Lead - Finance Business Partner (Supply chain/Inventory)

Location

Bangalore | India

Job description

Reporting to Head Business Finance, the candidate will own the material price forecasting process for select portfolios and clusters, for on time and in full delivery. The candidate will play a pivotal role in leading the forecasting process, building understanding of the material price forecast, and driving insights for decision making.

The role would be to mainly:

• Drive the material price forecast process for select portfolios and clusters.
• Lead process improvement initiatives and simplification projects
• Support wider transformation programs in the forecasting space
• Drive analytics and insights to enable value-focused business decisions and actions
• Understand drivers of forecast impact to partner Procurement and Finance teams on the forecast
• Focused approach on working capital optimisation (Inventory, credit terms)
• Involvement in vendor contract finalisation
• Finance SPOC to Supply chain function- budgeting, business partnering.
• Lead a team of 3-4

Desired Qualifications:

• Qualified CMA/ MBA (full time)/CA with 10-12 years' experience.
• Relevant experience in Financial Planning, Forecasting and / or Finance Operations
• Prior experience in Procurement Finance or Supply Chain Finance preferred.
• Strong people management skills to engage, steer, and motivate the team for high performance.
• Strong analytical skills, Excel skills and attention to detail
• High accountability and ownership
• Passion for high performance to drive and continuously improve the process.
• Resilience to cope with challenges of a demanding forecasting cycle
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills.

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