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Why Ahold Delhaize
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As Business Controller Sustainability at Ahold Delhaize, you will provide senior management with insights into Sustainability performance and delivery of key strategic initiatives in this area. In this role you can challenge, drive and support Ahold Delhaize’s retail brands to improve their sustainability performance and drive our Grounded in Goodness strategy, which focuses on healthier people and a healthier planet.
Hi, we are Ahold Delhaize, a global family of caring brands
Helping people eat well, save time, and live better. That is what Ahold Delhaize (55m weekly customers, 413k colleagues) stands for. As one of the world’s largest and most forward-thinking food retail groups, our global family of local brands creates inspiring shopping experiences. Whether people shop at brick-and-mortars, prefer quick pick-ups, or opt for the convenience of ordering online, Ahold Delhaize delivers.
This is what you’ll be doing
As Business Controller Sustainability, you’ll provide the Executive Committee, Supervisory Board and other stakeholders with timely, accurate and meaningful insights into Sustainability performance and delivery of key strategic initiatives. You’ll play a critical role in supporting the business to successfully drive transparent and consistent performance management on sustainability related topics. Also, you’ll provide best estimates of the future performance and direction of the Ahold Delhaize business.
In this role, you’ll build relationships and connect frequently with the regions and local brands to get insights on results, initiatives and strategy. Furthermore, you’ll create value through building expertise in core global themes, by facilitating as a main point of contact for regional and local finance and sustainability teams.
Dive wholeheartedly into these key responsibilities
- Providing detailed insights into quarterly Sustainability results by preparing reports, writing narratives and presenting relevant analyses for internal and external stakeholders;
- Facilitate target setting process on Health & Sustainability KPIs;
- Understand, challenge and facilitate process of designing and building roadmaps for various KPIs;
- Supporting the Sustainability Leadership Team, including CSO, in various projects;
- Be a contact for regional and local Sustainability performance leads;
- Creating ad hoc reports and analysis based on the requests of senior management;
- Review regional and local plans and performing other requests from the Supervisory Board for specific analyses.
This is how you keep growing
Ahold Delhaize is growing enthusiastically, but sustainably. If we can grow while having a more positive impact on people or our planet, we’re going for it. We encourage all of our 413,000 colleagues to share this attitude on a personal level, so opportunities to master new skills and expand your capabilities are a given. And because we’re a global family of brands, finding your next challenge comes (almost) as naturally as calling an actual relative. We #daretocare for our people at all levels. What that translates to in this role?
- A gross annual salary between €72.500 and €82.500 plus attractive bonuses and a premium pension plan
- The development and career prospects you associate with a global player: best-in-class coaching, well-constructed growth paths and international, cross-brand career options
- 20 vacation days, supplemented by a personal budget: take an additional 12.5 days off, opt for discounts, or simply take the cash
- Flexible working hours in a hybrid mix from home and from the office
- A powerful laptop and a smartphone
- Travel allowance, discounts on health insurance and groceries
- The chance to drive meaningful change – healthy, affordable, sustainably produced food matters – on a truly global scale
- Membership in a lively and diverse community that wholeheartedly embraces courage, inspires growth, and dares to care
Requirements
We are looking for an accomplished finance professional with high-energy and a hands-on, resilient, and composed mindset. Furthermore, we ask:
- A master degree in Business Administration or Economics, where a post Master-degree (RA, RC, RE, RO) is a plus
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
- Strong knowledge of financial and (retail) business processes
- Strong affinity with sustainability related topics and interest in growing your knowledge of the various components and complexities of the field
- Have strong communication and collaboration skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams to help drive internal and external engagement around sustainability
- Fluent language skills in English. Writing and speaking Dutch is a plus, but not required.
At Ahold Delhaize and our local brands we define diversity broadly, seeing it as inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more, and we accept all people for who they are.
Dare to care and grow with us?
We look forward to teaming up! Want to know more before you hit the Apply button? Karen de Geus, Talent Acquisition Partner Finance, will gladly talk you through the position at karen.de.geus@ah.nl.
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