Sourcing Finance Manager

Shape the future of European sourcing and merchandising finance by partnering with senior stakeholders across brands and this role you will drive consistency transparency and value creation across joint sourcing initiatives while helping transform the European commercial finance landscape.

About Ahold Delhaize
Were Ahold Delhaize one of the worlds largest food retail groups. Together with our seventeen strong local retail brands in Europe the United States and Indonesia we share a passion for delivering great foodvalueand bringing ideas to the table and acting on them youhelpcreatea healthiertomorrow. Together we make better choices accessible for millions of people every day.

Your new team
At the heart of the European Ahold Delhaize organization sits the European Finance team to drive support for the European team that drives the alignment consistency & clarity for our great local brands in areas of IT shared service centers (Finance & HR) joint sourcing & the ever-changing ESG transition. The European finance team supports the brands on cross-functional projects in the past mentioned areas and drives the overall European portfolio to ensure that we deliver as Europe.

The EU&I Sourcing Finance Manager supports the EU sourcing team and has an integral part in the Joint Sourcing activities that has unified certain products to be sourced centrally. The role also supports the EU merchandising team.

The role is to be a true business partner to the European sourcing team supporting them in unifying sourcing savings calculations aligning merchandising metrics across brands supporting the overall change agenda that sourcing is going through on a European level.

You will report to the EU& Commercial Finance Director who will help lead and coach you in your process. You will have the possibility to own this area and can make a difference in your approach and new things you implement.

Key focus areas of your role
Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

• Business partnering be the thought finance support to the various EU sourcing and merchandizing teams
• Own the savings targets drive the consistency and help set up new enhancements to improve and simply the process.
• Forecast & Summer Letter and EBR align with your cross functional partners on upcoming forecast Summer Letter & EBR goals and drive consistency
• Transparency to deliver on the forecasts for business partners and the brands.
• Merchandizing finance help shape the merchandizing transformation and support them in the day-to-day business
• Strong reporting and presentations of our results as you will get exposure to the senior leadership
• Continuous improvement projects; there are great opportunities to streamline our processes and always and be the finance support in the upcoming central EU sourcing/commercial projects

Whats in it for you
At Ahold Delhaize we create a caring culture where youfeel safe and part of our family of brands comes with cross-cultural teamwork international experience and room to explore across brands and functions. Your curiosity driveswhatsnext!
We value your well-being both at work and beyond. Thats why we offer benefits like flexible work options (a full-time (40 hours per week) position in a hybrid way of working: partly from home and partly from our office in Zaandam well-being initiatives sabbatical leave and family care. This way you can add something meaningful to our recipe. We enjoy connecting in our office and encourage you to spend at least three days a week here based on a forty-hour work week.

Plus:

• A gross annual salary between 80K to 90K including holiday pay based on full-time employment
• Attractive bonuses
• A first-rate pension plan
• 20 vacation days and the option to buy an additional 125 days from your personal flex budget
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card
• A laptop and smartphone

The ingredients you bring

Everyone brings their unique flavor. We believe this role comes to life when you bring the following experience:

• Have a Masters degree in business finance or economics
• At least 6 years of experience in Finance and prior experience in accounting and commercial finance/sourcing Is nice to have
• Excellent Dutch and English communication skills (verbal and written)

Join our recipe. Apply now!
Are you keen to join the European Finance team Even if you dont tick all the boxes we encourage you to apply.

At Ahold Delhaize we are open for everyone. We respect and embrace people from all backgrounds identities and experiences - including all genders LGBTQ communities abilities nationalities generations and cultures. We are committed to creating a caring workplace where everyone feels heard valued and able to thrive.

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 80 - 90