Rheinfelden, Aargau, Switzerland
Experienced Professional (19 years) in: Operations/Plant Controlling, Supply Chain Controlling, Product Costing & Transfer Pricing, Global Supply Chain Reporting (with HFM), International Project Management, Remote and on-site Management of multi-national teams Sales and Marketing Controlling, Business Partnering, Value Management, Pricing, SAP FI/CO/MM/SD SAP BW/BI, Essbase (Hyperion), PowerBI
Provide support in business decisions for the sales force dealing with retailers (off trade) in Switzerland. Business partnering the marketing function in all areas of financial questions like business cases for product launches, event activation, marketing campaigns, negotiations etc. Driving further improvement of commercial financial tools and processes. Key stakeholders are the head of sales (off trade), head of marketing and the CFO.
Governance of group product costing design, harmonize and optimize costing and reporting processes while rolling out the new platform in Western-Europe region; defining ways of working in-between different legal entities within the new global supply chain enterprise structure,
Global Supply Chain Controlling and Reporting, Design and Define the Product Costing and Supply Chain Reporting Processes for the Carlsberg Supply Company
Supply Chain Services - Finance • Build & lead the multinational EU costing team (8 members from 6 countries) • Implement and manage costing processes for 13 countries (incl. 3 Go-Lives) • Monthly closing for all cost of goods sold P&L lines • Ensure data accuracy and integrity of the various systems (SAP, BI, Hyperion) • Ensure that SOX requirements are met and internal policies are followed • Develop and ensure efficient and harmonized financial processes • Provide detailed analysis to Category Product Costing Managers
• Manage financial results & analyze them in order to report variances to the board of management and to take corrective actions if needed • Manage a team of 3 members and 3 dotted line report • Counsel and provide financial support to the plant management • Manage and ensure the adherence to accounting rules (country and KFI policies) in the plant • Manage plant legal issues to defend the interests of the group