Business Analyst Western Europe

at  KimberlyClark

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

• Understand the strategy for enterprise markets, including key risks and opportunities facing the business.
• Contribute to the achievement of Net Sales and Operating Profit results through proactive analysis, idea generation, recommendation and implementation of activities that results in clear and significant profit improvement.
• Work collaboratively with commercial team to develop insightful analyses on Category trends and actionable reporting.
• Work collaboratively with supply chain finance team to deliver analyses of cost structure, trends and cost transformation initiatives.
• Develop weekly and quarterly forecasting and monitor performance of key financial metrics versus expectations.

ABOUT US

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

In this role, you will:

• Understand the strategy for enterprise markets, including key risks and opportunities facing the business.
• Contribute to the achievement of Net Sales and Operating Profit results through proactive analysis, idea generation, recommendation and implementation of activities that results in clear and significant profit improvement.
• Work collaboratively with commercial team to develop insightful analyses on Category trends and actionable reporting.
• Work collaboratively with supply chain finance team to deliver analyses of cost structure, trends and cost transformation initiatives.
• Develop weekly and quarterly forecasting and monitor performance of key financial metrics versus expectations

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• 5 years of professional experience in Commercial Finance;
• FMCG experience with strong business acumen and in-depth knowledge of WCE retail environment, revenue management, solving complex problems, decision making;
• Strong data management skills, attention to detail /accuracy and proven capability to lead, prioritize and deliver high-quality output under time pressure;
• Proven ability to lead, challenge and influence across functional boundaries and deliver results;
• Clear and compelling communication – both written and verbal;
• Fluent English- written and verbal
• Advanced knowledge of Excel; SAP and Anaplan experience is beneficia