ABOUT UNILEVER IN KATOWICE

It is Unilever’s in-house centre of business partnering and operational excellence in the area of finance services, supply chain, customs, procurement, integrated planning and performance delivery. There are 300 people in Katowice Hub.

The modern Katowice Hub office, whose interiors were designed according to the principles of sustainable development, is located in the city centre of Katowice, Poland.We are working in the hybrid way to use the time spent in the office to influence collaboration and straighten the team spirit, using special designed for this purpose office areas.

JOB PURPOSE

Finance Business Partner is a Supply Chain function working closely with Logistics, Customer Service & Planning. Role entails Finance Business Partnering within European Customer Operations team on Logistics matters. The role will be partnering to logistics teams located in Katowice, Poland that supports all pan-European Finance activities across Transport, Warehousing & Overheads with direct focus of transportation cost and goes together with a big exposure for interactions between finance and operations teams. The role presents a huge opportunity to unlock value for Unilever by ensuring robust Financial framework and supporting optimization opportunities to drive Savings & Service improvement. Junior Finance Manager will be working closely with multi-layered team and report into the European Customer Operations Finance Senior Manager.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Finance business partner for the logistics team:

• Help in creation of correct and efficient financial processes. Especially ensure accuracy of accruals, forecast and result snapshot.

• Analyze and explain results. Craft action plans with the logistics colleagues and provide visibility on their financial impact

• Provide input for regional business cases and support the logistics finance manager in the design of EU transport transformational projects.

• He/She monitors the transport efficiencies and ensure a clear link between operational KPIs and financial results. He/she makes internal & external transport benchmarks.

• He/She analyses the operational trends and the correlate finance trends to support an effective contract design and better Purchase to Pay processes. He/she also provides

• support in the relevant tendering processes.

• He/She supports the central financial team on the cyclical processes (e.g. forecasting and activity-based costing).

• He/She establish a proper way of support for the MCO and Category Finance teams, especially in reporting, result controlling and performance management.

  WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

  Experiences & Qualifications

• At least 4 years’ experience in Finance (Controlling, ideally FMCG company)

• Experience in establishing a governance framework that allows prioritization against set business criteria

• Experience in Supply Chain Finance will be an added value

  Skills

• Fluent in English, oral and written

• IT & communication skills – excellent level of MS Office and good communication and presentation skills;

• Analytical thinking, problem solving attitude – ability to combine multiple and different data point to draw conclusions; apply systematic approach to identify and eliminate root causes; identify problem solution;

• Business acumen – rapidly absorbs new information; applies new techniques, technology and procedures;

• Motivation and drive – ambitious to hit personal target and standard; act to remove basic blocks to progress without waiting for other to do so;

• Team working – demonstrate commitment to the team in helping to achieve goals;

• Proactively share best practice, ideas and insights with colleagues.

  Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Hybrid work and flexibility

• Opportunities for the development and improvement of qualifications

• Annual Bonus

• Sharing the cost of professional training & courses

• Benefits: life insurance, private medical care, pension fund, sharing the cost of sports activities, Benefits System – Cafeteria and many others

• Extra days off to take care of yourself and others

• Unilever store - Our products at attractive prices

  Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bring ing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

Job Category: Finanzas

Job Category: La finance

Job Category: Finance

Job Type: Finance Business Partner - Analyst

Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals