Valeo Foods Group is one of Europe’s fastest-growing food companies, specialising in sweets, snacks and treats. At Valeo Foods, we love to make everyday moments taste better and we are home to over 90 brands including Balconi, Pedro, Horalky, Rowse, Bernard, Barratts and Kettle Chips.
We operate in over 100 countries serving major retailers, discounters, e-commerce, convenience stores, wholesalers, and foodservice operators. With revenues exceeding €1.8 billion, we employ over 5,400 people across more than 30 facilities in the UK, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Slovakia, Czech, and Canada. Valeo Foods Group is owned by Bain Capital.
To bring our purpose to life, we uphold five core behaviours that define how we work and what we stand for:
• Accountability • Agility • Disciplined • Transparency • Teamwork.
These behaviours shape our culture and drive us towards excellence.
We are committed to building a sustainable future for our people, clients, communities, and the planet. We drive efforts to reduce environmental impact, invest in health and safety initiatives, enhance training and development, and nurture an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Job DescriptionAn exciting opportunity for an experienced Group Treasury Manager to help shape and develop a newly formed Group Treasury function within the rapidly growing Valeo Foods Group.
This role combines operational treasury with high‑impact project work, giving an experienced treasury professional the chance to make a real mark in a business expanding quickly across international markets in the food sector.
Initially, you’ll support the setup and embedding of core Group Treasury processes before moving into longer‑term projects and ongoing treasury operations. Working closely with the Group Treasurer, you’ll be part of a highly collaborative and professional head office team.
You’ll play a central role in our treasury transformation, modernising our banking landscape, strengthening cash management, and improving how we manage financial risk across multiple countries.
A major part of the role involves leading our Western Europe banking transition (UK, Germany, Ireland), acting as the main point of contact with our new banking partner, and ensuring a smooth move to automated cash pooling. You’ll partner closely with tax, legal and divisional teams throughout.
Alongside this, you’ll take ownership of group cash management: overseeing cash balances, improving our 13‑week cashflow forecast, reducing idle cash, supporting smarter pooling structures, and advising countries on treasury and capital structure matters. Oversight of overdrafts and short‑term funding sits here too.
Looking forward, you’ll help shape our longer‑term roadmap, including assessing and implementing a Treasury Management System (TMS), improving intra‑group netting processes, and managing debt facility compliance in partnership with Group Finance.
Qualifications- An experienced Treasury Manager with proven relevant experience, looking to further develop their career and eager to face the challenges of establishing a new function
- Has strong communication and influencing skills with to deal effectively with colleagues across different countries from North America to Western and Eastern Europe. Communicates clearly, concisely and competently.
- Has a collaborative way of working ensuring that all necessary and affected parties are brought into plans and actions at the earliest opportunity
- Can work with colleagues across different disciplines such as Procurement, IT and Production for matters such as working capital management and use of cash
- Feels comfortable in a fast-paced and evolving Group and enjoys problem solving
- Process improvement: Strives to identify and implement improvements relating to systems and processes
Overall, this is a fantastic opportunity to bring structure, innovation and consistency to a growing Group Treasury function, while being hands-on with meaningful projects that create real value across Valeo Foods Group.
Skills Required
- Proven experience as a Treasury Manager or similar treasury role
- Strong communication and influencing skills across multiple countries
- Collaborative working style with cross-functional teams (Procurement, IT, Production)
- Experience with process improvement and implementing system/process changes
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving group and strong problem-solving skills
- Experience in cash management, cashflow forecasting, and short-term funding oversight
- Experience managing bank transitions, cash pooling, and stakeholder management with banking partners
What We Do
We are a leading producer and innovator of high quality, category-defining branded food products that have a proud history that dates back to 1845. At Valeo Foods, we are passionate about food and our portfolio of over 20 iconic food brands, which includes Jacobs, Batchelors, Kettle, Rowse Honey, Balconi, Schluckwerder, are tried and trusted by consumers across Ireland, UK and Europe for their quality, wholesomeness, nutrition and fun. We are a diverse business that combines food production, brand development and innovation, distribution and sales. We are Ireland’s largest ambient food supplier to the grocery trade, a major supplier to the food service market through Valeo Professional, and an increasingly prominent supplier to the UK market and a range of European Markets now. We are focused on the continued development of our excellent portfolio of category defining food brands as we look to expand our footprint across Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond with our latest acquisition in North America. We are committed to delivering quality food products through continued innovation and excellence in manufacturing. This commitment ensures that our brands retain a market leading position in each of their respective categories. We continue to recruit people with the best skills and expertise across a range of areas including manufacturing, food science, research and development, nutrition, distribution, sales, operations, marketing, human resources and finance, and aspire to be a best in class employer, focused on developing and empowering our people.
