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Finance Support Manager – Material (6-Month Contract)

Unilever (Thailand)
Unilever (Thailand) (Bangkok)
Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭
Unilever (Thailand)
Unilever Thai Group of Companies is a fast-moving consumer goods company with a strong presence in Thailand for more than 80 years. Unilever offers Thai consumers a wide range of leading brands in four categories; Home Care, Personal Care, Foods and Ice cream products. Our Thai portfolio includes major brand icons such as: Comfort, Lux, Vaseline, Citra, Sunsilk, Clear, Pond’s, Dove, Axe, Rexona, Close Up, Breeze, Omo, Sunlight, Knorr, Wall’s, Magnum, Cornetto, Lipton and luxury division Unilever Network. Unilever Thailand employs around 4,000 people and generated annual sales of Baht 40,000 million in 2014.

About this position

The Finance Support Manager – Material is responsible for providing financial analysis and support related to material costs, ensuring effective governance in procurement processes, and collaborating with various teams to drive cost savings and accurate forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Monthly analysis on top RPM price movement by category and cascade cost impact to BU Finance.
• Act as Finance gateway and ensure SRS process governance with procurement team via monthly pre-approval SRS review and quarterly post-approval SRS validation.
• Provide ad-hoc material cost analysis as requested.
• Partner with BU Finance and attend CCBT.
• Lead GCU process for consolidated SCC cost preparation and review with FET S&OP team.
• Review material cost assumption provided to GCU and flag significant cost risk & opportunity to BU Finance.
• Coordinate with regional PF and SCFS to sign-off quarterly material price according to the agreed timeline.
• Perform hygiene and reasonableness check of forecasted material price which is to be used to calculate material price inflation and construct local P&L forecast.
• Ensure material forecast accuracy to ensure the business team make informed pricing decision.
• Manage and consolidate CMA forecast to capture cost impact which is not managed by regional procurement.
• Work with procurement & SU FBP to manage saving forecast (material buying, product logic, material waste saving).
• Track actual material costs against the above forecasted drivers where possible to identify action for performance improvement.
• Provide monthly result commentary and related analysis e.g. PPV analysis and GMVA analysis.
• Partner cluster procurement team and local procurement team.
• Lead discussion with local procurement including RM team, PM team and 3PM team.
• Liaise and work with regional SCF team in driving material cost saving and supporting project-based requests that will lead to cluster material cost achievement.
• Drive communication and collaboration with local BU Finance to strengthen collaboration and S&OP understanding within local Finance team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• 5 years of relevant experience minimum.
• Good analytical, planning, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Hands-on, good teamwork.
• Good command of English, both written and spoken.

Benefits

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70,000 - 150,000 THB per month