Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Annual Planning
Lead the budgeting process for BU South Africa T2 Transport Logistics for DCs and ADs
Communicate annual plan calendar, milestones and P&L to Regional and Zone logistics teams
Partner with Zone Procurement and NOCC teams to ensure that price escalation estimates are accurate and reflected correctly in the 1YP & 3YP planning processes
Procurement Initiatives
Provide the facts and figures for all relevant budget calculations
Ensure all Champions initiatives are properly embedded in the budget and aligned with owners
Prepare management review presentations, respecting Zone guidelines, templates and timelines
Ensure final budget is properly uploaded in all relevant tools (TM1, SAP, BPC)
Completion of bottom-up budget process
Align and support LCP requirements for Last Mile strategy
Monthly Routines (reporting/analysis/review)
Run weekly and monthly cost and performance reporting for VLC
Tracking and monitoring Logistics KPIs influencing performance
Highlight risks and opportunities during the month and course-correct where possible
Report month end actuals in line with Control guidelines
Accurately report on Price, Volumes, Mix & Performance on a monthly basis
Align mix calculation to Zone and Global requirements
Deep dive all new variance drivers, find root-causes and work with Logistics team to implement gap-closing action plans
Monthly Full Year Forecast outlook (LE)
Prepare Full Year Forecast outlook (LE) for the T2 logistics department, for financial and operational KPIs
Identify opportunities to continuously improve results
Identify risks, respective root causes and create gap-closing action plans
Champions
Drive the Champions process for all T2 Logistics Packages, focusing on Price and Performance initiatives in line with Zone guidelines
Identify owners for each project
Ensure all projects are measured, reviewed and updated monthly
Align Champions and R&O outlook
Capex Implementation
Support annual capex submission with 1YP
Track and report on regional capex allocation and spend
Support project implementation
People Planning
Annual blueprint review with BU Director
Review ZBB spend against budget and blueprint to understand variances
Minimum Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualification, CIMA, CA(SA) or progress towards these certifications.
4+ years' experience in managing financial performance in FMCG or Beverage industry
Experience in supporting top-level managers with decision-making
Technical competencies
Solid knowledge of accounting and control activities
Experience in Project Management, good communication skills
Excellent presentation skills, able to convey a clear message (storyline building), making complex matters easy to understand
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
SAP reporting skills