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Who we are…and what we do:
With an annual turnover of around €2bn, ekaterra is the world’s largest tea business, with world-class, purpose-driven brands such as Lipton, Pukka, Tazo, T2 and PG Tips. ‘eka’ is a word taken from the Sanskrit language which means unity and one purpose, while ‘terra’ represents the earth and nature. As ekaterra we are truly united in one purpose: growing a world of wellbeing through the regenerative power of plants.
In July 2022, CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII took over the full ownership of the ekaterra business from its previous owner, Unilever. As a standalone entity with a dedicated single-category focus, ekaterra is even better positioned to lead the tea industry, delivering higher growth and value, and a greater impact on the wider world. With 11 production factories in four continents and tea growing estates in three countries, ekaterra is a profitable and growing business whose brands reach hundreds of millions of consumers. It has a presence in over 100 countries.
Under the ownership of CVC, ekaterra has an exciting future ahead with opportunities for increased investments in our iconic brands, our people, and our capabilities. Combining the strength and scale of our brands with a focus on speed and agility, ekaterra is brewing a corporate start-up mindset that’s opening-up new opportunities for its people to flourish every day.
At ekaterra, we put consumer love at the heart of every decision. We celebrate diverse thinkers who take personal ownership to connect ideas and make impactful things happen; people who share our values around humanity and courage and give their commitment to nurturing the wellbeing of all. In return, we offer a working culture that gives our people freedom and flexibility, and where they can grow both personally and professionally to master their field. Be part of our amazing blend. Come and grow yourself and, in turn, help us to grow a world of wellbeing.
Job Type: Temporary Contract
Project Period: 12 months
Work Location: United Arab Emirates
Your Role:
- End to end responsibility of financial accounting, reporting and cash management in your country, including Order to Cash. Continue to build and support local business growth
- Maintain strong internal controls by having a full understanding of end-to end process of set of local books, and ensure adherence to accounting and financial policies and procedures of ekaterra
- Set the strategy, focus and priorities for your market in close conjunction with the local GM and regional CFO
- Develop long term business and operating plan and driving local strategic business plans to ensure delivering of medium to long term profit forecasts, budgeting, and financial reporting
- Consolidation and performance management advises on the strategic financial decisions for your local market and in market trade-offs among cost & service as well as consolidation of the results
- Local operations: responsible for the contact with the service providers for statutory accounting and tax. Furthermore, handle and provide advice on labour, customs, accounting, and tax matters
- Finance agenda & people development: design of local market organizations and implementation on the ground. He/she ensures that the finance teams are motivated, energized and upskilled to be a highly effective finance team
Key Tasks:
- Drive and results orientation: The individual has a natural bias for action and is willing to make a positive difference to achieve higher levels of performance. Set new and stretching goals for self or team, exploits opportunities and strives to achieve beyond what is expected, even under adverse circumstances. Take direct ownership of objectives, balancing caution, courage, and flexibility. Have high levels of self-assurance and shows resilience and belief in own ability to achieve goals
- Analytical power: Bring powerful analysis to issues and has a eye for detail and uses an intelligent mix of logic and intuition in decision making and judgment. Rapidly absorb new information, knowledge and applies new techniques, technology, and procedures
- Strategic orientation: Can clearly articulate evolving priorities for the business and have a point of view on shaping the agenda for the future. Ability to see the bigger picture and provides new perspectives and clarity. Spot issues in the future and responds to the dynamic environment
- Collaboration and Influencing: Is impactful and flexible in communicating and influencing the issues with the ability to work across matrices of functions. Build informal networks, actively listens, and respond to the concerns and feelings of others even when not explicitly stated
- Passion for people: Have a genuine passion to develop people – through coaching, mentoring and the desire to devote personal time to build people skills and having a flair to lead people and command followership. The candidate should have the maturity and deftness to understand nuances in different inter relationships and find the way to get the job done, holding people accountable where necessary
Stakeholder Management and Key Interfaces:
- Leads a local team of approx. 1-4 direct reports
- Being part of ekaterra country Leadership Team
- Reports into regional ekaterra CFO
- Task horizon of >3 years
Skills and Experience:
- A university degree in any discipline
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in FMCG industry
- Strong understanding of local customer landscape, shopper market insights
- Analytical skills and deep understanding of relevant Research tools that could be used in areas like Margin Analysis, etc
- Strategy development
- High level of problem-solving and business case management ability
- Change management and strong project management skills
- Strong financial and business acumen
- Building and managing Teams, ideally cross-country & virtual teams
- Fluent in English language
- Additional work experience in Start-Up’s/Intrapreneurship is a plus
- Experience with S&OP
Type of Candidate we are looking for:
- Highly adaptable and entrepreneurial
- Driven by Innovation and strong change affinity
- Embrace a high growth mindset with strong love for consumers, shoppers, and customers
- Have strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills with diverse, multi-functional stakeholders
- End to end management, ability to understand the big picture but also comfortable with details and managing the operations
Excited about the Role?
Please apply online by clicking on “Apply” below. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. Should you not meet our immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies. You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link. Thank you for your interest and application.
ekaterra is an organization committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. We are interested in every individual bringing their whole self to work and this includes you! Therefore if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
