Category Finance Manager

Job Description
Objective
The Category Finance Sr. Manager is a lead contributor to delivering the 3-year revenue management, category finance strategy, and performance within Kraft Heinz Mexico business unit.

This individual will analyze, develop, implement and track commercial and financial initiatives to unlock profitable value creation opportunities that fulfill the Triple Win approach [company, customer, and shopper needs.

This role will report into the Category Director, Mexico, and will have exposure to a wide variety of departments, all the while providing a strong understanding of the commercial levers within a business.

Activities

• Revenue Growth Management

I. Identify category long range pricing position and optimize portfolio price pack architecture

II. Build promotional guidelines & guardrails that connect to the strategic objectives of the segment

III. Implement actions across customer, channel and pack format mix to improve company profitability

IV. Extract customer, channel and shopper behaviour insights to unlock value accretive action plans

• Category Finance

I. Develop and lead 3-year category commercial strategic planning

II. Influence financials, market share & shopper metric performance

III. Design actions across customer, channel & pack to improve profit mix

IV. Prepare inputs & analyse category financial forecast, strategic plan & annual operating plan

• Performance

I. Review market share on a monthly basis, propose action plans, and conduct follow-up.

II. Identify trends, patterns, and findings that enable informed decision-making in conjunction with cross-functional departments.

III. Analysis of internal forecasts and sell-out projections to identify opportunities and risks.

IV. Analysis of external sales performance and future forecasts [VMS Projections]

V. Provide support with the MPR routine to the Mexico leadership team and the sales team.

VI. Collaborate with other departments to ensure the automation of all Sell-out reports.

Knowledge & Experience

• Education Bachelor's degree in finance, engineering, economics, business, or equivalent is preferred
• Technical Proficiency Advanced skillset in Excel and PowerPoint
• Language Strong fluency in English

Capability

• Communication At Kraft Heinz you'll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it's important you have excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to simplify complex messages and situations.
• Proactive You're a go getter and self-starter, you're not easily thrown off your game, not even when you get resistance – your resilience means you continue to move onwards and upwards.
• Analytical We're a very data-oriented company and strive to translate complex data into a simple solution with an analytical approach.
• Result driven We don't only focus on individual results, but always do what's best for the team and company, taking true ownership to go above and beyond to make it happen.
• Teamwork Achieving results is nice, but achieving results with the team is simply the best. As a great teammate, you will sometimes be the leader, sometimes a follower but always working towards the same common goal together with your teammates, with a we not me mindset.
• Project Management You can manage projects well from start to finish. You can spot and solve risks and problems, use resources well, communicate clearly with others, and ensure high standards are met. You can adapt to changes and constantly seek improvement.

Location(s)

Mexico, D.F.

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes
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