Finance Business Partner Sourcing

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course,

About the Role:

Line Manager: Manager, Finance Business Partner Sustainability & Sourcing

Category: 10

Location: Douala

No of positions: 01

Type of contract: Full Time

The “Sourcing Finance Business Partner” proactively provides insights on business opportunities and risks as well as the respective financial impact to Sourcing Manager, Country FBP Manager and country managing director.

This job supports business initiatives aimed at improving operational and financial performance. This job gets guidance and support from the Manager, Finance Business Partnering country on complex activities, ad hoc requests, and key issues in the execution of duties.

Key responsibilities include:

Act as strategic advisory interface to the Sourcing management team

Contribute to developing business strategy (prefinancing, volume & beans quality, cleaning & drying etc…)

Facilitate strategic planning processes across the sourcing, cleaning & drying business

Support the leader on preparing and determining business objectives, strategies, and tactics

Ensure a good understanding and control of sourcing, cleaning & drying operations and that all necessary information is recorded in the appropriate information system

Ensures integrity and effective financial controls in the sourcing, cleaning & drying sites.

Support budget holders on preparing operating budgets and capex plans

Perform operation and business management reviews

Provides insights on financial improvement opportunities and supports the Leader to achieve them

Provide the business and management with analytical support to enable an understanding of business dynamics

Develop, analyze, and present financial results to the business and management (Sourcing, Cleaning & Drying Non-financial and financial data)

Lead and coordinate projects to improve business performance and operations

Perform any ad hoc activities requested by the manager FBP or any relevant stakeholder

Develop and maintain business performance scorecards including the associated metrics / KPIs

About You:

Master’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar

Technical proficiency (eg, SAP – ERP systems, Excel, PowerPoint)

Microsoft Office and Google-based applications knowledge

English business proficiency (written and spoken)

3-5 years’ experience in finance as a supervisor (for stakeholder management)

Experience in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries

Perform any ad hoc activity requested by Manager, FBP country or any relevant stakeholder (Sourcing Manager…)

Adaptability

Leadership experience (Drive to Deliver, Dealing with People, Shaping the Business)

Drive continuous improvement initiatives regarding processes, technologies, and organization

Positive attitude

Professional attitude

Promote knowledge sharing organization- wide

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC – Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.

If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here.

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at: https://jobs.barry-callebaut.com/job/Douala-Finance-Business-Partner-Sourcing-LT-BP-570/972321500/