Lao Supply Chain Finance Manager

LAO Supply Chain Finance Manager - Kimberly Clark Professional

This role will provide leadership of our supply chain analyst(s), as well as individually providing analytical support, counsel, insight and though-leadership for the business to deliver (exceed) its financial, operational and strategic goals.

Be a thought-partner for driving best finance practices in LAO / Kimberly Clark Professional.

**Business Priorities**:

- Drive incremental profitability and cash flow to the Region through proactive analysis, insights generation and recommendations.
- As the Finance leader to the KCP LAO Product Supply Director, constructively challenge the business to unlock full potential.
- Provide total delivered cost financial analyses on actuals and forecast to Regional CFO and Commercial finance Team

**Role Accountabilities**:

- Provide financial expertise to the KCP LAO Product Supply Leadership team to ensure the achievement of overall objectives. Coordinate the identification of opportunities for improving cost performance of the product supply team to assure continuity of competitive manufacturing facilities.
- Lead initiatives to benchmark cost and service levels within the finance organization, working seamlessly with other central finance leaders and the finance career development team to improve the strength of all centralized finance organizations.
- Provide leadership to ensure the delivered costs finance team attracts, develops, and retains the best people and fosters an environment which motivates a diverse team to fully use its capabilities in achieving desired business results.
- Embrace a Continuous Improvement mindset; using the tools and behaviours from this approach to drive a problem-solving approach and driving a desire to always do better
- Support, provided guidance to and hold stakeholders accountable for cost reduction efforts across KCP LAO from identification through implementation.
- Maintain flexibility to support broader cost-based and strategic initiatives across the organization.
- Provide leadership, coaching and work direction to supply chain analyst(s).

**Qualification/Functional/Business** skills**:

- Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field.
- 6+ years of proven and progressive experience in finance.
- Position is located in Colombia or Brazil
- High degree of financial competence. Knowledge of the financial and business implications of general business practices is essential
- Strong business judgment, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- A track record of delivering results through a blend of analytics and influential leadership
- Decisiveness and an ability to operate effectively in the midst of ambiguity
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proactive commitment to their self-development
- Ability to synthesize financial performance to business stakeholders as insights.
- Understanding of internal controls, corporate, unit policies and instructions.
- A track record of delivering results through a blend of analytics and influential leadership
- Demonstrated organizational skills to manage functional workload, multiple priorities, and competing time demands

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Master's degree in Finance or related field.
- Financial Analysis experience that enhances the incumbents’ network of contacts, resources, and understanding of the staff environment is desirable.
- Systems Experience: SAP/ERP Systems, Anaplan, Tableau
- Proficient with Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI and/or Tableau
- Advanced computer skills using Excel and PowerPoint to prepare communications, financial / functional spreadsheets and presentations
- Previous P&L responsibility and B2B experience along with a thorough understanding of forecasting techniques is preferred.

**Global VISA and Relocation Specifications**:
**Primary Location**: Colombia - Flexible Location - Medellin

**Additional Locations**: Brazil -Sao Paulo

**Worker Type**: Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**: Regular

**Time Type**: Full time