Are you a born ENTREPRENEUR who loves to INNOVATE or do you prefer driving COLLABORATION with a sense of RESPONSIBILITY and a touch of EXCELLENCE? If you answered yes, then we want to hear from you. Applying for a job at LINDT is an easy process. Simply click APPLY and follow the steps to upload your application.
Position Purpose
Responsible for working with various departments at Lindt South Africa and assisting with day-to-day queries, analysis on sales/profitability, providing support as well as producing information to enable management to make key decisions. Responsible for elements of the month end process, budget process, and financial forecasting.
Key Responsibilities
Review the forecast monthly by brand, channel and customer in collaboration with sales leaders and supply chain & planning
Support the Finance Manager and Head of Commercial Finance with month end reporting, budget and forecasting processes, and ad-hoc reporting requirements and any related projects
Develop and maintain accurate customer and brand contribution statements and evaluate the financial data to provide meaningful insights to management
Assimilating financial data into valuable information to create daily, weekly, and monthly reporting of pertinent financial information to all departments and key stakeholders
Ensure all pricing and promotions for customers are reflected accurately in SAP
Monitor monthly promotional and operating expenses in comparison with Budget and latest estimates, providing accurate views on risks and opportunities
Analyze promotional ROI performance of promotional activity and make relevant recommendations, and monitor new product launches and sales in comparison with targets
Assist product managers with the costing for new product development
Financial modelling and price simulation analysis
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, and operations, to understand their financial needs and provide proactive and reactive support to achieve business objectives
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
University degree and ideally studying towards the CIMA degree
A minimum of two-years of experience in a finance analytical role
Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
Knowledge and insights about customers and needs in confectionary FMCG industry and/or Retail
Expert ability in Microsoft Excel, SAP experience considered to be an advantage
Microsoft Office skills – Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
SAP (S4 HANA) experience considered to be an advantage
High caliber of professional interpersonal skills, with excellent analytical, conceptual, and communication skills (both oral and written)
Proven track record of delivering results within a major FMCG organization
Demonstrated strong leadership qualities
Performance driven, tenacious and goal orientated
Innovative problem solver and a facilitator of change
Well-organized and able to set priorities and clear targets
Proven ability to conduct complex, quantitative and statistical analyses complimented with qualitative inputs from multiple sources to draw conclusions and make recommendations
Capable of managing numerous projects at once in a high-paced environment
Ability to think outside the box when searching for solutions to problems
High degree of flexibility
Able to grow with the level of responsibilities and with the size and structure of the business
Skills Required
- University degree
- Studying towards CIMA
- Minimum of two years of experience in a finance analytical role
- Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
- Knowledge and insights about customers and needs in confectionary FMCG industry and/or Retail
- Expert ability in Microsoft Excel
- SAP experience
- Microsoft Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- SAP S4 HANA experience
- High caliber professional interpersonal, conceptual, and communication skills (oral and written)
- Proven track record of delivering results within a major FMCG organization
- Demonstrated strong leadership qualities
- Performance driven, tenacious and goal orientated
- Innovative problem solver and facilitator of change
- Well-organized and able to set priorities and clear targets
- Proven ability to conduct complex quantitative and statistical analyses
- Capable of managing numerous projects at once in a high-paced environment
- Ability to think outside the box when searching for solutions
- High degree of flexibility
- Able to grow with the level of responsibilities and business structure
What We Do
The Lindt & Sprüngli Group - premium chocolate for more than 175 years Lindt & Sprüngli is recognized as a leader in the market for premium quality chocolate, offering a large selection of products in more than 120 countries around the world. During 175 years of Lindt & Sprüngli's existence, it has become known as one of the most innovative and creative companies making premium chocolate. The beginnings of Lindt & Sprüngli are in 1845, when father and son for the first time manufactured solid chocolate in their small confectionery Sprüngli & Son, at that time yet a partnership. Since then, the company has gone through many different eras, but the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for making chocolate that drove both the Sprüngli family as well as Rodolphe Lindt, when he invented the first truly melting chocolate and later on sold his business to Sprüngli, are still alive. Today, quality chocolate products by Lindt & Sprüngli are made at 12 own production sites in Europe and the USA. They are distributed by 36 subsidiaries and branch offices, in more than 530 own stores, and also via a comprehensive network of more than 100 independent distributors around the globe. With more than 14,500 employees, the Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of CHF 5.2 billion in 2023.
