A mutually rewarding experience.
Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there's more to being in business than just making a profit. That's the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet. What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.
Because it's never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It's about how you can grab everything that's within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long:term gain. It's about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we'll all be a little better off. It's that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.
Mars has net sales of more than 33 billion, operates six business segments including Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, Symbioscience, and more than 75,000 Associates worldwide that are putting its Principles into action to make a difference for people and the planet through its performance.
Mars brands include: Petcare : PEDIGREE(R), ROYAL CANIN(R), WHISKAS(R), BANFIELD(R) Pet Hospital, CESAR(R), SHEBA(R), DREAMIES(R) and NUTRO(R); Chocolate : M and M'S(R), SNICKERS(R), DOVE(R), GALAXY(R), MARS(R), MILKY WAY(R) and TWIX(R); Wrigley : DOUBLEMINT(R), EXTRA(R), ORBIT(R) and 5(TM) chewing gums, SKITTLES(R) and STARBURST(R) candies, and ALTOIDS(R) AND LIFESAVERS(R) mints. Food : UNCLE BEN'S(R), DOLMIO(R), EBLY(R), MASTERFOODS(R), SEEDS OF CHANGE(R) and ROYCO(R); Drinks : ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS(TM), THE BRIGHT TEA COMPANY(TM), KLIX(R) and FLAVIA(R); Symbioscience : COCOAVIA(R) and WISDOM PANEL(R).
PURPOSE
Responsible for co:piloting the Sales Leadership and Customer Account teams of Central America and specific countries in the Caribbean, providing financial leadership and decision support to achieve profitable growth; analyzes sales activities and recommends best utilization of Sales:controllable funds to drive ROI on Trade spend; delivers profitability reporting and drives creation of robust customer targets for net sales and profitability; establishes control environment for controls Sales Controllable costs. Develops overall customer growth and earnings frameworks and driving activities to improve customer business models (Front/Back Margins, Trade Investment, in Store support, etc)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
:Serve as the Finance Co:pilot, partnering with Sales Leadership and Account teams to drive profitable sales growth in the customer accounts, including customer negotiation and financial advice.
:Lead the financial planning, analysis and presentations to Sales leader of budgets, forecasts, long range plans and monthly performance reports and manages account and channel P and L's to deliver optimal sales and profit delivery.
:Proactive identify and analyze business issues and opportunities, including recommendations for future actions. Initiate, lead, and manage projects which will improve current business results and deliver against strategy
:Partner with Sales team to obtain and maintain an in:depth knowledge of customer and channel strategies, risks and opportunities, promotional activities and financial metrics. Recommends how to optimally deploy the sales specific resources to best meet the needs of the business
:Drive to develop best practice of P and L efficiencies and recommendations as it relates to Investment for growth channels and customer cash generation.
:Develop and implement robust control processes and procedures to ensure sales c
Salario:Competitive
