Finance Manager - Supply Chain

at  Keurig Dr Pepper

Company Overview:
Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partners brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it!
Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?
We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~28,000 employees to grow and develop. We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.
Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. Keurig Dr Pepper recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Job Overview:
Keurig Dr. Pepper is looking for an experienced finance professional to support its Supply Chain Finance team. If you are looking for that next step in your career, in a dynamic, growth environment and you are focused on process improvement and supporting transformation change, then this position has much to offer.
The Finance Manager of Supply Chain (Procurement) will be based in Ireland, supporting the Procurement function (based in Ireland and USA) and will be a key resource in reporting and providing critical analyses on financial performance for leadership. This individual will develop an in-depth knowledge of the business areas supported, will drive key process improvement strategies and will also be an integral part of the budgeting and forecasting processes. Ideally, this candidate would also have procurement finance /costing strong data analytics experience and the ability to build management dashboards leveraging Power BI or other similar tool.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or related field
• Four+ years of relevant finance experience
• Financial experience including budgeting, forecasting, procurement finance/costing, and building financial models
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, SAP, Power Point, Power BI and Anaplan
• Ability to build detailed financial models in excel and other modelling tools.
• Demonstrated competency in use of financial, planning and reporting software platforms (SAP, IBM Planning Analytics a plus)
• Ability to travel occasionally (<10%

Direct Business Partnering:

• Lead stakeholder engagement with Category Lead (Procurement) enabling accurate monthly forecasting and analysis for the Business Unit / Category for key in-year decision-making;
• Be a trusted adviser to the Procurement team and others, providing financial guidance and expertise to enable the team to effectively execute on the procurement strategy.

Drive Process Improvement:

• Challenge the status quo! You will challenge processes that have been in place, build new process improvement strategies and implement robust scalable processes for the future.
• Support the design and build of new forecasting processes and tools, build new dashboards to support management review of KPIs leveraging Power BI, Anaplan or other similar tools.
• Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to pro-actively identify improvement opportunities, minimize risk, and protect continuity of supply;
• Provide insights for improvement opportunities and synergies;

Budget/Forecasting/Action Planning:

• Responsible for preparing reports and analysis for forecasting and monthly close reviews with Business Unit / Category Leads and Supply Chain/Procurement Leadership team;
• Model and provide strategic insights for Annual Operating Plan (AOP);
• Develop and report on quality metrics and analytics to influence effective decision making and achieving business top-line and Operating Income growth plan;
• Produce accurate and timely financial information and analysis; promote an environment of strong internal controls and efficiencies;

Decision Support

• Support the high performing team culture in a fast-paced environment to execute strategic goals and improve quality decision making;
• Provides value-added analytics to improve enterprise financial performance
• Perform other job-related duties as requested by management;
• Bring a strong work ethic and positive attitude to your responsibilities every day.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or related field
• Four+ years of relevant finance experience
• Financial experience including budgeting, forecasting, procurement finance/costing, and building financial models
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, SAP, Power Point, Power BI and Anaplan
• Ability to build detailed financial models in excel and other modelling tools.
• Demonstrated competency in use of financial, planning and reporting software platforms (SAP, IBM Planning Analytics a plus)
• Ability to travel occasionally (<10%)