Caring for skin means caring for people.

It all started with a pharmacist and a dream almost 140 years ago. Today, Beiersdorf is a global company with iconic brands - Coppertone, Aquaphor, Eucerin and NIVEA - focused on providing innovative, clinically-proven and safe skin and sun care solutions to more than 500 million consumers in over 200 countries - making people feel comfortable in their own skin.

At Beiersdorf, we care beyond skin. We care for people - our employees, our customers, our consumers and our communities - and our planet.We know that diversity of thought, backgrounds, experience and perspective enriches our culture and fosters innovation and ingenuity.We know thatresponsibly-sourced, sustainable products and packaging make for a more sustainable future. And we know that when your skin feels better, you feel better.

A welcoming workplace that offers personal and professional growth for all individuals.

At Beiersdorf, you'll find:

• A welcoming workplace that fosters diversity, inclusion and belonging where every team member feels valued, respected, and supported
• Nimble teams that enjoy challenging work and the ability to make an impact
• A dynamic community of life-long learners that values acumen, aptitude and the ability to learn as well as hard skills and established expertise
• A purpose-led company that cares about your personal and professional development with the right balance of structure and flexibility to thrive
• A collaborative culture that leads with care, trust, simplicity and courage

Unique benefits that consider the whole person.
We understand that you have a life outside of work, and we support you with unique benefits including:

• Generous and flexible PTO policy
• Summer Friday hours
• Paid Parental Leave
• Comprehensive Wellness and Benefits program
• Cash Balance Plan (similar to a pension)
• 401k match
• Growing number of Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups - to foster meaningful connections and belonging with other colleagues
• Dynamic work model - a hybrid of 3 days in-office collaboration and 2 remote focused work days.

Experience, skills and competencies that lend themselves to this role:

We know that experience comes in all forms and we're not necessarily looking for individuals who can hit the ground running ('check all the boxes') but may bring a unique blend of competence and capabilities that can grow into a role and/or bring news skills to the team.

OVERVIEW:

As Sr. Manager, Brands Controlling you are acting as finance business partner to local Marketing and Sales Teams in driving sustainable profitable growth with focus on brand categories, marketing investments & innovations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Overall responsibility for BPU SOI management supporting the business to deliver on its ambitions
• Assist with the planning of financial implications of the marketing budget as it relates to delivering the P&L. Responsible for delivering financial plans and forecasts to headquarter as required.
• Through effective business partnering and leveraging of tools, provide the Marketing team with a thorough understanding of brand performance across appropriate KPIs and recommend actions to achieve company objectives
• Analyze efficiency of marketing investments and generate insight-based proposals for future investment allocations
• Coordinate the marketing budget planning and steering processes and act as guardian of the marketing budget planning tool
• Ensure financial stability by delivering high-quality marketing budget accruals, and timely and correct reporting of relevant investment bucket details
• Analyze product assortment efficiency and provide recommendations for future assortment portfolio
• Drive efficiency - Challenge, investigate and build solutions by brand and business unit that drive efficiency with specific focus on margins and assortment analysis
• Support strategic evaluations of business opportunities and product (re-)launches by providing structured, ROI-based financial assessment
• Conduct internal audit tasks to evaluate internal process and compliance risks, propose corrective actions and drive their implementation

REQUIREMENTS:

• BS/BA required. At least 5 years of experience in a controlling or business analytics role
• Experience leading cross functional work with Marketing / Sales business partners required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in Sell out / Sell in models as well as integration with S&OP
• Proactive and collaborative working style
• Strong communication skills both written and verbally
• Very good user skills in MS Office, SAP, TM1 and BI tools
• Power BI development is a plus
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

At Beiersdorf, we embrace Diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants - regardless of e.g. gender, sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion or ideology, disability or age. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates). For instance, please feel free to upload your CV without a picture.

Beiersdorf North America Company Culture Highlights

• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Outlook 2024
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Sales Team 2023, 2024
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Leadership Teams 2023
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Culture 2023
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Compensation 2022, 2023
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Happiest Employees 2022,2023
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company for Diversity 2022
• Beiersdorf North America is ranked in the top 5% of companies for CEO rating on Comparably
• Beiersdorf North America is ranked in the top 10% of companies for Leadership rating on Comparably

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