Commercial Finance Manager

Musgrave is one of Europe's most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.
Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 15 market-leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave Market Place.
We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens.
We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Musgrave is now hiring a Commercial Finance Manager.

• Sustainable cost price structure and supplier investment
• Input into the shaping, prioritising, and managing the One Cost Price programme that is commercial opportunity led
• Where the Central Commercial Lead for a supplier, drive delivery of One Cost Price benefits across IOI through robust analysis of cost price (standard, promotion, and average), discounts, supplier investment, and volume creating commercial insight of opportunities - cost price, discounts, investment, and range consolidation
• Collaboration with lead negotiators on developing commercial arguments
• Simplification of cost price, discounts, and LTA into sustainable structure
• Ownership of analysis validation with suppliers Finance teams supporting negotiations through collaboration with the lead negotiators in developing counter commercial arguments
• Agreement and delivery of the one cost price benefit implementation plan with Trading Managers
• Reporting and governance of one cost price delivery into margin at time of implementation
• Leading implementation of associated LTA and margin movements through collaboration with key stakeholders
• Contribute to other suppliers where not the Central Commercial Lead
• Where achieved, drive sustainable one cost price through robust measurement, reporting, gap analysis, and close out with Lead negotiator
• Support all Trading Finance teams to have robust margin control of all scheduled margin movement outside of One Cost Price Plan
• Excellence in how we Buy - leveraging our tools to maximise commercial outcomes
• Working with Commercial Leadership Team, promote usage and embedding of 20/20 Trading Forward cost price and margin measures including new reports, data views [supplier, category, product] and insights that maximise Commercial outcomes
• Lead training across Trading and Trading Finance teams, building capability on optimising cost price and margin measures and reports
• Govern any future changes to the 20/20 Trading Forward cost price and margin definition aligned to agreed design principles
• Lead the business requirement definition of the Musgrave Lowest Cost Datawarehouse
• Define how short-term cost price and matching tools e.g.
  Experian, Mintel are used by the entire One Commercial team to drive lowest cost and maximise margin
• Own and manage the associated third-party supplier relationships that best leverages the relationship
• Contribute to commercial commonality framework [supplier, category, product level matching rules across IOI]
• In conjunction with the CLT explore and plan to mitigate the margin risk and opportunities from commercial perspective

• Prepare reports for Executive and Board meetings including Commercial Reports, Business Environment report and specific agreed topics
• Prepare IOI Commercial Performance updates and insights for Commercial Leadership Team
• Prepare IOI Commercial Metrics and insights for Executive Team
• Support Commercial Strategy development, reporting and measurement with data-driven approach across cost of goods, buying benefits margin, commercial performance, and supplier and Musgrave investment
• Prepare and support Musgrave IOI reviews of own brand, wholesale pricing, loyalty and margin opportunities as required as part of Commercial strategy
• Lead the Commercial Leadership team engagement with external providers of the Advantage report
• Prepare Executive and Management team reports of Advantage key findings, opportunities, and trends
• Prepare Commercial Risk Reports through alignment with Grocery Regulations team and CLT, understand, capture, monitor and develop ways to mitigate against the Commercial Risks across the business
• Provide Commercial Risk insights to Audit Committee (3 times a year)
• Support Finance Leadership Team with the transfer of Commercial Model approach, knowledge, and tools across divisions
• Support Head of Sustainability on cost budget and measurement across divisions and functions [Trading, Marketing and Finance]

• Own Central Commercial cost budget, 3YP, forecasts and actuals Central Commercial, Own Brand, Food Safety and Sustainability
• Manage all costs related to project related Commercial capex
• Support Quarterly Commercial Governance reviews with CCO, Divisional MDs and TDs

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• Be a qualified accountant with a minimum of 5+ years industry experience
• A general business qualification would be an advantage
• The ideal candidate will be highly numeric & analytical
• A strong systems orientation including advanced Excel skills
• The ideal candidate should be a self-starter, with the ability to operate in a dynamic environment, demonstrate good attention to detail, good judgment showing logical decision making, with a proven ability to influence at a senior level in the organization
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Strong planning and organisation Skills
• Strategic thinking skills
• Proven commercial acumen
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.
We encourage applications from diverse candidates.
If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.
Musgrave operates a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely.
Occasional business travel to other locations will also be required.