Beiersdorf Careers

Role Purpose

• Support the business steering of NIVEA Brand categories for SSA (Management Unit: Southern Africa & Central East West Africa) countries on topline, profitability, and marketing investments by bringing relevant insights promptly to the table to have meaningful discussions, right decisions, and actionable outcomes. Perform marketing controlling activities i.e., forecast, planning, analyzing, create standardization and digitalization across SSA with regards to processes, templates, reports, and dashboards used for business partnering with marketing teams.

Main Accountabilities
Business partnering

• Be the key contact person for MU Central East West Africa marketing director and SSA marketing teams on NIVEA categories and marketing controlling topics.
• Provide data consolidation, analyses, simulations, and insights to the NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager – SSA and marketing teams.
• Actively steer the financial performance and defined KPIs for SSA with the marketing teams providing an objective viewpoint on the business situation, highlighting deviations, and initiating countermeasures.
• Work jointly with marketing directors and marketing teams for innovation business case, identifying white space entry and other business opportunities and support with business cases or investment evaluations, and other marketing-related processes

Marketing Controlling

• Steer NIVEA Category SOI (NGS-MII) as well as gap analysis YTD vs. Plan/Forecast and previous years.
• Prepare monthly category business reviews (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Sales & Margin Driver) with focus on YTD & YTG performance vs Forecast.
• Performance category analysis to identify risks and opportunities.
• Ensure data quality in BASE, marketing budget tracking tool, and use it as a single source of marketing budget steering.
• Support NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager - SSA on the marketing budget steering by preparing a monthly marketing budget tracking.
• Ensure the hygiene of the marketing budget booking, including but not limited to reclassify the wrong booking and educate the demand owners.

Budgeting and forecasting

• Support the planning process for launch/relaunch and marketing budgets for SSA.
• Create transparency in planning process with regards to:
  • Media investments
  • Non-working media investments
  • Customer marketing spends.
• Ensure the data quality in marketing budget tracking tool e.g., GLs, cost centers and internal orders, and use it as a bottom-up for marketing budget planning and submission.
• Input all submissions required from marketing controlling unit e.g., key new product initiative (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Marketing Budget), relaunches, marketing budget plan or any others required in the system (TM1) and prepare assigned PPT and Excel submissions.

Role Purpose

• Support the business steering of NIVEA Brand categories for SSA (Management Unit: Southern Africa & Central East West Africa) countries on topline, profitability, and marketing investments by bringing relevant insights promptly to the table to have meaningful discussions, right decisions, and actionable outcomes. Perform marketing controlling activities i.e., forecast, planning, analyzing, create standardization and digitalization across SSA with regards to processes, templates, reports, and dashboards used for business partnering with marketing teams.

Main Accountabilities
Business partnering

• Be the key contact person for MU Central East West Africa marketing director and SSA marketing teams on NIVEA categories and marketing controlling topics.
• Provide data consolidation, analyses, simulations, and insights to the NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager – SSA and marketing teams.
• Actively steer the financial performance and defined KPIs for SSA with the marketing teams providing an objective viewpoint on the business situation, highlighting deviations, and initiating countermeasures.
• Work jointly with marketing directors and marketing teams for innovation business case, identifying white space entry and other business opportunities and support with business cases or investment evaluations, and other marketing-related processes

Marketing Controlling

• Steer NIVEA Category SOI (NGS-MII) as well as gap analysis YTD vs. Plan/Forecast and previous years.
• Prepare monthly category business reviews (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Sales & Margin Driver) with focus on YTD & YTG performance vs Forecast.
• Performance category analysis to identify risks and opportunities.
• Ensure data quality in BASE, marketing budget tracking tool, and use it as a single source of marketing budget steering.
• Support NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager - SSA on the marketing budget steering by preparing a monthly marketing budget tracking.
• Ensure the hygiene of the marketing budget booking, including but not limited to reclassify the wrong booking and educate the demand owners.

Budgeting and forecasting

• Support the planning process for launch/relaunch and marketing budgets for SSA.
• Create transparency in planning process with regards to:
  • Media investments
  • Non-working media investments
  • Customer marketing spends.
• Ensure the data quality in marketing budget tracking tool e.g., GLs, cost centers and internal orders, and use it as a bottom-up for marketing budget planning and submission.
• Input all submissions required from marketing controlling unit e.g., key new product initiative (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Marketing Budget), relaunches, marketing budget plan or any others required in the system (TM1) and prepare assigned PPT and Excel submissions.

Role Purpose

• Support the business steering of NIVEA Brand categories for SSA (Management Unit: Southern Africa & Central East West Africa) countries on topline, profitability, and marketing investments by bringing relevant insights promptly to the table to have meaningful discussions, right decisions, and actionable outcomes. Perform marketing controlling activities i.e., forecast, planning, analyzing, create standardization and digitalization across SSA with regards to processes, templates, reports, and dashboards used for business partnering with marketing teams.

Main Accountabilities
Business partnering

• Be the key contact person for MU Central East West Africa marketing director and SSA marketing teams on NIVEA categories and marketing controlling topics.
• Provide data consolidation, analyses, simulations, and insights to the NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager – SSA and marketing teams.
• Actively steer the financial performance and defined KPIs for SSA with the marketing teams providing an objective viewpoint on the business situation, highlighting deviations, and initiating countermeasures.
• Work jointly with marketing directors and marketing teams for innovation business case, identifying white space entry and other business opportunities and support with business cases or investment evaluations, and other marketing-related processes

Marketing Controlling

• Steer NIVEA Category SOI (NGS-MII) as well as gap analysis YTD vs. Plan/Forecast and previous years.
• Prepare monthly category business reviews (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Sales & Margin Driver) with focus on YTD & YTG performance vs Forecast.
• Performance category analysis to identify risks and opportunities.
• Ensure data quality in BASE, marketing budget tracking tool, and use it as a single source of marketing budget steering.
• Support NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager - SSA on the marketing budget steering by preparing a monthly marketing budget tracking.
• Ensure the hygiene of the marketing budget booking, including but not limited to reclassify the wrong booking and educate the demand owners.

Budgeting and forecasting

• Support the planning process for launch/relaunch and marketing budgets for SSA.
• Create transparency in planning process with regards to:
  • Media investments
  • Non-working media investments
  • Customer marketing spends.
• Ensure the data quality in marketing budget tracking tool e.g., GLs, cost centers and internal orders, and use it as a bottom-up for marketing budget planning and submission.
• Input all submissions required from marketing controlling unit e.g., key new product initiative (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Marketing Budget), relaunches, marketing budget plan or any others required in the system (TM1) and prepare assigned PPT and Excel submissions.

Role Purpose

• Support the business steering of NIVEA Brand categories for SSA (Management Unit: Southern Africa & Central East West Africa) countries on topline, profitability, and marketing investments by bringing relevant insights promptly to the table to have meaningful discussions, right decisions, and actionable outcomes. Perform marketing controlling activities i.e., forecast, planning, analyzing, create standardization and digitalization across SSA with regards to processes, templates, reports, and dashboards used for business partnering with marketing teams.

Main Accountabilities
Business partnering

• Be the key contact person for MU Central East West Africa marketing director and SSA marketing teams on NIVEA categories and marketing controlling topics.
• Provide data consolidation, analyses, simulations, and insights to the NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager – SSA and marketing teams.
• Actively steer the financial performance and defined KPIs for SSA with the marketing teams providing an objective viewpoint on the business situation, highlighting deviations, and initiating countermeasures.
• Work jointly with marketing directors and marketing teams for innovation business case, identifying white space entry and other business opportunities and support with business cases or investment evaluations, and other marketing-related processes

Marketing Controlling

• Steer NIVEA Category SOI (NGS-MII) as well as gap analysis YTD vs. Plan/Forecast and previous years.
• Prepare monthly category business reviews (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Sales & Margin Driver) with focus on YTD & YTG performance vs Forecast.
• Performance category analysis to identify risks and opportunities.
• Ensure data quality in BASE, marketing budget tracking tool, and use it as a single source of marketing budget steering.
• Support NIVEA Marketing Controlling Manager - SSA on the marketing budget steering by preparing a monthly marketing budget tracking.
• Ensure the hygiene of the marketing budget booking, including but not limited to reclassify the wrong booking and educate the demand owners.

Budgeting and forecasting

• Support the planning process for launch/relaunch and marketing budgets for SSA.
• Create transparency in planning process with regards to:
  • Media investments
  • Non-working media investments
  • Customer marketing spends.
• Ensure the data quality in marketing budget tracking tool e.g., GLs, cost centers and internal orders, and use it as a bottom-up for marketing budget planning and submission.
• Input all submissions required from marketing controlling unit e.g., key new product initiative (Net Sales, Gross Margin, Marketing Budget), relaunches, marketing budget plan or any others required in the system (TM1) and prepare assigned PPT and Excel submissions.

ROLE PURPOSE

• The role will in consultation with Africa Middle East (AME) Leadership Team and the relevant Regional and/or Global CoE teams be responsible for leading the design and implementation of Talent Management, Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development Strategies for Africa Middle East.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of race, gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. 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, salary expectations, relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.

ROLE PURPOSE

• Driving transparent financial management in all 3 affiliates of CEWA, ensuring adherence to IFRS, local GAAP compliance, and Beiersdorf internal controls.
• Taking full direct ownership of Accounting, IT, Treasury, Audit and Tax in the affiliate of Kenya and the same through local finance teams in Nigeria and Ghana.
• Member of the Central, East and West Africa (CEWA) Leadership team, playing a key business partnering role to deliver the business strategy.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

Commercial Controlling

• Leading all Management Unit (MU) planning, forecasting, and reporting processes together with the Financial Managers of the affiliates in the dedicated MU.
• Gathering, analyzing, and preparing relevant financial information as basis for planning, steering and decision making, to improve efficiency and profitability of the MU.
• Work with Cross-functional team to deliver efficiency and cost optimization programs.
• Work with Commercial team to identify value chain optimization and Business Model efficiencies to deliver Gross Margin % development.
• Work with Supply Chain and Customer Teams on ways to improve overall Working Capital as a measure of efficiency.

Financial Controlling & Accounting

Hands-on involvement with the local finance managers in Nigeria and Ghana and the direct team in Kenya, to have oversight of the following:

• Accounting processes as per IFRS and Local GAAP.
• Foreign exchange volatility impacts on balance sheet and profitability.
• Fixed costs management and identification of opportunities for efficiencies.
• Tax compliance and overseeing and guiding tax teams during tax audits.
• Internal and external audit compliance.

Legal & IT

• Act as the local compliance officer for CEWA, ensuring strict adherence to all internal governance framework.
• Responsible for compliance trainings in the three affiliates.
• First point of contact for all legal matters related to the three affiliates, in coordination with the legal team for South Africa/CEWA.
• Oversee IT demands and costs for CEWA in partnership with the IT Manager for CEWA.

Leadership

• Identify and develop talents within the team to bigger roles.
• Create a succession plan in Finance for critical roles in the 3 affiliates.
• Ensure that the team knows exactly what is expected from them – clear roles and responsibilities (driving high performance).
• Build and sustain a strong, engaging, fit-for-purpose finance organization.

ROLE PURPOSE

• To assure the long-term growth of Beiersdorf Central, East and West Africa, with specific focus on East Africa, through the continuous development of its brands in line with the Company’s brand strategies.
• To drive the achievement of specific net sales and market share objectives through the implementation of the annual marketing plan across specific brand responsibilities.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES
Annual Marketing Plan

• Support the development of the annual Marketing Plan as per PMP and ABP requirements (including NS forecast, market share predictions, competitor analysis, brand investment and strategic priorities).
• Communicate with and influence Demands, Supply, Finance, Sales and Shopper & Customer marketing to ensure they deliver appropriate customer marketing plan.
• Propose brand activity and measurable objectives in line with strategies.
• Following detailed category and competitor reviews, develop communication and promotional strategies including both ATL and BTL plans; as well as New product development (launches) needed In order to meet the objectives.
• Monitor brand performance and propose appropriate changes to the plan throughout the year.
• Assortment control: Carry out assortment analysis, NPD performance & discontinuations to ensure we have the most relevant and efficient range at all times.
• Launch Management: Ensure all planned launches happen On Time & In Full, carry out proper launch tracking & undertake any required corrective action to ensure business case is met.

Consumer Understanding & Insights

• Develop a thorough understanding of the local business consumer needs and competitive context.
• Develop relevant consumer insights that can be exploited for business gain in terms of product development and communication development.

Marketing and Communications Strategy

Above-the-line (ATL)

• Understand the media landscape and media consumption of target market.
• Execution of agreed marketing communications activities in line with the category strategy, making use of available material and local adaptation where required.
• Management of Local Influencer and Celebrity campaigns.

Below-the-line (BTL)

• Work closely with the local Shopper & Customer Marketing team to plan and flawlessly execute all consumer BTL initiatives as part of 360 campaigns.

Brand Performance

• Monitor and steer the development of Net Sales and IMS to achieve category growth plans via S&OP participation.
• Analysis of market data (Data Orbis, Kantar and Nielsen when available), identification of key issues and opportunities & provision of recommendations for appropriate corrective action.

Control of Brand Profitability & Budget

• Provide input into local pricing strategy, using robust market, consumer and competitor analysis.
• Accurately manage the marketing investment/ budget in line with the agreed Marketing Plan and to reconcile and amend as necessary during the financial year.
• Liaise with direct manager for budget amendments when necessary.

Maximization of Return on Investment

• Consistently seek, review and evaluate alternative marketing investment opportunities in order to maximize ROI against agreed brand objectives. This includes post campaign analysis on all marketing investments.
• Work with Procurement management to ensure the company is receiving best value for money.

Input into Customer Marketing Plan

• Influence and agree the customer marketing activities with Sales and S&CM to achieve the agreed Customer Marketing Plan in line with promotional strategy.

Social Mission Management

• Coordinate and implement Social Mission activities in Kenya in line with the Global Social Mission including identification and management of local partners and initiatives.

Role Purpose

• Driving transparent financial management in all 3 affiliates of CEWA, ensuring adherence to IFRS, local GAAP compliance, and Beiersdorf internal controls.
• Taking full direct ownership of Accounting, IT, Treasury, Audit and Tax in the affiliate of Kenya and the same through local finance teams in Nigeria and Ghana.
• Member of the Central, East and West Africa (CEWA) Leadership team, playing a key business partnering role to deliver the business strategy.

Main Accountabilities
Commercial Controlling

• Leading all Management Unit (MU) planning, forecasting, and reporting processes together with the Financial Managers of the affiliates in the dedicated MU.
• Gathering, analyzing, and preparing relevant financial information as basis for planning, steering and decision making, to improve efficiency and profitability of the MU.
• Work with Cross-functional team to deliver efficiency and cost optimization programs.
• Work with Commercial team to identify value chain optimization and Business Model efficiencies to deliver Gross Margin % development.
• Work with Supply Chain and Customer Teams on ways to improve overall Working Capital as a measure of efficiency.

Financial Controlling & Accounting

Hands-on Involvement With The Local Finance Managers In Nigeria And Ghana And The Direct Team In Kenya, To Have Oversight Of The Following

• Accounting processes as per IFRS and Local GAAP.
• Foreign exchange volatility impacts on balance sheet and profitability.
• Fixed costs management and identification of opportunities for efficiencies.
• Tax compliance and overseeing and guiding tax teams during tax audits.
• Internal and external audit compliance.

Legal & IT

• Act as the local compliance officer for CEWA, ensuring strict adherence to all internal governance framework.
• Responsible for compliance trainings in the three affiliates.
• First point of contact for all legal matters related to the three affiliates, in coordination with the legal team for South Africa/CEWA.
• Oversee IT demands and costs for CEWA in partnership with the IT Manager for CEWA.

Leadership

• Identify and develop talents within the team to bigger roles.
• Create a succession plan in Finance for critical roles in the 3 affiliates.
• Ensure that the team knows exactly what is expected from them – clear roles and responsibilities (driving high performance).
• Build and sustain a strong, engaging, fit-for-purpose finance organization.

Role Purpose

• Responsible for deployment of “global” and “regional leverage” category strategies and its definition for “shared best practice” and “local sourcing” categories within area and unit of responsibility based on related business strategies, Supply Chain Roadmap, strategic Procurement frameworks (e.g., ways of working in matrix) and continuous alignment with business stakeholders.
• Consulting strategic category work in the regions. Responsible for compliance with Proc standards, methods, and processes within area of responsibility. Reliable expert to share Procurement and category know-how within and beyond own area.

Main Accountabilities

Strategy & Governance

• Conducting regular market research & analysis for own categories.
• Support global/regional category manager to define strategies based on relevant market research and analysis.
• Responsible for strategy implementation according to defined activities by global/regional category strategy.
• Consulting global strategy development in similar categories within area as well as in the regions.
• Development and implementation of local strategies.

Procurement Business Partnering

• Full authority in supplier selection, negotiation and contracting of local frame conditions with suppliers (prices, TCO, payment terms, quality levels, etc.) for own categories towards objectives agreed with the demand owner or set by global/regional initiatives along the defined category roadmap.
• Contract management (coordination with legal depart., identifying need for templates, drafting templates together with legal department etc.).
• Continuously monitoring the related activities for opportunities to maximize Procurement value contribution.

Performance Management

• Responsible for performance of total spend in own category.
• Timely documentation of relevant procurement KPI data (e.g., savings) as well as regular aggregation of data to manage the performance within own area.

Procurement Processes & Systems

• Responsible for compliance with legal requirements, BDF Proc and non-Proc procedures within own negotiations and contracts.
• Maintenance and quality assurance of relevant master data for supported negotiation/contracting processes (e.g., category spends, contractual terms, supplier data).
• Actively drive process development with regards to standardization, efficiency, and automation (incl. application of new technologies, implementation of purchase-related processes, methods, and systems) and monitor process adherence.
• Content management of eCatalogues, and other automated order channels in order to increase automation.

Supplier Management

• Ensuring proper supplier selection (e.g., financial health, process knowhow, etc.) to minimize supply risks for the affiliates of BDF.
• Actively managing supplier relationships to ensure suppliers are able and willing to fulfill BDF supply requirements.
• Actively working with suppliers to achieve innovative solutions.
• Complaint management for Suppliers under his/her responsibility.