Financial Planning Supervisor

Responsibilities Are you looking for a challenging opportunity in an organization with a dynamic, innovative, and diverse environment? If so, your future is at PepsiCo. As a world-class company, we seek excellence in everything we do. Therefore, we need talented, innovative people who are passionate about their work. PepsiCo Romania is one of the main leaders in the Romanian snacks and beverages market and proudly 2022 Top Employer. For more information, check https://pepsico.ro/. EB PO1 SCF Planning Supervisor is about Leading the Supply Chain Finance planning activities for East Balkans, leading the manufacturing costing agenda, performing ad-hoc costing analysis, month-end closing processes, overall cost accounting process framework and closely partner with Supply Chain associates to drive the operational efficiency in the organization. Main responsabilities: Lead and coordinate AOP/FCST processes, agenda, and deliverables in full synchronization with planning stances Ensure full achievement of East Balkans PO1 forecast accuracy on all COGS (Direct Cost and MOH) lines. performance Accountable for EB performance; provides periodic performance tracking and accurate analysis timely on a monthly basis: by supporting monthly closing (identifying deviations and chasing actions plans for re-conduction) and by consolidation of “Cause of Change” (incl. Productivity impacts) based on input from stakeholders. Recommends saving possibilities. Proposes improvements to systems, methods of work and analysis methods and contributes to ensuring that they are continuously adapted to the business requirements. Identify potential issues that might impact the direct costs performance before they arise and lead the agenda in order to identify and mitigate them with corrective actions. Support attainment of COGS savings follow up with regular meetings with all stakeholders and delivering specific KPIs for measurement Coordinate projects involving Operations and Supply Chain; assist and guide the key leaders and stakeholders in these functions; Prepares the financial estimates budgets and analyses Key point of contact for the organization in resolving critical issues connected with Costing and PPVs. Qualifications University degree in Finance. Sound finance analysis experience (5 years) Experience in working with budgets for large and complex businesses Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Pack. Knowledge of SAP is an advantage Good business, operations and supply chain understanding Strong grasp of general business economics & key cost drivers Strong analytical & financial skills Commercial savvy Executive maturity Networking & influencing Occasional interaction with top management – MU/Region Managing ambiguity Developing and managing own agenda Good communication skills Results and deadlines orientated person Language skills: Excellent level of English Ability to lead multiple task forces at the same time , while advising on and implementing new planning processes in a flexible and interchanging environment Can work unsupervised and directly answer top management ad hoc requests This position needs to manage simultaneously high level of detail and granularity along with the aggregate point of view, moving easily and quickly from one to another. Both for data management and understanding trough the different levels of the SC organization with interaction. Matrix organization: work effectively in the context of a new, virtual team Balance competing stakeholder requirements Different systems and ways of working between markets