Supply Chain Finance Director & Senior Supply Chain Finance Manager
• Responsible for loading all Transfer Prices to SAP system on annual & quarterly basis
• When required, responsible for education on prime cost movements quarter to quarter / year to year to our global regional partners

What do you need for this role?

Essential

• Qualified CIMA, ACA or ACCA or equivalent experience
• Proven FMCG, Financial Control & Costing experience
• Able to demonstrate a proven communication and teamwork ability, with the gravitas to build solid, successful working relationships cross functionally
• The desire to challenge the status quo and influence senior leaders
• Capex, Standard Costing, Variance analysis and Overhead (Cost Centre Management) experience
• Track record of providing robust and insightful financial analysis, including planning and forecasting
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Power point

Desirable

• Knowledge of SAP processes or other relevant systems and ability to get up to speed quickly on relevant systems

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

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We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.