Sr. Manager, NA Procurement - Portfolio Productivity - AFH

In brief, you are responsible for:  

• Champion and lead productivity strategy agenda within BU, including integrated planning with annual business cycles (3-year plan, 1-year plan) and productivity target setting linked changes in procurement and operations cost base and desired portfolio margin performance.  

• Lead cross-functional teams to build, launch, and successfully deliver portfolio productivity project pipeline (value engineering, PPA, CMA, in/out-sourcing, etc.). 

• Partner with BU CFO office and central FP&A team(s) to embed and maintain routine end-to-end productivity forecasting and reporting via monthly [BU] business cycles/routines.  

• Lead productivity reporting/review routine with central (regional) stakeholder leadership team and functional teams (Procurement, Operations) to ensure cross-functional alignment. 

• Maintain holistic visibility of in-year and future productivity pipeline at both BU and Platform (finished good category) level.  

• Proactively partner with relevant stakeholders, central finance, and growth office PMO to report on end-to-end portfolio performance 

• Co-lead AOP cycle to set and support productivity component of portfolio/category performance in partnership with BU CFO office, category finance teams, and portfolio GMs. 

• As necessary, lead ad-hoc internal/external assessments to determine portfolio margin competitiveness. 
   

 
Qualifications 
 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science, engineering; MBA or masters in finance/operations is a plus.  

• Extensive project/program management experience in a large, matrixed organization 

• 4-6 years work experience in FMCG. 

• Strong understanding of P&L structure and drivers 

• Strong understanding of operational projects 

• Expert collaboration and stakeholder management skills 

• Strategic mindset and ability to simplify the complex, with clear storytelling to executive level 

• Expert ability in Microsoft office (particularly Excel, PowerPoint)