Current Vacancies at Mondelēz International

You help develop a comprehensive view of what great looks like in retail enterprises for our categories. You create market-leading capabilities in managing space, range and distribution to maximize category growth throughout all retail channels and environments and track and measure performance of space against forecast plans.

How you will contribute

You will: 

• Deliver our Mondelēz International Perfect Store agenda identifying relevant growth potentials via customer & shopper analysis and implement/develop actionable measures
• Design Picture of Success for our key customers in regard of shelf, secondary placement and promotion efficiency
• Lead Category Management projects with key customers
• Equip Sales Teams with relevant materials and tools and train/steer them to efficiently execute perfect store related topics. Support development of annual trade negotiations.
• Develop plans and ideas to drive and improve future business of Mondelēz International in light of perfect store related topics
• Close collaboration with multiple functions internally and external stakeholders

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Store excellence and routes-to-market
• Having a future-focused mindset with curiosity about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers and translating opportunities into business strategies
• Delivering a strategic plan, measuring and monitoring results and making recommendations to achieve growth targets
• Influencing stakeholders and interacting effectively with others, with the courage and resilience to hold an alternative point of view
• Team player
• Collaboration
• Sales in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods industry a distinct advantage
• Project management a distinct advantage

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What you need to know about this position:

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

•  Key accounts and distribution
•  Customer and category knowledge a distinct advantage
•  Project management in a supply chain or commercial context
•  Analytical skills
•  Organizing and prioritizing
•  Problem solving
•  Finding new and innovative solutions
•  Teamwork
•  Having an open mind and driving for results
•  Project Management 

Key Relationships

The successful incumbent will liaise with key members of various business units:

•       Category Development Managers
•       Sales revenue planning
•       Field sales and operations 
•       Shopper Insights 
•       External customers, including Distributors, 3rd party vendors, data suppliers and others as applicable.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• Collaborator 
• Involved
• Open minded
• Passion for data analysis and sense making

Education / Certifications:

• To succeed in this role, it is expected the successful incumbent will have:
• A relevant Commercial or Marketing Degree or Diploma/equivalent
• Understanding of Category Management
• Minimum 3-5 FMCG experience in Sales/Marketing
•  Sales experience is essential
• Ideally with broad experience across the following:
• History of managing projects 
• Category Management – Operational is essential 
• Understanding of field sales operations 
• Strong analytical skills

Job specific requirements:

•  Define and develop In store Standards for primary shelf and secondary placement in line with category and brand strategy, adapt it to each retail environment by customer and all supporting rationale and customer stories
•  Perfect Store KPIs tracking and identify distribution opportunities – analysis, action plan and activities execution
•  Provide support with fast track: analyse, calculate, prepare for revision, sign off and monitor priorities and results together with Category Planning and activation
•  Manage all activities in line with budgets agreed

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You will be manager in a team responsible for the overall financial integrity and performance of a country, category, Supply Chain or FP&A. You will support the Senior Manager or Director in data collection to prepare business proposals, verify assumptions, check daily execution and support delivery of overall objectives and ensure the integrity and timeliness of reporting. You may also have a direct report or manage third party providers resources.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Manage and execute aspects of finance planning and performance management process and related financial decisions potentially including Strategic Plan and Annual Contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modeling and decision support for a focused scope within a region, business unit, country, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International Business Services or Corporate Finance team. You will own data collection and verify data integrity
• Ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in your area of scope and ensure full compliance with our policies
• Help the senior manager and the business prepare critical financial data and insight that enable perspectives for business strategies and decisions
• Lead projects to improve efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement
• Contribute to a high-performing Finance team. You will also invest in personal development and the development of Finance peers and drive our Finance talent agenda within the organization, with a focus on local FP&A pipeline
• What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• TECHNICAL EXPERTISE in financial planning and performance management including data collection and structuring, analyzing, planning and reporting company financial performance across all financial KPIs and investment decisions and cost management to achieve financial targets
• BUSINESS ACUMEN and understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and local snacking market dynamics. Relevant experience in a regional/local business
• LEADERSHIP SKILLS including experience with business partnering and communication skills across a large regional or local public company
• GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and the ability to identify/execute opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness
• INTEGRITY and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations

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Purpose 

• The Commercial Finance Manager will work with their team to ensure the maintenance of finance transactions, data, systems and reporting for the South African Traditional Trade Channel. This will include financial performance reporting, analysis and maintenance of strong controls and compliance in your area of scope to ensure full adherence to our policies. You will also contribute to a high-performing Finance team, invest in personal development and the development of your Finance peers and direct reports. 
• Key Responsibilities

Financial Analysis 

• Monitor, control, and report on commercial spend vs Prior Year/Rolling Forecasts. Implement mechanisms and tools to facilitate this.
• Month end closing - volume & net sales.
• Daily monitoring of sales, sales rates, promo spend and reporting to various stakeholders.
• Monitoring of customer and product mix.
• Support the sales team by challenging the commercial strategy based on financial analysis.
• Provide financial analysis and decision support to the sales team and counsel them on financial matters that impact short term results and strategic decisions.
• Prepare in-depth and insightful analysis of business results, including the identification of opportunities and risks together with recommendations for actions to address these. Submit commentaries and analytics for monthly internal business reviews within BU and with Country/Area sales teams.

Financial Planning and Management 

• Understand all micro-processes related to sales, within SAP and BI.
• Control of Gross sales, trade spend and Net sales in G/L.
• Maintenance of customer and contractual terms.
• Manage and maintain the company financials to ensure that targets are achieved, and exceptions are highlighted.
• Monthly reporting of Vol and Net Sales by Brand, trend analysis and by brand by month rolling forecasts
• Working with the Commercial Finance Analyst, Traditional Trade and Order to cash teams: Control Rebate and discretionary spend.
• Approval of Rebate and ad-hoc payments in conjunction with Commercial teams.

Team Management and Leadership: 

• Responsible for the supervision and motivation of the Commercial Finance Analyst, Traditional Trade.
• Ensuring smooth team operations and effective collaboration.
• Ability to set clear team goals and motivate team members to achieve these.
• Monitor team performance, recognize, and reward high performance.
• Provide guidance, coaching and support to encourage career development.

Internal Controls: 

• Ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in your area of scope.
• Maintain full compliance with MDLZ policies and procedures.

Qualification and Experience 

• University degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• Working towards CIMA or CA preferable
• 5-7 Years in a similar role within FMCG or Manufacturing Environment
• Should ideally have worked for a multinational company
• Proficient Excel skills
• SAP experience advantageous
• Must be able to process large quantities of data in short spaces of time
• Strong business and interpersonal savvy
• Process Management
• Customer Focused and consumer-centric

Key Stakeholders: 

• Key Account Managers (Traditional Trade)
• Customer Planning and Activation Teams
• Accounting and External Reporting 
• Category Finance
• Financial Planning & Analysis

Safety, Security, Environment & Compliance
In addition to the key accountabilities, all employees of Mondelez International are responsible for supporting and actively participating in the sites Safety, Security and Environment Management systems and programs to drive a safe working culture that complies with regulatory and Mondelez International’s standards and delivers zero accidents.

Compliance
Know the legal and compliance responsibilities of the position; lead ethically and model compliant behaviour; maintain an environment where employees are encouraged to speak up without fear of retaliation; ensure employees in area of responsibility understand the compliance responsibilities of their jobs and actively participate in the compliance program.

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You have in-depth mastery of one technical process and maintains that process using progressive maintenance standards, troubleshooting on multiple processes and issues when necessary. You also lead at least one standard work process for your team.

How you will contribute

Without you, we could not deliver high-quality snacks to our customers. You will operate and maintain equipment to build technical mastery and to deliver on safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets, understanding losses in your area and taking the appropriate action to eliminate them. You will use autonomous and progressive maintenance standards to maintain equipment and support new product development. In this role, you will ensure that safety processes are observed, and that quality assurance activities are performed. You will take an active role in shutdown maintenance, root-cause analysis, stops reductions loss analysis and breakdown elimination.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Autonomous maintenance (AM) Step 4 systems and the advanced skills to maintain equipment at basic conditions, including AM and progressive maintenance (e.g., breakdown maintenance, planned maintenance) standards on dedicated equipment
• Phase 2 tools including AM Step 4, working principle, general inspection, focused improvement 12 steps, and quality management Steps 3-6
• Leading a standard work process using a plan-do-check-adjust approach

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• This is a leadership role where you will own the technology, maintenance, process and setting for the equipment for the line. You will possess deep expertise and will be viewed as the technology expert of the line/s.

What extra ingredients you will bring:

• Ability to influence
• Problem Solving and continuous improvement 
• Conflict Management
• Decision making skills
• Effective Communication

Education / Certifications/Job specific requirements:

• Grade 12 (Matric) 
• Trade Test: Fitter/Turner and/or Millwright
• Minimum 2 years experience in a similar role & environment

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You will manage all accounting and external reporting matters for your assigned country. You will also effectively partner with an external auditor to address complex accounting topics and to ensure the timely and accurate reporting of results. In addition, you will work with our Mondelēz International Business Services organization to drive accurate and timely reporting and to ensure proper reconciliations for all accounts in the market. In this role, you will foster a strong connection with the regional team and when appropriate, with the corporate controlling team to ensure full compliance with Mondelēz International’s Accounting and External Reporting (AER) policies and to ensure that we are adopting U.S. GAAP accounting standards in a timely manner. You will also ensure that we comply with all local accounting standards, see to the timely filing of financial statements and of indirect tax returns/payments (e.g. VAT, excise tax, sales tax).

How you will contribute

You will:

• Manage all accounting and external reporting matters for your assigned country, including ensuring accurate and timely U.S. GAAP reporting and the timeliness and integrity of statutory financial reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and KPIs. You will also provide insights into balance sheet movements and cash flow and ensure account reconciliations, intercompany charges, fixed assets, and restructuring are signed off for your assigned country
• Contribute to a strong controls and compliance environment in the country and ensure full compliance with our AER policies. You will act as our primary contact with our external auditor for the country
• Address complex accounting topics in coordination with the Business Unit or Region Controller and ensure timely adoption of all U.S. GAAP Accounting Standards in the country. You will also support the business on policy interpretation for changes in process or M&A activity
• Drive for harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working on AER processes and systems such as SAP and build a mindset of continuous improvement in the country team
• Build a high-performing Accounting and External Reporting (AER) team (Mondelēz International  employees and actively manage the relationship with Mondelēz International Business Services/third party providers). Recruit and develop talent and drive our AER talent agenda in the country

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• TECHNICAL EXPERTISE in accounting and external reporting (AER) including a deep understanding of U.S. GAAP, IFRS, close processes and financial reporting systems. General knowledge in complex technical accounting such as treatment of FX, derivatives, employee compensation and pension plans. Expertise in policy, controls and compliance design including SOX reporting. General knowledge of tax laws and indirect and direct tax
• BUSINESS ACUMEN and understanding of our business and finance beyond the AER scope. Big Four accounting firm experience preferred
• LEADERSHIP SKILLS including proven business partnering and communication skills across a large global, public company. Experience working as a global finance leader managing global, cross-functional and business partner teams to drive timely and accurate results
• GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and the ability to identify strategic opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness
• INTEGRITY and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with Mondelēz International values and policies and external regulations

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for the integrity of the TB for South Africa, Mauritius, SALP and CHI:

• Journal review and approval (as per approval matrix)
• Ensure clean balance sheet and managing the resolution of anomalies identified
• Hold other Finance Partners (e.g. Commercial, ISC, CS&L, Tax) accountable for respective sections of the TB
• Timely analysis of monthly balances per the TB with comments for review by the A&ER Lead   

Coordinate intercompany transactions reporting as they occur for allocated entities (Mauritius, CHI, South Africa, and SALP)

Lead the Month-end, Quarter-end and Year-end close processes by tracking all month end closing activities through SAP and reporting the same in OPAL, FIT and HFM tools:

• Effective coordination of Shared Services teams handling the GL interfaces with other reporting tools 
• Coordinates the monthly P&L reviews with the supervision of the AER Lead/Manager
• Reviews balance sheet accounts for assigned entities and ensures rational of balances before close
• Reviews monthly depreciation and ensures accuracy per Policy guidelines  
• Participates in and performs monthly FICO reconciliations, ensuring minimal unidentified variance
• Ensure timely and accurate HFM reporting in line with Global guidelines and deadlines
• Coordinate the preparation and timely submission of monthly Flash  to the Region
• Rotational ownership of Month/Quarter/Year End deliverables

Manage the financial services accrual process and ensure accuracy of balances for all South Africa and Rest of Africa entities:

• Ensure fees are within the initial budget (i.e. AC) and approvals are in place for unbudgeted services
• Ensure valid accurate monthly accrual as per agreed fees
• Joint review of monthly commentary before submission to the BU AER Lead 

Treasury related tasks, ensuring proper cash flow management (balance of Accounts receivable and Payables)
Ensure the Assets of the business are properly captured and protected (Insurance and Fixed Asset Register)
Ensure accuracy of indirect tax balances for Mauritius, South Africa and Swaziland Entities:

• Ensure monthly reconciliations are done for VAT and WHT balances
• Ensure timely payments of VAT and WHT are done 
• Engage Indirect Tax Consultants (EY) and/or Tax Authorities on differences identified
• Ensure accurate reporting of indirect tax balances

Responsible for the accuracy of the payroll journals posting:

• Ensure effective review of payroll journals received from HR team 
• Ensure timely posting of payroll journals 
• Oversees analysis and review of payroll balances on the balance sheet and inquiries with the HR team
• Work closely with Payroll Team to ensure quick resolution of open items

Actively managing Income Tax related tasks as per the Tax Calendar for all assigned trading entities:

• Coordination and timely submission of information requested to EY or Tax team after internal reviews
• Ensuring preparation of Annual Global View Pack (GVP) by EY for assigned entities (where in scope)
• Preparing  Quarterly Local Roll Forwards as may be required
• Liaise with Tax Manager for effective analysis and reviews or resolution of issues identified
• Timely and accurate submission of the annual International Tax Questionnaire (ITQ)
• Timely escalation of issues

Oversees the South Africa & Rest of Africa audits, functioning as COE, and actively manages those of South Africa and Mauritius 

• Serve as Liaison between business function and PWC/EY
• Tracking of drafting and audit activities against agreed timelines
• Timely escalations of risks to timelines to A&ER Lead where required
• Coordinates the resolution of audit queries and necessary to the adjustments Statutory accounts
• Ensures timely adjustments made to the USGAAP accounts from audit adjustments
• Coordinates the approval and signing of the AFS by the directors before statutory deadlines

Manage Cadbury Botswana, Springer (Namibia) and Cadbury Swaziland reporting processes as the entities progress towards liquidations

Actively participates in the cashflow forecasting process for the SSA BU, including analysis and data provision
Ownership and effective coordination of Shared Services team handling the GL interfaces with OPAL/COPA Reporting interface tools and Monthly FICO reconciliations

Actively managing Tax related tasks as per the Tax Calendar for all assigned entities

• Ensuring Accounting and Tax statutory compliance with timely remittances to authorities as may be required
• Coordinating and timely submission of information requested to EY or Tax team after internal reviews
• Ensuring preparation of Annual Global View Pack (GVP) by EY for assigned entities (where in scope)
• Preparing  Quarterly Local Roll Forwards as may be required
• Liaise with Tax Manager for effective analysis and reviews or resolution of issues identified
• Timely and accurate submission of the annual International Tax Questionnaire (ITQ)
• Timely escalation of issues

Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliation reviews on Blackline tool

• Timely & value adding Finance Manager reviews of allocated accounts with comments
• Ensure timely resolution of issues identified and raised 
• Timely escalation of issues as may be required

Perform monthly balance sheet reviews for Swaziland Entity with comments for appreciation by the SSA A&ER Lead and FD

Act as the first point of contact to resolve all escalated critical reporting issues beyond the capabilities of the remote shared services support partners;

People Management & Leadership related activities

Education, Certifications, Skills & Experience:

• Experience with FMCG/Manufacturing Industry is advantageous
• Strong Background in Audit
• BCom Accounting or Equivalent Qualification
• Minimum 5 Years progressive experience in a similar role