Do you want to be part of an innovative, rapidly growing company? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment, collaborating with ambitious colleagues who are committed to improving themselves every day? This could be the exciting new challenge you're looking for!
What will you be doing?
In this role, you will oversee a team responsible for managing financial risks and opportunities related to our projects and large service contracts. Your work will drive the implementation of finance best practices and enhance financial processes, positively impacting the organization beyond just the finance department. Through proactive performance analysis, you will turn data into actionable insights and help develop performance improvement plans that will shape the future of our business.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for:
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Managing, coaching and developing Europe project and service control team. Next to that you will be interacting on a regular basis with senior stakeholders in the project execution and service domain.
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Driving and instilling a Performance Management based culture.
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Involvement in Total Cost of Ownership, foreign exchange risk management, risk assessment (payment, tax, political risk).
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Defining and implementing a finance vision and strategy for the global projects & service controlling organisation, including subsequent objectives and actions.
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Ensuring involvement in managing financial, contractual risks & opportunities, as well as involvement in customer discussions & negotiations during project execution.
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Based on thorough analysis, the identification of short- and long-term business issues, where you propose and support potential solutions and drive process improvements
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Managing cash flows and foreign currency exposure
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Reliable and transparent financial forecasting and budgeting.
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Reporting on the project & service contract portfolio to relevant stakeholders, within the deadlines, according to corporate guidelines.
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Being a leading example to the Global Vanderlande Business Control Community.
What do we ask from you?
We ask you to bring in experience, education and personality:
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Master degree in Finance or Business Administration
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10+ years of relevant experience in an international company, preferably in a business-to-business and a project & service-oriented environment
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Business partnering experience, with a project and service execution focus and strong commercial acumen
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Experience in managing and coaching international teams
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Solid understanding of project & service control
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Excellent verbal and written skills in English, other languages are a plus.
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Because a big part of your team and stakeholders are based in Veghel, a regular presence in Veghel is required.
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Willingness to travel (approx. 15% to locations in Europe)
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Ambitious self-starter, you naturally take the initiative
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Excellent stakeholder management, you are able to communicate on all levels
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You are a natural leader
About the team
The EMEA project & service control team is located across our various European locations with a centre of gravity in Veghel (headquarters of Vanderlande), Monchengladbach, London and Barcelona. The team consists of approximately 10-12 people and reports into the Executive Director Finance Business Control Airports and Parcel (APS). The team is the central point of contact for all projects and service contracts in Europe and the Middle East. The team works across the domains Airports, Parcel/Amazon and Warehouse.
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market. Furthermore, we are also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses, which seamlessly integrate innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.
At Vanderlande, you can develop your career, satisfy your ambitions, aspire to new heights, while enjoying personal growth and thriving on achievement.
What we offer
In this challenging and responsible position, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.
This position offers a competitive salary range of € 7.200 to € 9.500 per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.
On top of your fixed salary you’ll receive the following secondary benefits:
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40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
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A lease car (or budget)
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Short term incentive
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Flexible working hours.
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A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
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A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
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Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
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Working from home allowance.
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Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
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On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
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Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
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A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
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And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.
Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Contact
If this vacancy appeals to you, then please apply now by completing the application form, and uploading your CV and covering letter. For more information, please contact Michelle van der Schoot (Senior Recruiter) on +31 413 49 52 41
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