Description:
The open role is a Senior Analyst (SA) position in the Business Analytics and Cost Transformation workstream. The role will support the workstream with data analysis, data and reporting automation and insights creation to uncover cost savings opportunities through opportunity identification, foundation building and execution of business cases toward driving the Sustainable Cost Advantage (SCA) agenda.
In this enterprise-wide role, the SA will be required to collaborate with specific Workstream leads and other senior-level leaders within McCain, different Functions and Regions to conduct financial analysis and translate this into cost-saving business cases which they support and help to execute across the organization. At the same time on monthly basis, the role will report progress on the SCA savings and maintain the savings initiative tracker for reporting purposes.
Key Accountabilities
- Business Partner: Support workstream on financial analysis, developing business cases, reporting savings and execution of specific initiatives and programs, including working with regional partners.
- Modelling: The incumbent will use financial modelling to deliver strategic insights and recommendations to regional business partners.
- Data: Collaborate with Workstream Leads and specific Business Unit Leadership to develop creative insights using data.
- Technical Resource: The SA will make extensive use of database and spreadsheet technologies, and serve as technical resource for other members of the PMO team and Business Unit resources driving critical business analysis.
- Collaboration: Will work closely with the regional teams and global functions to gain alignment, execute project initiatives, and track performance vs. plan.
- Initiative tracking: Update global cost tracker to ensure accurate planned savings by regions and continuously improve tracking process.
- Reporting: Develop monthly reporting of workstream savings and variance understanding
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in cost management will be considered an asset (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Data Analytics)
- Experience with CPG or other food manufacturing companies strongly preferred
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science or related fields
- Understanding of corporate financial statements
- Strong PC skills including MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and Power BI. SQL experience preferred
- Proficient in working with very large data sets, exceptional quantitative and analytic skills, and strong attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Ability to demonstrate cross functional relationship building across all levels of the organization including the executive level through interpersonal and communication skills
- Must be a self-starter with ability to manage responsibilities proactively and work autonomously
- Ability to analyze financial data quickly and make decisions based on findings
- A high sense of urgency and professionalism when taking on new opportunities
- Understanding requirements and development of capital-related business cases preferred
- Ensure results and opportunities are delivered
- Continuous improvement experience will be considered an asset
Behaviours
- Thinks big and plans ahead: Has an ambitious, curious and innovative mindset.
- Brings out the best in people: Ability to build partnerships and influence stakeholders from various functions and regions to ensure delivery of shared objectives.
- Acts like an owner: Drives results, persistently delivers despite hurdles, ready to roll up their sleeves to tackle tough assignments independently, with optimism.
- Customer Obsessed: Maintains a customer obsessed mindset while working with stakeholders and data.
- Manages complexity: Is a critical thinker who looks beyond the first answer for the optimized solution.