Procurement FP&A Lead

Life tastes better with ice cream  With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.  We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.   What truly sets us apart is how we work.   We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.   We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.   The role As Procurement FP&A Lead, you will own the end‑to‑end Procurement Finance forecasting process and supporting governance across RM, PM and 3PM, from data preparation to price forecasting, evaluation, and uplift. Ensure accurate actualization, driver-based forecasts, fact-based directional views, robust variance management, and timely sign‑offs in close partnership with Procurement, SC FP&A, Central PFET, and Market PFET teams. Act as the process integrator across systems (Anaplan, Predikt, S4 HANA, Power BI) and data objects (FX, RMX, product logic, volumes), delivering insight, control, and actionable recommendations.  What you'll be responsible for Data Preparation: Coordinate pre-cycle set-up, actualization, currency exposure updates, volume forecast collection for all regions, contract price and data loads, validations; liaise with buyers and ensure Predikt system hygiene and timeliness.  Price Forecasting: Orchestrate economic assumptions release, what‑If runs, Procurement Leadership team pre‑alignment (incl. directional view, Commodity Risk Management inputs), pricing signal model review, buyers’ inputs, Sustainability Sourcing reporting and query resolution.  Central Evaluation: Validate impacts (FX/NMCI – Net Material Cost Impact/CoC – Cycle on cycle and YoY- year on year), manage adjustment templates, category allocations, and bridge gap validation; lead network and market reviews; prepare and validate Procurement Leadership team content (decks, pricing signal, fact loads, comms).  DDP Uplift (WAPR): Review transfer prices vs Predikt, drive corrections with Supply Chain Finance Services (SCFS) - GBS and sign off forecast and pricing impacts.