Diageo Nigeria Job Vacancy for Supply Finance Director

Started by Jobbers, Nov 20, 2011, 08:43 AM

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Job Title: Supply Finance Director
AutoReqId: 30132BR
Function: Finance
Country: Nigeria
Reports To: Commercial Director, Nigeria
Local Company: Guinness Nigeria PLC (GNPLC)
Parent Company: Diageo

Purpose of Role:
•   Developing and leading an expert Supply Finance function in Nigeria, covering performance management, decision support and process / control excellence across COGS, inventory and Capex. 
•   Partnering with the Supply Director and Leadership team to deliver excellent, well planned outcomes.

Top Accountabilities:
•   Developing a strong Supply Finance organisation in Nigeria to enable sustainable delivery of excellent financial results with no surprises
•   Driving performance management in Supply across COGS, Inventory and Capex, ensuring transparency, accuracy and delivery of targets
•   Building decision support capability in Supply Finance to ensure all key decisions are properly supported locally by quality financial analysis to drive value maximisation
•   Ensuring that Supply processes are efficient and well controlled and make best use of SAP functionality
•   Partnering with the Supply Director to ensure that CC&E is well embedded across the Supply organisationb

Qualifications and Experience:
•   Qualified Accountant with minimum 10+ years post NYSC experience
•   Significant hands on Supply Finance experience, ideally in a SAP environment
•   Broader demand finance experience is an advantage
•   Experience of working in developing markets with both in market and cross-functional teams and ideally Supply
•   High level of communication and influencing skills.
•   Extensive project management skills, both as a leader and key team member.
•   Strong background in continuous improvement and exposure to implementing best practice in operations and financial management.
•   People management experience / proven ability to identify and develop talent

Barriers to Success in Role:
•   Inability to adopt and deploy a range of influencing styles to build positive relationships and make things happen across a broad and diverse organisation.
•   Inability to seek and anticipate internal and external future opportunities, risks, and areas for improvement facing the business.
•   Inability to work autonomously, maintain drive without the support of others.

How to Apply:
•   Visit Diageo Careers
•   Click on "Search & apply"
•   Click on "Search openings"
•   Scroll down and enter "AutoReqId" as Keyword
•   Then select the position for more information and application.