Operations Controller-MENA

About The Job

Danone MENA is looking for an Operations Controller – MENA for its Specialized Business in the Middle East and North Africa region. This role will be responsible for Organizing & mobilizing resources (people, process, tools).

The candidate will also carry the following responsibilities

A- Business Context & Key challenges

• Support and reply to the stakeholder on ad hoc basis.
• Support Line Manager on specific requests or projects.
• Mastering of our Operations (COGS & Logistics cost) for actuals as well as Rolling Forecast through permanent tracking, early detection & reporting of deviations.
• Reliable and consistent Reporting of Operations in Magnitude as well as all internal reporting (dashboard, analysis), enabling Top management to take the right business decisions.
• Identify & track productivity initiatives for the current projects.
• Secure compliance to Internal control (Dango) within the scope.
• Support ad hoc project.
• Volatile and increasingly challenging business environment (Cogs increase, vessel constraints, Forex volatility).
• Business integration.
• Beyond Budget Rolling Forecast - increased complexity, reporting frequency & horizon.
• More sophisticated tools & processes (Themis SAP & Essbase) delivering stronger controls & efficiency however requiring stronger coordination, collaboration & anticipation.
  
  

B- Key Accountabilities

• Maintain twice a week of PRIMO COGS report.
• Monitor missing COGS not in Primo vs shipment plan and ask for it.
• Analysis of COGS v. LY (SCP/PTC/IPU) once a year.
• Animation of COGS Bridge with Vol/Price/Mix/Forex & Other impact.
• Tracking & Maintenance of Other Material costs.
• COGS (Actual v. DTBV) Recon in collaboration with DBS.
• Perform Operations reclasses in SAP.
• Maintenance in Essbase for all COGS indicators.
• Prepare and Manage postings for month end closure.
• Review challenge and validate the FY budget with D2D.
• Tracking of all logistics related cost & flag risk/ops. In Actual v. plan.
• Follow up of PO/GR process as well as approval.
• Make sure D2D team is performing the 3way matches PO/GR/Invoices.
• Prepare internal logistics bridge v. LY & Last RF & Share with stakeholders with action plans.
• Report YTD actual bridge and advice on variation and R&O.
• Tracking & Maintenance of Balance sheet accounts in scope.
• Support the business cases for operations-related projects that would come up.
• SKU-wise CO for portfolio management.
• Validating COGS for innovations.
  
  

C- Key Performance Indicators

• Forecast Accuracy - Avoid financial "surprises".
• Reporting Accuracy & Respect to Deadlines.
• Relevance of Cost Analysis & Functional Support.
  
  

D- Job Dimensions

• Manage and interact with multiple stakeholders (internal and external).
• Key Challenge and Build role in Forecasting process.
• Technical knowledge (excel macro, Themis (SAP) & Essbase).
  
  

About You

To be successful in the role you should ideally have

Bachelor And Experience

• University degree in Finance or Equivalent.
• 3-5 years successful experience in Finance, primarily in Finance Controlling / Business Controlling in Multinational FMCG environment.
  
  

Functional Competencies

• Advanced Excel and SAP is a must.
• Essbase, Magnitude and Smart view is a nice to have.
• Mastering of Controlling skills, in particular analytic & synthesis capabilities including Supply chain cycle, Business drivers, Variable vs fixed costs, Variance analysis, Forecasting principles, Stock & leadtimes impacts, Risk and opportunities management, Allocation keys, Dashboards, Accruals.
• Sound understanding of Internal Control principles including Audit & audit track principles, DanGo Internal Control rules, Fraud risk awareness, WHO Code & Right Way, CBU authorization matrix, Governance principles.
  
  

Soft Skills

• Strong communication & presentation skills.
• A high degree of reliability, agility, initiative, resilience, integrity, confidentiality and empathy.
• Ability to perform in a cross-functional, volatile, uncertain and multi-cultural environment.
  
  

Location

Cairo, Egypt

Languages Required

• Fluent in English and Arabic.
  
  

Danone Values

Candidates are expected to adhere to Danone's core values Humanism, Openness, Proximity & Enthusiasm.

Mobility

Candidate should preferably be open to moving within the region or outside the region with Danone in 1-3 years if such an opportunity will arise which will contribute to his/her career growth

About Us

Danone is a world-leading food company operating in three business divisions Fresh Dairy Products, Specialized Nutrition, and Waters.

Danone’s mission is Bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power people have in impacting the world through their daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food. And healthy food needs a healthy planet and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodies.

We offer

Working in Danone MENA is one of the best places to build a strong career through everyday learning, empowerment, and team collaboration in an open culture & environment. Our culture fosters autonomy and empowerment, where your everyday can be a fresh adventure - full of new possibilities and opportunities for your development.

Danone MENA doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where all hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We recruit, employ, train, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, national origin, age, genetic characteristic, or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect

So, if you are the Operations Controller – MENA we are looking for, click on "apply" now