Elanco

At Elanco (NYCE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Job description:

• Manage implementation of pricing and commercial strategies within Polish trading organization areas (Domestic and Export).

• Act as focal point for Customers, External partners (e.g. Banks, Financial institution), and Internal organization (Business owners, ESC Warsaw, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Supply sites etc.)

• Manage Polish trading organization working capital by balancing credit risk and support to the affiliates & field offices.

• Collaborate closely with the local commercial and finance teams to optimize the collection performance while monitoring constantly the risks.

• Provide financial analysis support to management of assigned country to enable achieving performance targets, with a specific focus on pricing

• Work with local commercial and finance teams to support business opportunities implementation in Polish trading organization area
• On-board or phase out customers in a timely manner
• Negotiate and influence contractual terms with a partner including implementation of appropriate securitization terms and conditions
• Manage commercial contracts by:
• Creating and maintaining a database of commercial conditions for the Polish trading organization to ensure appropriate controls and governance
• Assessing contractual terms vs business model to ensure compliance with legal and corporate guidelines
• Ensuring customers have a valid and appropriate for business model agreement
• Implementing necessary amendments/modifications to agreements in a timely manner
• Aligning legal department and business owners on legal related topics and documentation
• Manage Pricing, Rebates, Credit Notes, Free Goods, Commissions etc by:
• Ensuring implemented prices and commercial conditions are aligned with the contractual obligations
• Implementing rebate agreements in SAP, manual accruals, reconciliation of accruals status on regular basis in timely manner
• Reviewing and improving rebate system structure for a market/customer to maximize leverage while ensuring compliance with corporate policies
• Keeping stakeholders updated on appropriate contractual status
• Performing timely settlement of rebate agreements
• Partnering with sales area personnel (Management, Sales, Fin&Ops, Supply Chain) to ensure successful implementation of tactical plans
• Support and provide timely guidance to appropriate CEE markets teams to contribute to business continuation and development
• Contribute to credit management activities by:
• Ensuring consistency of credit management approach across the regions and business areas
• Seeking continuous enhancement of credit processes
• Develop, roll out and maintain operational procedures aligned with applicable regulations, policies and procedures (Permanent Establishment, GMP/Finance, FRAP, Trade Sanctions, Anti-Boycott, SOX etc.)
• Perform financial planning, regular evaluation and analysis of financial performance indicators to assigned countries/regions
• Monthly consolidate, analyze and communicate to appropriate Commercial Finance Director the financial performance indices
• Lead small to mid-sized scale projects based on set objectives

Required skills, experience and education:

• Sound experience in commercial finance and trade finance (preferable in export environment)
• Understanding of macro and micro economics and their implication in export markets
• Sound problem framing and structured solving skills
• Ability to influence affiliate to take action and adjust pricing and commercial conditions when necessary
• Ability to analyze financial statements
• Solid understanding of the most common risk mitigating tools
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Attention to details
• Strong customer focus
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize tasks, respect deadlines.
• Ability to adapt to a multi-cultural and complex environment
• Willing to challenge/streamline processes
• Sound analytical skills and strong in planning and organization – get things done
• Fluent English
• Advanced level of data analysis skills, reporting consolidation and forecasting
• Advanced level of MS Excel; MS SharePoint sites, Powerapps are advantages
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Business Objects)

Preferred skills experience and education

• Strong learning agility
• University degree, preferably in economics or business administration
• Commercial, Finance and/or Accounting educational background will be a plus
• Ability to work with little supervision
• Positive attitude
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Project Management experience

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status