Finance Business Partner - Price Management - Leeds - Maternity Cover

Are you a self-starting, highly resilient, commercially insightful and business oriented individual who critically challenges in a welcomed manner?

How will you make an impact?

As Senior Finance Manager in Price Management, you will be a key member of the UK Commercial finance organisation and FLIT. This position is based in Leeds and you will have multiple touch points throughout our entire UK business, reporting to the VP Finance UK and working closely with the Head of Sales Finance and the UK Senior Sales Team.

What will the role look like?

You will have responsibility for delivery and support on specific projects and key business priorities in 2024 including:

• Ongoing EBIT challenges; including identifying and modelling existing and future recovery opportunities, supporting Sales Finance and the SST.
• Engagement and rollout of relevant Strategy 2026 pillars.
• Key stakeholder input and support to the Net Revenue Management roll-out.
• Commercialising sustainability; understanding costs and developing plans for recoveries.
• Lead on driving process improvement initiatives, particularly within Price Management processes and financial forecast.
• Working with the Price Manager and Sales Finance to ensure accurate and timely financial forecasts, especially during the baseline/input file creation.
• Participation and market leadership within the virtual Price Management and wider Europe Finance community.

What do you need to succeed?

To be successful in this role you will have a solid understanding of the key UK dairy landscape and be familiar with Arla's brand positions. You should possess advanced Excel modelling skills, using pricing and costing principles, and be able to present the output in a clear and concise manner to a wider commercial audience. Additionally, knowledge of technical SAP pricing, rebate, and hierarchy systems is necessary to ensure accurate and timely pricing for customers. Familiarity with sales systems, such as Alice, Lotus Notes, and Sharepoint, is also desired. While previous line management experience is preferable, it is not mandatory.

What do we offer?

• Maternity Cover Contract
• Competitive salary (salary discussed at application stage)
• 26 days holiday & Bank holidays
• Bonus up to 20% (Personal and Business performance)
• BUPA Healthcare
• Hybrid & Flexible working
• Pension contribution matched up to 6%
• 4 x annual salary life assurance
• Free to use onsite Gym
• Access to discounted products in our Staff Shop
• People agenda commitment to training and development (internal & external)
• Flexible Benefits- buy up to 5 days annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• Most importantly - Cheese hamper at Christmas

At Arla Foods, our "Lead, Sense, Create" values thrive on diversity and inclusion. We are a famer owned co-operative and are all about being open minded, curious and learning from each other. We know that diverse perspectives fuel innovation, which is why we actively seek individuals from all backgrounds to join our team to help us lead the dairy industry into a more inclusive and sustainable future.

We're committed to providing equal opportunities to all qualified candidates, irrespective of unique characteristics. Our ambition is to create a working environment where everyone is valued and feel that they belong.  Join us at Arla Foods, where your diverse perspectives will be valued and can make a meaningful impact.

Would you like to apply?

The closing date for applications 9th March 2025 For more information please reach out to olibu@arlafoods.com

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency's terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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