Manager Commercial Controlling Innovation

at  FrieslandCampina

Are you passionate about innovation, financial analysis and creating value for the company? We’re seeking for a talented Manager Commercial Controlling Innovation to join our team. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with the Commercial Innovation Controller to execute and shape our innovation finance strategy, manage new product developments, and enhance controlling processes. If you have a commercial mindset, strong analytical skills and you are proactive, please continue reading!

Wat we vragen

• Education: A solid financial education at university level.
• Experience: Minimum of 7 years in relevant roles (e.g., controlling or consulting).
• Skills: Proficiency in BI Tooling (PowerBI), along with strong MS Office skills (Excel and PowerPoint). Experience with SAP, Salesforce and project management tooling is a plus.
• Language: Full professional proficiency in English.

Additional qualities we’re looking for:

• Commercial Affinity: You understand commercial controlling, business strategy, value creation (business cases) and have an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Analytical Skills: You thrive in complex situations, can analyze data effectively and drill down to key messaging easily.
• Proactive Approach: You’re hands-on and can drive actions collaboratively with a wide stakeholder group.
• Innovative Thinking: You’re open to new ways of working and thinking within the international matrix organization.

Wat we bieden

• Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence
• We offer great work life balance, and competitive salary & benefits
• Workweek of 40 hours, competitive pension scheme, holiday allowance of 8%, bonus scheme, flexible working hours and the ability to work from home.
• Diverse training and mentoring programs to help you grow on your own professional journey
• Exceptional support of cross disciplinary movement within the company to broaden your knowledge and growth paths
• A friendly and informal working environment, yet professional team members as sparring partners
• A role in an established team with a lot of room to develop further to have a longer-term impact that helps to bring better nutrition to the world through autonomy and trust

Vacaturetekst
We are looking for a Manager Commercial Controlling Innovation based in Amersfoort. Although part of the Customer Connectivity Finance team – supported by with the Commercial Controlling Analyst Innovation - you’ll act as main innovation finance business partner to a wide range of (senior) stakeholders in the field of Marketing, Product Group Management, Sales, Research & Development and Supply Chain.
In your role your will be responsible for driving the innovation finance function and agenda in order to achieve FrieslandCampina Ingredients’ (FCI) ambitious growth plan. You will have direct interaction and significant exposure to the Innovation Leadership Team and are closely involved with FCI’s long-range plan.

Your main responsibilities are:

• Leading the Innovation and business development controlling and performance cycle ensuring we are “doing things right” and “make appropriate progress” to drive value on the mid-term:
• Drive periodical reporting process on in-year Innovation delivery as well as progress on key mid-term projects, pro-actively advise on corrective measures
• Lead the annual innovation outlook process for the next year
• Develop leading indicators and drive data-driven commercial execution incl. the use of business intelligence tools (PowerBI)
• Driving the Innovation Governance and New Product Development (NPD) cycle from finance perspective ensuring we are “doing the right things”:
• Act as finance lead to monitor and drive future value from NPDs in Innovation Portfolio Meetings
• Serve as finance gate keeper during stage gate approval meetings for NPD projects
• Providing ad hoc and continuous finance support on NPD and Strategic projects to ensure robust financial analyses and decision-making:
• Act as key innovation finance business partner to a wide range of stakeholders across (innovation) functions
• Be the main sparring partner, challenger and supporter on business cases of various NPD projects (e.g. commercial feasibility)
• Continuously improving the Innovation controlling infrastructure:
• Maintain the reporting and controlling standards while also taking on ad hoc improvement projects to more effectively drive value-creation
• Bring the automation of our recurring reports and processes to the next level
• Support on the valorization of FrieslandCampina’s (FC) sustainability roadmap:
• Monitor and control the valorization of FC’s sustainability roadmap at FCI customer landscape
• Partner with FCI’s Manager Sustainability and act as first point of contact for the Corporate Sustainability Finance Team

Bij FrieslandCampina geloven we in een werkomgeving waar iedereen zich hun volledige en authentieke zelf kan voelen en in hun kracht wordt gezet om het beste uit zichzelf te halen. We omarmen elkaars verschillen en ontvangen graag je sollicitatie, ongeacht je geslacht, geloof, afkomst, seksuele voorkeur, leeftijd, beperking, of nationaliteit. Als wie wij zijn bij jou past, moedigen we je aan om te solliciteren, ook als je niet zeker weet of je aan alle eisen voldoet.
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As an integral part of our international commercial finance team, you’ll help ensure smooth operations and achieve our financial goals. The finance team consists of 15 people and includes several regional commercial controllers, a key account controller, pricing managers, innovation controllers and a commercial reporting manager. Let’s make an impact together!
FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it’s not just about what we do, but who we are. We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture.
Are you ready to make an impact in an international environment and take our innovation strategy to the next level? and become part of our team!
Contact
Fiona Wang
fiona.wang@frieslandcampina.com

• Leading the Innovation and business development controlling and performance cycle ensuring we are “doing things right” and “make appropriate progress” to drive value on the mid-term:
• Drive periodical reporting process on in-year Innovation delivery as well as progress on key mid-term projects, pro-actively advise on corrective measures
• Lead the annual innovation outlook process for the next year
• Develop leading indicators and drive data-driven commercial execution incl. the use of business intelligence tools (PowerBI)
• Driving the Innovation Governance and New Product Development (NPD) cycle from finance perspective ensuring we are “doing the right things”:
• Act as finance lead to monitor and drive future value from NPDs in Innovation Portfolio Meetings
• Serve as finance gate keeper during stage gate approval meetings for NPD projects
• Providing ad hoc and continuous finance support on NPD and Strategic projects to ensure robust financial analyses and decision-making:
• Act as key innovation finance business partner to a wide range of stakeholders across (innovation) functions
• Be the main sparring partner, challenger and supporter on business cases of various NPD projects (e.g. commercial feasibility)
• Continuously improving the Innovation controlling infrastructure:
• Maintain the reporting and controlling standards while also taking on ad hoc improvement projects to more effectively drive value-creation
• Bring the automation of our recurring reports and processes to the next level
• Support on the valorization of FrieslandCampina’s (FC) sustainability roadmap:
• Monitor and control the valorization of FC’s sustainability roadmap at FCI customer landscape
• Partner with FCI’s Manager Sustainability and act as first point of contact for the Corporate Sustainability Finance Tea