Description

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.
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Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!
Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA:
Salary Range: $176,300 - $246,800
Comprehensive Benefits Package
Annual Bonus Eligibility
401k & Company Match

 
Position Overview:
The Senior Director, Commercial Finance is a key finance leader at BBU, responsible for overseeing Customer & Category Finance. The position is the strategic partner to senior leaders in BBU’s Customer and Marketing teams to analyze commercial performance as well as develop sustainable growth strategies. The role reports directly to BBU’s CFO and manages a team.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to own commercial finance in a large CPG. The position will work with the Customer and Category teams to strategize, plan and execute key growth strategies as well as provide visibility and insights to overall performance. The role will collaborate with multiple teams including Revenue Growth Management (RGM), Marketing, Sales, Innovation, Supply Chain, and other Finance teams.

What to expect in this role:

• Customer Finance leadership
• Serve as the finance strategic partner to the Customer Leadership Team to shape customer strategies, joint business planning, and investments in growth
• Strategically support customer joint business planning with RGM, Category Management, and Customers to generate value for BBU and our key Customers
• Partner with Customer & RGM to execute pricing strategy, trade spend optimization, mix management, and margin improvement initiatives
• Own modeling and evaluation of growth opportunities, including new customer initiatives, customer investment opportunities, and private label bids, to ensure commercial, operational, and financial feasibility
• Partner with RGM to overhaul offline trade, improving how we track, review, and approve the offline trade budget
• Create visibility to our total customer investment and our customer profit pool including total trade and shopper marketing
• Build and maintain reporting to monitor and forecast customer performance, profitability, and other key performance metrics (i.e. Share) on a periodic basis to provide actionable insights
• Deliver ad hoc analysis and reporting for Customers and RGM

Category & Brand Finance leadership

• Partner with Marketing SVP & Marketing Leads to shape financial strategies and business plans
• Lead strategic planning for categories and brands, including annual and long-range (3-5 Year) financial forecasts
• Build and evaluate business cases for growth including innovation, distribution strategies, brand strategies, and marketing investments to ensure commercial, operational, and financial feasibility
• Collaborate with Marketing and Innovation teams to evaluate innovation, represent finance in innovation stage gate process, and assess post-launch performance
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to build and evaluate business cases for capital investments proposals that support growth initiatives
• Develop and maintain periodic reporting for category/brand performance to provide meaningful and actionable insights
• Provide periodic reporting and forecast to FP&A to help understand results and forecast BBU’s total P&L
• Deliver ad hoc analysis and reporting for Category team

Team and Cross Functional Leader

• Develop standard business case framework for growth initiatives to ensure they are evaluated holistically, consistently, effectively, and efficiently
• Develop Category and Customer finance teams through coaching, hands-on training, and career planning
• Serve as finance business partner to SVP Marketing, Customers, RGM, and Innovation teams
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership, influencing strategic decisions
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, reporting, and analytics
• Support development of presentations and content for executive leadership on a periodic basis

Leadership Competencies 

• Situational Adaptability – Adapts approach and attitude in real time, according to the changing demands of different solutions.
• Drives Engagement - Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their est to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Ensures Accountability – Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Manages Complexity – Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. 

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in commercial finance, category/brand finance, or customer finance within CPG or related industries.
• Proven track record of partnering with Sales, Marketing, and RGM teams to drive business results.
• Strong analytical skills, with expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and ROI analysis.
• Experience with syndicated data (Circana/IRI/Nielsen), dashboarding, and data visualization.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office; experience with Hyperion Essbase, Oracle, or similar systems a plus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated leadership in managing and developing high-performing team
• Strong sense of curiosity, continuous improvement mindset, and ability to simplify complex data.

Physical Demands:
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.