Job Description:

Company Mars Petcare & Food France

Contract: CDI/Permanent

Location: Paris or Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel (30min from Orléans), with weekly commuting between Paris and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel

In our ambition to gain share and create value, this position will play a critical role in providing financial leadership and decision support for the Sales and Marketing teams in line with our business strategies. Along with creating insights on finance performance, the position needs to ensure achievement of net sales target and that trade fund investments stay within budget. The role is co-creating business plans, challenging/reviewing assumptions, spotting opportunities & risks and ensure sustainable value creation.

What are we looking for?

• A degree in a Financial background with a few years of work experience in this field

• Expertise with tools: Pack Office, Power BI

• Excellent communication in both French and English (written and oral communication)

• An analytical and synthetic approach

• A good collaborative approach with an approachable personality

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Supporting the definition of customer strategy and achieving targets set within operational plan/3 yrs value creation plan

• Develop strategic partnership with the Sales and Marketing leadership through spending time in the market to understand the competitive landscape, uncover opportunities for growth, further understand the customer and strengthen the relationship with the Customer team.

• Partner with RGM and the local organization to support and roll out ROI models and best practices to evaluate the effectiveness of consumer promotional activities and trade investments to drive value creation as well as to drive portfolio and customer mix as per business.

• Partner with regional FP&A team to efficiently create S&OP+ forecast.

• Initiate, lead, and manage projects which will improve current business processes and deliver against strategy.

• Establish and drive digital tools/reporting and a value creation mindset within the local Sales/channel organization

• Ensure, that the trade budget is managed accurately and at the appropriate level of detail in the Trade Budget Systems; work in conjunction with sales to review trade fund use and effectiveness; identify opportunities to maximize ROI and eliminate non-working investments

• Support in the preparation of annual trade negotiations and customer business plans

• Evaluation of financial impacts driven by price increase, as well as changes in trade terms/conditions

What can you expect from Mars?

• At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.

• As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.

• The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars.

• An environment where you are empowered to be proactive and to take initiatives to make a difference.

• At Mars, we are committed to helping create a safe, healthy, and sustainable world for our partners and the communities in which we operate.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.