North America Procurement & Productivity Leader

Kraft Heinz; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 141,500 - 176,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Commuting allowance

Hybrid Work Allowance & Reimbursements

Bicycle discount

Gym discount

Employee Assistance Program

Supplemental Health Insurance

Job summary

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking an experienced Portfolio & Productivity Leader to drive an integrated BU-centric productivity agenda across North America. You will partner with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to align and deliver productivity targets, reporting through monthly business cycles and the BU CFO office.

The role requires 5-8 years in FMCG, strong P&L and operational project knowledge, and exceptional collaboration and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science, engineering; MBA or masters in finance/operations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Champion and lead productivity strategy agenda within BU, including integrated planning with annual business cycles (3-year plan, 1-year plan) and productivity target setting linked changes in procurement and operations cost base and desired portfolio margin performance.
• Lead cross-functional teams to build, launch, and successfully deliver portfolio productivity project pipeline (value engineering, PPA, CMA, in/out-sourcing, etc.).
• Partner with BU CFO office and central FP&A team(s) to embed and maintain routine end-to-end productivity forecasting and reporting via monthly [BU] business cycles/routines.
• Lead productivity reporting/review routine with central (regional) stakeholder leadership team and functional teams (Procurement, Operations) to ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Maintain holistic visibility of in-year and future productivity pipeline at both BU and Platform (finished good category) level.
• Proactively partner with relevant stakeholders, central finance, and growth office PMO to report on end-to-end portfolio performance
• Co-lead AOP cycle to set and support productivity component of portfolio/category performance in partnership with BU CFO office, category finance teams, and portfolio GMs.
• As necessary, lead ad-hoc internal/external assessments to determine portfolio margin competitiveness.

Skills

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

SaaS/PMO experience

Excel

PowerPoint

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/science/engineering

MBA or finance/operations master’s (plus)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking an experienced Portfolio & Productivity Leader to drive an integrated BU-centric productivity agenda across North America. You will partner with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to align and deliver productivity targets, reporting through monthly business cycles and the BU CFO office.

The role requires 5-8 years in FMCG, strong P&L and operational project knowledge, and exceptional collaboration and communication skills.