Partner with Franchise Senior Finance Director and Cluster Senior Director Operations to manage all Cluster and/or Operational /Customer activities to drive alignment across multiple senior stakeholders, and to develop the key insights needed to inform strategic priorities, including:

• Responsible for managing relationship with Bottling Partners and leading and influencing decisions on investments, financials support, value sharing models, pricing strategies, new product launches and system economics
• Support the Senior Director Operations and team in defining the Franchise Long Range Plans, Business Plans as well as managing day to day operations
• Responsible for end-to-end PL management of the cluster including preparing, analyzing and delivering financial forecasts and results
• Gain insights and brainstorm with customers/Bottlers on business issues; Prepare & support internal stakeholders on on-going negotiations
• Implement Africa Operating Unit (OU) and Franchise resource allocation strategy
• Set spends objectives and requirements on resource allocation for the cluster (joint planning/tracking with operations team and bottling partners)
• Quantitative and qualitative Bottler/Customer info

Manage all Business Models and Margins within the Cluster, including:

• Strategic thinking on business models optimization and system top line growth
• Incidence Pricing Calibrations
• Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain
• Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions
• Optimization of current value chain
• Set, track and be accountable for margins objectives
• Leverage the network and execute locally OU margin strategy
• Support Mergers & Acquisitions and Revenue growth Management
• Main contact point for M&A analysis and assessment for the cluster
• Lead the financial implementation of new business models where applicable
• Main point of contact for legal/Tax/Treasury/M&A
• Support Financially all RGM initiatives
• Determine pricing strategy and objectives
• Provide Financial input into new product / service development process
• Working Capital and Cash Management for the cluster

Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum 8-10 years of leadership experience in senior financial planning or commercial finance roles
• Extensive leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels