Guinness Nigeria is part of Diageo Africa, currently seeks the services of suitable and qualified Route To Consumer - Finance Lead. We are a part of Key Markets and is a fully integrated, publicly quoted, Manufacturer and Seller/Marketing company of Guinness Products. The major brands are: Guinness FES, GES, Malta Guinness, Harp, Smirnoff Ice, Satzenbrau, Armstrong, Gordon Spark and Top Malt.
DBN: Spirit brands – Baileys Irish Cream,, J WALKER Red, J WALKER Black, Gordon's Dry Gin, Captain Morgan, Premix and Smirnoff Ice Vodka.
Guinness Nigeria Plc - We are continuously interested in talented individuals who want to progress their careers and make a difference to our business.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Route To Consumer - Finance Lead
Location: Lagos
Grade and size: L5
Organisation: Reports to the market Route to Consumer Director.
Context:
A finance role that requires functional expertise and high leadership standards. The Route to Consumer (RtC) Finance lead is responsible for leading the Cost to Serve analysis, investment modelling for supply & commercial, and ensuring a transformational solution for working capital constraints through the full chain (retailer, distributor, wholesaler, Diageo). This individual will be involved and accountable for all stages of the Route to Consumer transformation, including Diagnosis, Design, Pilot and Implementation.
This is a hands-on position that has a key leadership role to deliver the overall Route to Consumer –Finance Framework.
Key Outcomes:
- Lead the Route to Consumer Finance work streams during all stages of the Route to Consumer transformation; Diagnosis, Design, Pilot and Implementation
- Lead the Cost to Serve analysis and modelling against the various Route to Consumer models. It will be imperative that the incumbent delivers both the analysis as well as the insight generation and highlights the impact of various outcomes.
- Co-Define the commercial trade terms for Distributors and 3rd party customers with in market Commercial lead and Supply lead
- Lead all product pricing modelling and deliver recommendations
- Lead analysis on current investment levels, provide recommendations on commercial and supply investment levels that support the delivery of the Route to Consumer models to be implemented
- Complete all CAPEX analysis and recommendations
- During the Diagnosis phase provide key financial data and information to help share the output of the Diagnosis and vision setting phase
- Active participation in the in-market governance as well as Africa Regional governance (to include members of Diageo Africa Executive & Global Route to Consumer team)
Decision maker for:
Key Stakeholders:
- Market to input
- Market General Manager & Executive team
- In Market Route to Consumer team
- In Market Finance Director, Sales Director & Supply Director
- Africa Route to Consumer Director
- Africa Governance team comprised of members of Diageo Africa Executive & Global Route to Consumer team
- External partners (i.e. McKinsey)
Top 3 functional capabilities for this role:
- Qualified Accountant with minimum 7+ years post qualification experience
- Significant experience with Commercial & Supply Finance ideally both, experience in 1 is required as minimum; as well as cross functional experience
- Experience with SAP & Magnitude this individual needs to be a recognized functional expert within the business
Top 3 leadership capabilities for this role:
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders (i.e. members of in market executive)
- Conceptual thinking – open to possibilities mind set, with a pragmatic approach to implementation of concepts and problem-solving skills
- Ability to lead and supervise virtual teams and work under tight deadlines
Essential Qualifications / knowledge / experience required / languages:
- Experience with various Route to Consumer models
- Extensive project management skills, both as a leader and key team member
- Local language(s) & English
- Proven ability to generate insights from data sources & provide clear direction and recommendations
- Experience with Excel and SAP
Application Closing Date
17th April, 2014
How To Apply
Interested candidates should
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