Director Marketing & Innovation Finance - Aarhus

at  Arla Foods

AMBITIOUS, EXPERIENCED AND COMMERCIALLY ORIENTED

You are a profile who claims responsibility for delivering performance evaluation to impact the management to make the right decisions. You will get to use your excellent people skills, as you work across finance as well as the commercial organisation. And as a true relationship builder, you are capable of balancing networking with a clear focus on execution and progress on our agendas. The ideal candidate have:

• 10+ years of international finance experience from a FMCG business-oriented finance function at a strategic level with a proven track record built on a strong business or finance degree at master’s level
• Solid financial and business analytical skills and understand the business in all aspects of your work. At the same time, you must be able to work and make decisions independently
• Excellent people management skills and a proactive mind-set
• A firm toolbox on communication, presentation and spread sheet modelling is a prerequisite

WE HAVE A PURPOSE FOR GOOD

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

In the role as trusted advisor for the CMO you will be responsible for:

• Delivering excellent business partnering towards the CMO, Marketing& Innovation leadership team and leadership teams in (VP areas including) global Lurpak, Castello, Starbucks/Milk based beverages
• Leading performance management, reporting and target setting to support right priorities and bets across Marketing and Innovation
• Driving marketing finance and direction setting within e.g. marketing ROI, Brand Equity etc. and running the annual business planning process from a brand perspective
• Drive the digital transformation with a strong financial foundation for the Barn – our in-house agency
• Providing leadership and coaching that fosters an environment of problem-solving, improved business practices as well as attracting and retaining superior talent