Financial Planning and Procurement Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Become part of our team in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt am Main and start as soon as possible as:

Finanical Planning and Procurement Manager (f/m/d)

What challenges await you?

As a Financial Planning and Procurement Manager you are accountable for leading all Planning and Forecasting processes and analysis, including the quarterly Forecasts and annual Business Plan for Germany, you are the ASG Hub consolidator and the key provider of strategic finance information and analysis to the management team and to Business Units. You are responsible for developing highly analytical financial and budgetary forecasts for the ASG Hub, ensure close contact and alignment with IBU Finance. The position also has ownership on regional processes: Buy-Up coordination, quality assurance and submission, outlook consolidation and is the gate keeper of the Finance standard reporting governance. Besides the position is also accountable to lead productivity initiatives across the ASG Hub, being the single point of contact for Procurement regional while leading/implementing regional and global initiatives.

Main responsibilities:

• Leading the Financial Planning area for the Germany Hub, consolidating figures and leading planning processes for the hub and improving capabilities to the team
• Acting as a Business Partner for the affiliate with advice, analysis, and strategy forreporting, planning and throughout the Business Plan/Forecasting process
• Building strong relation with the affiliate’s business teams to provide an effective support.
• Proactively carryout value-added analysis on financial data, supporting and testing information provided by global and regional financial officers
• Leading collaboration with financial control staff to ensure consistent financial data reporting, processes, and results
• Preparing the development of detailed budget, Sales Forecast for use in global and regional
• Driving continuous learning within the country by performing post-implementation financial analyses on past initiatives and sharing results across the affiliate
• Participating in the financial initiatives as Business Planning, Budgetary control, financial reporting, and Business Support to the affiliates.
• Participating in plan target setting processes and working on roadmaps to achieve plan/forecast according to the needs of the affiliate management
• Understanding and reporting results, to drive financial insights to the key stakeholders
• Leading implementation and stabilization of key global/regional projects
• Accountability for vendor management, in alignment with regional ASG Hub Risk assessments
• Accountability for key vendor categories and lead analysts through strong SRM action plans
• Continuing to improve Vendors and Thirty party management awareness across organization

How do you convince us?

If you can look back on the following successes in your career to date, you bring the best prerequisites with you:

• University degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or related fields, Desired: MBA in Finance
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in financial planning or relevant functions
• Experience in procurement is a plus
• Understanding of accounting principles and guidelines
• Application of financial skills to provide strategy, analysis, and advice
• Strong Leadership skills as well as strong analytical and strategic thinking
• Problem solving skills, strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluent in English, German language knowledge is desirable

What can you look forward to with us?

• Great working atmosphere: We treat each other as equals at all levels and value our team spirit
• Creative flexibility: From the very beginning, you will have the freedom to contribute and implement your ideas. You can shape your area of responsibility independently or as a member of cross-functional or self-organised teams
• Work-Life-Balance: You can flexibly arrange your working hours on a basis of trust. We also offer you a wide range of activities, such as regular running groups, table tennis, gymnastics, mindfulness, and yoga groups
• Food and drinks: During your lunch break, you have the opportunity to visit our company restaurant. In addition, free drinks are available throughout the building, as well as a "To-Go" shop for a snack in between.
• Further Development: We value to supporting our employees individually in their career development and at the same time guarantee fair access to professional development worldwide via our "Corporate Lilly University".
• Financial benefits: In addition to your attractive salary, we offer you the option of an excellent company pension plan and other individual benefits.
• Mobility: If you come to work by car, free parking is available. Travelling by public transport is supported with a job ticket. You also have the option of purchasing a company bicycle or borrowing one on an ad-hoc basis at the location.

Have we aroused your interest? Then please apply online with your complete application documents via our applicant portal.

We are looking forward to your application!

If you have any questions, please contact:

Ms. Selina Didinger

Phone: (0)221-6508-3636

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