Title:  Senior Supply Chain Finance Bus. Partner

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

We’re recruiting … Senior Operations & Supply Chain Finance Business Partner

Müller has been a loved brand in the UK for over 30 years. It’s a household name – and it continues to grow as we invest to make and market an ever-great range of fantastic dairy products. We are currently the 8th most chosen FMCG brand, picked from supermarket shelves over 208 million times each year

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Operations & Supply Chain Finance Business Partner. You will provide financial decision-making support to Operations and Supply Chain business functions and act as finance lead in driving improvements to performance. To ensure Ops & SC budgets are optimised and to act as business partner for the Supply Chain Director.

The role is located at Market Drayton with a hybrid working model - 3 days on site per week.

Senior Operations & Supply Chain Finance Business Partner key responsibilities will include –
•Drive consistency and standardisation in ways of working across all sites and drive efficiencies in completion of month end and monthly forecasting
•Oversee the month end process ensuring accurate reporting of month end actual performance to strict deadlines
•Act as No 2 for Financial Controller Operations & Supply Chain supporting Operations where required
•Build effective collaboration and sharing of best practice between Ops & SC Controlling and the business unit leadership team
•Support Commercial Teams with new Tenders, including 3rd Party Co-Packing ensuring costings provided are robust and key cost drivers are understood.
•Provide the Controlling Leadership and MYD Leadership team with clear, timely accurate management reporting to support improved business performance
•Co-ordinate and facilitate the detailed Budget and forecasting process with responsibility for explaining key variances.
•Build relationships with Group Colleagues to support implementation of group standards and sharing of ideas and best practice across MYD Ops & SC
•Work collaboratively with the Ops Controlling team to develop best practice, improve processes and ensure consistency of approach.
•Effectively challenge the Ops & SC Teams to drive improved performance and focus on value added initiatives.
•Provide support and challenge in delivering Ops & SC Strategy

Key skills & experience for the Senior Operations & Supply Chain Finance Business Partner-
•Qualified Accountant with 5 + years PQE
•Proven experience within FMCG with the ability to operate at all levels
•Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage and influence
•SAP experience
•Ability to develop strong relationships with Ops & SC Leadership Teams
•Ability to understand full process and drive improvements to enable accurate reporting of performance
•Drive change agenda from a financial perspective
• Self starter with the ability to business partner and influence decision making within the Ops & SC teams

Müller pride ourselves on offering support to help develop your knowledge and skills. In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer our employees numerous benefits as part of your employment, including:

Competitive Salary / Car or Car allowance / Bonus scheme / PMI / Life Assurance / Contributory pension plan / Employee Assistance Programme - an easy-to-use app which offers guidance and care for your physical and mental health. It puts a range of health and wellbeing services at the fingertips of Müller employees / Generous annual leave increasing with service / Flexible benefits programme / New and improved family friendly policies for maternity, adoption/surrogacy and paternity/partner leave / Free onsite parking / In addition, our employees have access to a Rewards Benefits Programme providing an exclusive range of discounts across 800 retailers, utilities, holidays and cinema tickets

The Process
If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk

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Contact Details:

F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ