Global Strategic Finance Business Partner
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Do you want to help provide healthy vegetables for everyone in the world and do you want to contribute to the improvement and sustainability of food production? Enza Zaden is an innovative company and market leader that develops, produces and sells seeds for vegetable varieties all over the world. This is why you want to join us as Global Finance Business Partner at Enza Zaden Be a strategic Finance Business Partner driving performance, innovation, and growth in a rapidly evolving sector; Collaborate with senior management teams across functions to shape and execute impactful business strategies; Work in a dynamic, international, and multicultural environment where you can challenge yourself and grow professionally. Make a difference as Global Finance Business Partner Reporting to the Global Manager Business Control, as a Strategic Finance Business Partner for the function Seed Operations and Business Dynamic Open Field, you act as the proactive strategic partner to enhance business performance, improvement and growth. You are the trusted advisor for Senior Management of the function and the cross-functional Business Dynamic. As member of both teams, you are actively involved and share accountability in shaping and implementing the business strategy. You provide strategic input with a focus on value creation, improvement and growth. Furthermore, you lead the planning & control cycle and conduct and prepare high-quality financial analyses, business cases and investment plans. Enza Zaden is growing fast. The sector, technology and competition are rapidly changing. Environmental challenges, industry consolidation and internationalization, digitization to name a few. Within Enza Zaden you will be challenged to develop yourself and to extend your knowledge and skills. It is key to develop and maintain a strong working relationship with your network. In the role of Global Finance Business Partner, you are the linking-pin between Finance, Seed Operations and the Business Dynamic team. Your key focus areas are: Member of the Functional Management Team and the cross-functional Business Dynamic Team, with clear accountability for value creation, strategy execution and performance; Business and sparring partner of the Functional Director and the functional and cross-functional Management Teams, providing insight, challenge and decision support; Drive and optimize the financial performance by leading the plan-to-perform cycle which includes a best-in-class reporting, budgeting and forecasting process across all business dimensions; Lead and drive business development activities (e.g., business cases, M&A activities etc.); Member of Global Business Control Lead Team and sparring partner of CFO and Finance Management Team; Develop and build capability with regional and local Business Controllers and Finance Managers. What you bring as a future colleague The ideal candidate has a Master-degree, complemented with around 10 years of relevant working experience in Controlling and Business Partnering preferably in a supply chain environment. You should be able to work in a fast-paced environment and have the right drive and ambition to make a career within this growing company. You are a driven, analytical and strategic financial who aspires to work in an international supply chain context. You are experienced as Business Partner, and you enjoy working with senior managers. Building connections, working together and ensuring objectives are realized is what motivates you. You easily connect with others, and you have a good understanding of Finance and supply chain processes on a global scale. Contributing to the right decision making is what you consider an exciting challenge, and your general Finance professionality enables you to lead. In short, you: Have at least 10 years professional experience as Finance Business Partner preferably in a supply chain context; Have experience in an international and multi-cultural work environment; Have an analytical and strategic mindset. You challenge people in the organization to continuously improve on strategic performance; Have proven stakeholder management capabilities at all levels, and you know how to make impact and influence Senior Management; Are a team player with high integrity with a personal and professional point of view; Are curious, innovative, energetic and self-confident; Are proficient in the English language; Have the ambition to challenge yourself and grow within the company. Enza Zaden as your employer With more than 3.000 passionate team members across the world, we're on a daily mission to develop the finest vegetable varieties. Our goal? To deliver seeds with that special something: vegetables with better taste, better yields, and better resistance. On our mission to feed the world, we challenge ourselves to gain deeper insights and find the next breakthrough. We grow and innovate together, and everyone's contribution is valued. Throughout ou