Associate Director, Global Procurement Finance – Business Cycle & Analytics

Functie:
Kraft Heinz Amsterdam seeks an Associate Director, Global Procurement Finance - Business Cycle & Analytics to lead the global finance routines and analytics for procurement. You will partner with Global Procurement leadership, FP&A and data teams to drive standardization, automation, and value delivery across zones. You will oversee planning, forecasting, actuals, and performance insights, translating data into actionable recommendations.

Sector:
Privaat

Dienstverband:
Vast

Specialisme:
International, Overig

Associate Director Global Procurement Finance
Amsterdam | On-site | EUR 120,000 – 180,000 | Full time

The Associate Director, Global Procurement Finance – Business Cycle & Analytics is accountable for leading the global financial business cycle and analytics agenda for the Procurement function, enabling data-driven decisions and performance transparency across zones and categories. This role partners closely with Global Procurement leadership, Risk Management, Zone Procurement Finance teams, FP&A, and Data/Analytics teams to drive standardization, automation, and insight generation that improves value delivery, decision quality, and execution rigor.

Key Responsibilities

  • Business Cycle Leadership (Plan/Forecast/Actuals) : Lead the design and execution of global procurement finance routines that connect long-term strategy with annual planning, monthly forecasting, and performance tracking. Establish clear calendars, templates, assumptions governance, and ways of working to ensure alignment across global and zone teams.
  • Performance Analysis & Decision Support : Deliver regular performance insights that connect procurement outcomes (e.g., savings, productivity, price/mix, compliance, working capital, risks/opportunities) with financial impact. Provide executive-ready analytics, variance analysis, scenario/sensitivity assessments, and clear recommendations to support resource allocation and trade-off decisions.
  • Value Delivery Analytics & Reporting : Own the global analytics approach for procurement value delivery, including definitions, measurement standards, and reporting for savings/productivity pipelines and realized results. Drive visibility to gross savings vs. net impact, timing/phasing, and risks to delivery; enable action planning with procurement leaders.
  • Process Standardization & Automation : Establish global standards for procurement finance analytics and business cycle processes, partnering with Digital/Data and Finance transformation teams to automate data flows, reduce manual reporting, and improve data quality and control.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination : Coordinate with Global Procurement, Zone Procurement Finance, FP&A, Supply Chain Finance, and Data/BI teams to ensure analytics and routines meet stakeholder needs and enable consistent decision-making. Facilitate alignment on KPIs, definitions, and ownership across teams.
  • Function Transformation & Capability Building : Build and execute a procurement finance analytics and business cycle roadmap (tools, data model, reporting suite, governance, training) that strengthens capability across the network and embeds continuous improvement and change management.

Responsibilities in short

  • Lead global procurement finance routines for plan/forecast/actuals.
  • Deliver executive-ready analytics linking savings, productivity, and financial impact.
  • Own analytics approach for procurement value delivery and reporting.
  • Establish global standards for analytics and business cycle processes.
  • Coordinate with Global/Zone teams to align KPIs and ownership.
  • Build roadmap for capability building and change management.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; MBA/Master’s preferred
  • 10+ years of relevant finance experience; procurement finance, supply chain finance, FP&A, or transformation experience strongly preferred
  • Strong analytical skills (financial modeling, scenario analysis, performance management) with ability to translate data into decisions and actions
  • Demonstrated experience building standardized processes and routines across complex, multi-stakeholder/global environments
  • Strong executive communication skills; able to synthesize complex topics into clear, decision-oriented messages
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and BI tools (e.g., Power BI/Tableau) preferred
  • Comfortable working under pressure and managing deadlines with a practical, ownership-oriented mindset

Qualifications in short

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field; MBA preferred.
  • 10+ years in finance with procurement/FP&A or transformation experience.
  • Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into decisions.
  • Experience building standardized processes across global environments.
  • Strong executive communication; synthesize complex topics clearly.
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; ERP systems (SAP) and BI tools preferred.

Skills

  • Procurement finance
  • Financial analysis
  • Data analytics
  • ERP SAP
  • Power BI

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance
  • MBA

Tools

  • Power BI
  • Tableau

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.