Description
This role serves as the finance lead for the Home Traditional Print Hardware portfolio, partnering closely with GBU leadership to drive profitability, portfolio optimization, and strategic decision-making.
The role provides end-to-end financial ownership across pricing, cost, volume, and mix, supporting both ongoing business performance and NPI execution.
Key Responsibilities
1. Portfolio & P&L Ownership
- Lead financial management of the Home Traditional portfolio (Inkjet), including revenue, margin, cost, and mix.
- Drive quarterly performance analysis (actuals vs. forecast vs. LTP) with clear insights on drivers and risks.
- Provide actionable recommendations to improve profitability and optimize product positioning.
2. Pricing & ARU Management
- Partner with business teams to define and execute pricing strategy (ARU management, promo ROI, elasticity).
- Monitor and explain ARU trends vs. targets, identifying drivers and corrective actions.
- Support market competitiveness while protecting margin structure.
3. NPI Financial Leadership
- Own financial modeling and business case support for new product introductions (NPIs).
- Ensure alignment between cost targets, pricing, and margin expectations.
- Partner with engineering, product management, and supply chain on cost roadmap and trade-offs.
4. Long-Term Planning
- Supports LTP for the Traditional portfolio, ensuring alignment with GBU strategy.
- Translate business assumptions into robust financial outlooks and scenarios.
- Identify risks and opportunities early and proactively influence business decisions.
5. Cross-Functional Partnership
- Act as a trusted advisor to GBU leaders, product managers, and regional teams.
- Influence decisions across marketing, supply chain, and engineering.
- Represent finance in global planning and business review forums.
6. Analytics & Insights
- Deliver clear, executive-ready insights on business performance.
- Simplify complex data into key messages, drivers, and actions.
- Leverage tools (Excel, Anaplan, automation) to improve speed and quality of insights.
7. Process & Continuous Improvement
- Drive improvements in forecast accuracy, reporting automation, and financial processes.
- Strengthen data integrity and governance across key financial metrics.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related field (MBA preferred).
- Typically 7–10+ years of experience in financial planning or business finance.
- Experience in product/portfolio finance, preferably in hardware or consumer products.
Key Skills & Capabilities
- Strong P&L ownership mindset
- Advanced financial modeling & scenario analysis
- Pricing strategy & ARU management expertise
- Ability to connect financials to business strategy
- Executive-level communication (clear, concise, insight-driven)
- Cross-functional influence and stakeholder management
- Tools: Excel (advanced), Anaplan, SAP, data visualization tools