Sales Finance Manager, IPC ANZ

Sales Finance Manager, IPC ANZ

Job Description

People have looked to Kimberly-Clark brands for more than 150 years and today we're proud to help over a billion people around the world cope, laugh, love and live every day.

From the best nappies and baby wipes to the softest tissues, to the best supplies for business, we are constantly searching for new ways to make life better for our consumers, our customers and our planet.

Our leading consumer brands like the Kleenex ®., Huggies ®., VIVA, U by Kotex ®., Poise ®., Depend ®.

brands improve the lives of people around the world.

Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world. 

Led by Purpose.

Driven by You.

About the Opportunity:

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

Purpose:

Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, the role is responsible for business partnering the Australian Sales team, ensuring controls of trade spend are performed and tracking the Sales performance of the ANZ – IPC business against benchmarks.

Your focus is to drive business in year performance, help in the development of short to mid-term strategy, and help drive in year execution with the sales team.

You will work as a member of the Sales Leadership team, working very closely with the IPC Sales Director.

The role has one direct report.

Key Responsibilities:


* Business partner with the ANZ Sales Director on decision support and build strong relationships with their Australian customer team.


* Deliver robust monthly Sales IBP forecasts, reflecting current & emerging business impacts.

Review and challenge monthly customer forecasts in pre-demand reviews ensuring robust numbers are reviewed at the monthly Demand Review meeting.

Communicate the monthly drivers of movement in the Australian net sales forecast.

Work with the Sales team to develop incremental forecast opportunities.


* Conduct the month end control processes on Trade Spend – ensuring that trade spend is accurately recorded.


* Work on the development of Customer Specific Annual Business Plans.

Develop, review and track joint business plans made between KCA and external customers to ensure that opportunities are mutually beneficial and drive the targeted behaviours and financial outcomes. 


* Conduct pre and post promotional evaluation.

Analyse the expected outcome of planned promotional and provide insights into drivers of promotional results.


* Monitor monthly Sales results, providing the CFO with weekly updates on monthly sales projection against target and forecast.

Monitor and report monthly trade spend against targets and ensure correct accrual booki...