at The Kraft Heinz Foods Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Description
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Manager, Economist - Global FP&A at a Glance...
TheManager - Economist, Global FP&A will play a critical role in helping our Global Leadership team understand and react to the impact of economic factors (e.g., inflation, interest rates, labor market, incomes, geopolitics) on our business.This is a newly created position to support the global expansion, capabilities, and influence of the Macroeconomic Insights & Analysis team. The Manager - Economist will support and report to the Lead Economist for the Global Zone, working with cross-functional stakeholders across the globe in Finance, Business Units, Sales, Insights, and external partners to create and execute analyses and forecasts that will help address our most pressing business questions. This position will drive action and support business planning throughout Kraft Heinz by researching global Food & Beverage, macroeconomic, consumer, demographic, and geopolitical trends and present findings to some of the organization's most influential stakeholders. The Manager - Economist will sit in our Global FP&A organization and have direct visibility to Executive, International, and North American Leadership teams.
What's on the menu?
Keys to success in this role include exceptional analytics, statistics, judgment, hard work, determination, communication, and the ability to turn ad-hoc analysis into actionable recommendations. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with ambiguity and taking ownership to drive results. The candidate will need to be able to extract insights from data and be able to clearly communicate appropriate triggers and actions to Kraft Heinz leadership to allow them to execute on our 10-Year Strategy and fuel International Zone growth
Partner with U.K., EU, and NA Business Units to develop Industry forecast to feed key short and long-term business cycle planning, grow market share, and improve forecasting routines and methodologies
Own the primary Industry macroeconomic forecasting model for the International Zone, which will drive all key financial forecasts for the international business
Identify leading indicators tied to business cycles and develop econometric models for actionable predictive planning, ad hoc requests, and on-going measurements
Increase efficiency by operationalizing and democratizing economic data feeds from various data sources
Support the Lead Economist in the production and presentation of the monthly Economic Outlook viewed by 700+ internal stakeholders, including Executive Leadership
Research, collect, analyze, and summarize economic and industry-relevant data and present findings to Global Leadership team in preparation for key forecasting cycles and events
Serve as liaison between internal Kraft Heinz stakeholders and external partner to refine and improve macroeconomic models and underlying explanatory variables for our Developed and Developing Markets
Work with Business Unit FP&A, Marketing, and Sales leads to ensure assumptions underlying industry forecast models are accurate and aligned with business expectations
Recipe for Success - apply now if this sounds like you!
Minimum Qualifications
Master's degree in economics or related field
5 years of experience in Finance, Business, Economics, Data Science, CPG, or related field
Understanding of the economic drivers of CPG businesses and how those driver impact consumer behavior
Experience analyzing/modeling data, extracting key insights, and summarizing conclusions in a concise, digestible manner
Experience with econometrics, databases, and programming languages such as Python, R, and/or... For full info follow application link.
It is the continuing policy of The Kraft Heinz Company to afford full equal employment opportunity to qualified employees and applicants, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicaps, military or veteran status, sexual preference, or any other protected condition or characteristic in conformity with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Final candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship. Exceptions requesting work visa sponsorship will be reviewed on a case to case basis.
