Omni Operations Finance Specialist, Logistics

Omni Operations Finance Specialist, Logistics City: Copenhagen V Country/Region: DK Application Deadline: 30. July 2024 Do you want to be pivotal in driving and impacting business performance for our logistics & distribution operations, and do you see yourself working in the intersection between finance and supply chain/operations providing key financial insights? If so, this could be an opportunity for you!

The mission of the Omni Operations Finance Specialist is to provide advice and challenge to the Omni Operations team for one of our regional distribution centers (DCs) to help drive and impact business performance. He/she works closely with DC and Clusters management to drive priorities and projects. The Omni Operations Finance Specialist provides analysis and recommendations for efficiencies, cost cutting opportunities and similar. Thus, the role will be a key player in driving commercial excellence.

The Omni Operations Finance Specialist is forward looking and creates value by improving the quality of decisions, which are made through insights and challenge. The function plays a central role in the budget process and acts as a facilitating interface in enabling reliable forecasting and actionable insights through collaboration with Clusters and DCs. The role requires a combination of business acumen, understanding of commercial finance, functional insights into logistics performance management, as well as business partnering skills.

The key accountabilities include, but not limited to:

• Act as the Finance business partner to the Managing Director and leadership team of the assigned DC, and to Cluster Finance management within the region served by the DC
• Own the “cost-to-serve” budget/forecast and financial performance management for the DC including preparation of Business Performance Review (BPR) deck
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of monthly DC financials through collaboration with Operations and GBS
• Facilitate the identification of efficiencies and costs savings through a deep understanding of drivers of logistics costs
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and controls of Finance processes
• Act the guardian of finance data quality in the logistics cost area, building guidelines and enforcing them in cooperation with GBS.
• Support the Long Range Planning (LRP) process and distribution network studies

An Analytical and Collaborative Finance Business Partner
At Pandora, we are an international fusion of minds and professions joined in one global organisation where we encourage initiative and leadership. We are looking for a Finance professional with strong analytical skills and can manage large sets of data to present in a simple manner. You must also have the ability and willingness to both collaborate cross-functionally in a team environment, and autonomously to secure business results.

In addition, we would like you to have:

• Business partnering skills obtained from the management of strong senior stakeholders or from general project management
• Strong attention to detail, with good presentation and influencing skills
• Ability to communicate issues to senior management in an effective manner
• 3+ years of relevant experience in Finance function, preferably in Commercial/Operations Finance
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree within Finance, Accounting, Audit, Logistics, Supply Chain or similar
• Professional proficiency in English and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Excel)
• Experience in Supply Chain/Logistics and/or Oracle Hyperion are a plus, but not required

Your new team
The Global Omni Operations Finance team consists of a Team Lead and 3 Business Partners each supporting the Managing Directors and their Leadership Teams for our 3 main Distribution Centres in US, Germany, and Thailand. We support the Global Omni Operations team in providing financial business partnering and proactive analytics to drive development and efficiencies in our distribution/logistics setup and POSM costs. In the team, we value open and positive communication. We work from a continuous improvement mindset where time between work peaks is invested in improving processes and quality of our deliverables. We aim to be a valued and trusted business partner to Global Omni Operations – included as a natural part of every project and discussion.

Additional information
This role is based in the Pandora Global Office in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Global Career Band 5

Did we get your attention?
We hope you got all your questions answered and feel confident applying for this position, however if you have more questions regarding the position, please contact:

Kelly Kavarnou

Global Talent Acquisition

[email protected]

If you see yourself in the position and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply. We are an international team, so please make sure to send us your application in English to be considered. We look forward to hearing from you!

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com.

Icing on the cake
You will be working out of our beautiful Head Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora
Established in 1982, Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora’s products are available in more than 100 countries on six continents through more than 6,500 points of sale, including around 2,500 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 32,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand, using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 28.1 billion in 2023.

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.

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