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Director I Working Capital & Cash Flow Performance
Posting date: 10/23/2024
Location: Quincy, MA
Job Requisition: 401702_external_USA-MA-Quincy
Address: USA-MA-Quincy-1385 Hancock Street
Store Code: Corporate FP&A (5139227)
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
Primary Purpose
This position drives performance across Ahold Delhaize USA by supporting the Office of the CEO with analytical and predictive analyses, conducting benchmarking, and sharing best practices. It ensures the achievement of merger Working Capital Synergies through detailed monitoring and reporting, evaluates reinvestment opportunities, and tracks merger One-Time Costs. Additionally, it governs the "Save for our Customer" program, ensuring annual savings targets, and leads Working Capital and Free Cash Flow improvement projects.
Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, Scarborough, ME, and Hyattsville, MD.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Develop and execute a structured benchmarking process (both internal across our Brands, and external vs. peer companies) to highlight profit and working capital improvement opportunities and share best practices.
• Deep-dive analytical procedures (triggered by benchmarking, trend analysis, or otherwise) to identify opportunities to drive profitability and cost efficiency: work with Brands (Finance & Strategy) and FP&A to translate these analyses in appropriate targets to be included in LRP and Budgets.
• Provide decision support to CFO/CEO (scenario analysis, predictive analysis, analytical rigor around (financial) decisions).
• Establish a "Save for our Customer" governance structure; support Brands and ADUSA with financial insights, lead the performance management drumbeat (target setting, monitoring results) that ensures savings targets are met.
• Lead planning, reporting, and analysis of Free Cash Flow and Working Capital. Work with Brands and ADUSA to establish appropriate improvement targets.
• Lead a team of Finance Managers and Analysts and drive accountability and development.
• Assists finance leadership with departmental and functional initiatives.
• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.
Qualifications
• 10+ years' relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, and/or accounting ,
• Experience in finance, category management, merchandising, and/or supply chain
• Ability to lead up and through influence, senior executives, and leaders across multiple disciplines
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
Preferred Qualification(s)
• Master's degree
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At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.
We offer an experience where our associates are valued; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business and our employees are representative of the communities that we serve. We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a blend of physical, financial and emotional wellness.
We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.
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