Controller Nestle Nutrition Perú/Bolivia

Description

Position Summary: Act as the strategic financial business partner for the Nutrition business, enabling value creation, performance management, and decision-making. Key Highlights: 1. Strategic financial business partner for the Nutrition business. 2. Leadership of the MBP and Forecast processes. 3. Drives value-creation initiatives and cost discipline. **Position Summary:** Controller Nestlé Nutrition Perú/Bolivia**Location:** Peru \- Lima**Time:** Full-time**Reports to:** BEO Nutrition Peru and Bolivia **Purpose of the Position:** Act as the **strategic financial business partner for the Nutrition business**, enabling **value creation, performance management, and decision-making**, through robust analysis, forward-looking insights, and disciplined execution of the **MBP (Monthly Business Planning)** process. The Business Co-Pilot ensures **clarity on performance vs. plan**, identifies **risks and opportunities**, challenges assumptions, and mobilizes **concrete actions to close gaps**, while simultaneously ensuring financial rigor, compliance, and sustainable value creation. **Key Responsibilities / Key Deliverables****1\. Business Partnering and Decision Support*** Act as the **thought partner for the BEO and Leadership Team**, delivering clear, actionable, fact-based insights. * Translate complex financial information into **clear business stories** for forums such as WOR, MBR, and ExCom. * Challenge plans and assumptions to **maximize profitable growth** (OG, RIG, CMC, COP). **2\. MBP and Forecast Leadership*** **Lead the end-to-end MBP process** for Nutrition (Control Tower, Commercial Review, Pre-Sign-Off, and Sign-Off). * Ensure a **robust and reliable forecast** (M\+1, YTG, Full Year), with clear visibility of risks and opportunities. * Drive cross-functional alignment among Sales, Marketing, CDT, Supply Chain, and Finance. **3\. Performance Management and KPIs*** Own and monitor **key financial KPIs**: OG, RIG, Pricing, CMC, COP1, PFME, Bad Goods, Working Capital. * Monitor execution and **anticipate deviations**, escalating appropriately. * Ensure consistency across **Sell-In, Sell-Out, and financial results**. **4\. Value Creation and Cost Discipline*** Drive **value-creation initiatives** across portfolio, pricing, mix, trade spend, and cost efficiencies. * Act as **gatekeeper for investments** (PFME, promotions, commercial initiatives). * Foster a culture of continuous improvement and financial ownership within the business. **5\. Governance, Compliance, and Controls*** Ensure compliance with **Nestlé financial policies**, internal controls, and audit requirements. * Ensure **accuracy, transparency, and integrity** of financial information. **A Day in the Life of...*** Actively participate in strategy development and provide associated scenario planning to optimize value for stakeholders. * Work closely with Decision Support and Control to provide high-quality, timely data frameworks and reliable measurement of selected KPIs. * Ensure high-quality financial information is used by the business for decision-making and that potential risks and opportunities are anticipated and understood. Promote the use of internal and external information for benchmarking. * Review monthly performance and identify risk areas for achieving objectives and forecasts, developing and tracking action plans. * Analyze and challenge factory performance based on key indicators (variances, fixed cost levels, etc.) and promote a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) culture related to CAPEX topics (where applicable), including post-evaluation of CAPEX proposals. * Analyze and challenge the product portfolio to identify cost-optimization opportunities, eliminate “Value Destroyers”, and maximize return on investment and capital assets. * Support the Innovation and Business Renewal pipeline, including development of Manufacturing and Sales & Distribution structure models, as well as their tracking. **What Will Make You Successful:*** Engineering degree or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting. * Minimum 5 years’ experience in Controller, Decision Support, or Business Financial Planning roles within Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies. * Advanced English proficiency. **Competencies:*** Sense of urgency * Teamwork * Leadership * Discipline * Stakeholder management * Influence * Results orientation