CD Performance Coordinator - Foods

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Job Summary: The CD Performance Coordinator ensures end-to-end visibility of business performance, connecting commercial execution, demand, and financial results. Key Highlights: 1. Leads the Business Performance Management agenda with financial insights. 2. Acts as Finance Partner in the S&OE process, aligning plans and expectations. 3. Focuses on continuous improvement, automation, and process optimization. **Join us as a** **CD Performance Coordinator** **PURPOSE OF THE ROLE** The CD Performance Coordinator is responsible for ensuring end-to-end visibility of business performance by connecting commercial execution, demand evolution, and financial results through a robust forecasting process, Revenue Flash management, and active participation in S&OE. This role serves as a strategic bridge between Commercial, Supply Chain, and Finance teams, translating data into insights and decisions that drive sustainable and profitable growth for the Foods Brazil category. You will join a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and for the planet. Because here, we don’t just hire for roles — we invite you to be part of something bigger. **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES** * Lead the Business Performance Management agenda, providing financial insights and recommendations to support commercial decision-making. * Own the monthly Revenue Flash process, consolidating assumptions on volume, pricing, mix, and promotions to deliver accurate and timely landing forecasts. * Act as Finance Partner in the S&OE process, ensuring alignment among demand planning, commercial execution, and financial expectations. * Monitor business performance against targets, identifying risks and opportunities across channels, customers, and categories. * Develop executive reports, dashboards, and performance packs to support leadership discussions and decisions. * Coordinate short-term forecasting activities, translating commercial actions into impacts on revenue, gross margin, and profitability. * Collaborate closely with Sales, CSP, Category, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure visibility into performance and execution risks. * Conduct scenario modeling and mid-month interventions to support target delivery. * Lead continuous improvement initiatives, including automation and simplification of reporting and performance management processes. * Consolidate market, customer, and competitor insights to identify growth opportunities and improve business results. * Governance and controls: ensure compliance with global frameworks (SOA, GFCF, SOX, and Schedule of Authority), with strong discipline in commercial and financial controls. **REQUIRED EXPERIENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS** * Technical Skills * Bachelor’s degree completed in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or related fields. * Strong financial acumen and solid understanding of P&L. * Experience in forecasting and financial modeling. * Advanced Excel, Power BI, and other data visualization tools. * Data analytics and generation of business insights. * Capability in scenario planning and supporting decision-making. * Understanding of S&OE, demand planning, and commercial planning processes. * Desired experience with SAP, TPM, and Data Lake / analytics platforms. * **Leadership and Business Skills** * Strong business partnering and stakeholder management. * Ability to influence decisions through data and insights. * Strategic thinking with strong execution focus. * Problem-solving and proactive risk identification. * Communication and storytelling skills, including executive presentations. * Ability to work in cross-functional teams and in a fast-paced environment. * Mindset of continuous improvement and automation. * High level of ownership, accountability, and bias for action. * Intermediate English and intermediate Spanish. At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive/succeed. All candidates will receive fair and respectful consideration, and we actively support the growth and development of every employee. **ADDITIONAL INFORMATION** **Recruitment Process Steps:** * Resume screening * Assessment – Online Assessment * Video Interview * Talent Partner contact * Manager interview Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey. #LI-Onsite