Taste Elevation Category Finance Manager

Kraft Heinz ABC Indonesia; Jawa Tengah; On-site; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in Indonesia is seeking a Taste Elevation Category Finance Manager to provide financial leadership and support to the commercial team. The role requires managing P&L for specific categories, leading budgeting and strategic planning, and monitoring sell-out performance. The ideal candidate should have at least 7 years of commercial finance experience in the FMCG industry, strong analytical and leadership skills, and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. This position offers an opportunity to drive profitability and innovation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in commercial finance, preferably in FMCG.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Agile with a growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage P&L for Taste Elevation categories.
• Lead annual budgeting and strategic planning.
• Set KPIs with the category team.
• Review business cases for innovation.
• Monitor sell-out performance with the sales team.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Data presentation

Communication skills

Influencing

Education

Bachelor Degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA/ACCA certification

Job description

Taste Elevation Category Finance Manager

Job Description Summary: Providing financial leadership and strategic support to the commercial team of Taste & Elevation Category (Soy, Chili, Adjacencies, & Innovation), including profitability for Taste Elevation and improving control over leading indicators of sell‑out.

Detail Job Description:

• P&L Ownership for overall Taste Elevation assigned, thru driving profitability for each category: Linking the external performance (consumptions, frequency, penetration) to SISO, and P&L performance.
• Lead AOP preparation/Strat Plan (Budgeting) and focus on profitability growth as per total company's direction.
• KPI/Drivers Setting (with Category) and cascaded to related business partner.
• Innovation Business Case review and sign‑off.
• Lead RGM execution for taste elevation, looking for synergy between categories (related to price & pack), assuring execution inline with the initial plan in terms of financial deliverables, understanding performance of each sub‑category and trajectory, advising on relative pricing power by sub‑cat considering brand equity and competition, optimizing PPA curve and pack strategy.
• Business partner for sell‑out monitoring with Taste Elevation team and as driver for execution together with Sales team.
• Part of PODS member (finance lead).
• Ad‑hoc request for Commercial Performance for Taste Elevation.

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree, Accounting/Finance, with CPA/ACCA certification is an advantage.
• Min. 7 years’ of experience in commercial finance related area, in FMCG industry.
• Good leadership, self confident, great communication skills & influencing.
• Strong in numbers, strong analytical thinking, & data presentation.
• Agile and excellent growth mindset.

Location(s): Menara Mandiri

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.