Senior Trade Specialist

Mondelez International Inc.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Mondelēz International in the United Kingdom invites an experienced Senior Trade Specialist to strengthen trade invoice processing and drive continuous improvement. You’ll lead root cause analyses, develop training, and partner with Sales to improve controls, aiming for a streamlined, one-touch workflow across teams.

Join a hybrid work environment with a focus on reducing manual intervention, improving accruals management, and delivering actionable reporting that boosts team productivity and

Qualifications

• Strong experience in trade spend, claims processing, or order-to-cash within FMCG/consumer goods.
• Experience with root cause analysis, data interpretation and turning insights into action.
• Proven ability to coach and develop teams to raise capability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead root cause analysis on aged trade claims and identify systemic issues in workflow.
• Drive continuous improvement to move claims towards a one-touch process.
• Develop and deliver training programmes for Trade Executives.
• Own accruals and recycling processes to reduce balance sheet accruals.
• Collaborate with Sales to improve trade controls and invoicing standards.
• Build and manage customer-centric reporting for insights and accountability.
• Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve disputes and reduce processing time.
• Use new reporting tools to identify trends and opportunities to improve productivity.

Skills

Trade spend

Claims processing

Order-to-cash

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data interpretation

Training & coaching

Job description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible.

We’ve identified a need for a Senior Trade Specialist to strengthen and support trade invoice processing. You’ll drive continuous improvement, reducing manual intervention, and get claims through to a one-touch process. You’ll work across root cause analysis, training, customer collaboration, accruals management, and reporting to make that happen.

How you will contribute

• Working with the team, driving performance against the ledger aging target for trade invoice processing
• Lead root cause analysis on aged and problematic trade claims, identifying patterns and systemic issues that slow processing through the workflow
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to move claims towards a one-touch process, reducing rework and manual intervention
• Develop and deliver training programmes for Trade Executives, building technical capability and consistency across all three teams
• Own the manual accruals and recycling process, working to reduce the level of accruals held on the balance sheet by aligning them to invoices on the system and identifying prevention strategies
• Collaborate with Sales to improve adherence to trade controls and customer invoicing standards
• Build and manage customer‑centric reporting that provides actionable insights, supports escalation processes, and drives accountability across the team
• Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve disputes, improve claim quality, and reduce processing time
• Use new reporting tools to identify trends, focus areas, and opportunities to improve team productivity and claim throughput

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career, and the following experience and knowledge:

• Strong experience in trade spend, claims processing, or order‑to‑cash within an FMCG or consumer goods environment
• A track record of driving process improvement and continuous improvement initiatives
• Experience with root cause analysis, data interpretation, and turning insights into action
• Understanding of accruals management, balance sheet reconciliation, and trade finance fundamentals
• Proven ability to coach, train, and develop teams to raise capability and performance
• Confident working cross‑functionally with Sales, Finance, and Customer teams
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build reporting, present insights, and elevate effectively
• A proactive, solutions‑focused mindset with the resilience to drive change in a fast‑moving environment

More about this role

Work schedule: hybrid model (3 days in the office, 2 days work from home)

Relocation Support Available?

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our succes

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Job Type

Regular

Credit & Collections Management (BTC)

Customer Service & Logistics