About the Role
Job Description
Objective:
- Lead procurement & Agri Finance area, with deep understanding of finance, operations and supply chain dynamics.
- Create a culture of continuous improvement mindset, simplifying processes, routines, and developing integrated tools to automatize tasks, and free up space to analysis and better work life balance.
- Directly support Procurement Director Brazil and Procurement and Agri senior Leaders on procurement and agriculture performance review, forecast and efficiency opportunities and projects.
- Challenge the business based on data and analysis, build a strong business partnership with key stakeholders, and influence decisions.
- Lead and develop cost analysis and forecast capabilities to drive strategic business decisions based on cost inflation of ingredients, packaging, raw material, and hedge commodities strategy. Anticipate risks and Opps.
- Provide Procurement and Agri costs and efficiency visibility, both vs budget and historical performance.
- Partner with procurement and agriculture teams to drive efficiencies, opportunities and improve cost structure, providing strategic support through actionable insights.
- Lead monthly business cycle, business performance reviews, annual operations plan and 3-Year Strategic Plan processes, ensuring alignment with company goals by collaborating cross-functionally to develop robust plans.
- Be a player in Integrated Business Plan (IBP) process, partnering with finance peers to connect E2E strategy and drive optimal and cost-efficient procurement and agriculture plans.
- Monitor and actively influence on cash metrics (DPO/DIO), ensuring working capital targets are met in alignment with operational and financial objectives.
- Sponsor procurement and agriculture processes and controls continuous improvement to mitigate risks, aligned with company’s policies. Support audit processes, SOX Controls reports and Internal Controls assessments.
- Benchmark with other Kraft Heinz BUs on Procurement and Agriculture processes, tools, capabilities to leverage internal knowledge.
- Lead a team of 4 finance professionals, ensuring their functional accountability, priorities alignment, professional development and engagement.
Skills/Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Agronomy, Economics, or Business Administration.
- Robust financial knowledge (P&L, WC, Balance Sheet), and experience in building business partnerships with procurement and agriculture areas.
- Previous experience in Consumer Goods segment, and Agriculture/commodity sector.
- English Advanced
Location(s)
São Paulo – Eldorado
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
About Us
Kraft Heinz is a global food company with a delicious heritage. Our emerging and iconic food and beverage brands deliver the best taste, fun, and quality to every table we touch. Worldwide.
We’re on a mission to disrupt not only our own business, but the global food industry. Consumer obsession and unexpected partnerships fuel our progress. As we drive innovation company-wide.
Our people are connected by a culture of ownership, agility and endless curiosity. We believe in being good humans — working to improve our company, communities, and planet.
We’re proud of where we’ve been and even more thrilled about where we’re headed as we nourish the world and lead the future of food.
