Finance Director

- Reporting to the Regional Director Asia (Manchester-UK); responsible for overall business P&L, operating in Personal care, Home care and Baby care categories in multiple markets of Middle East, North Africa and Indian Sub-Con. Managing 20 customers, three 3rd party manufacturing operations and 4 intercompany sourcing hubs - Providing strategic direction, developing and implementing business strategy in line with corporate strategic direction. Leading business strategic and operational planning process - Converting strategy into action by developing functional and individual operational plans - Mentoring sales, marketing, supply chain and finance functions to ensure team motivation and alignment to the strategy - Developing new markets by appointing business partners, facilitating right pricing, promotion and distribution strategy to drive market share. - White space launches in established markets - Proactively safeguarding business risks, reallocating resources and manoeuvring the operational sales/marketing plans to deliver quarterly/annual business targets - Facilitating people development and learning culture

- Executive board member and CFO of Unilever Pakistan Foods Ltd (Ex Bestfood) a listed company in stock exchange. Sharing quarterly results in audit committee and board meetings; highlighting trends, issues and risks, getting approval on policy matters - Facilitating CEO and Management Committee in formulating business strategy inline with regional category strategy and corporate strategic thrusts. Leading finance team in formulating category business plans- Leading the Finance and Sales MIS function of €170m Foods portfolio operating in Ice Cream, Beverages, Spreads, Drinks, Savoury and Dessert categories with 11 international and local brands.- Managing planning and budgeting process, co-ordinating cross- functionally for compiling 8Q rolling forecast and operational plans- Supervising monthly closing process, results compilation, variance analysis against rolling forecast and regional reporting as per reporting guidelines- Monitoring and controlling revenue budgets including factory operating expenses, head-office indirect, sales and marketing indirect- Steering the business operations and performance through proactive MIS /decision support. Providing support to the sales and marketing team by highlighting trends, data analyses, reports, and recommendations. - Partnering with marketing for new innovation, ROMI and strategic pricing - Partnering with Sales to drive asset productivity, optimum promotion sell out, channel profitability, customer trade terms and customer ROI - Partnering with supply chain for optimizing working capital, cash flows, raising capital budgets and cost effectiveness initiatives- Analyzing business environment and proactively safeguarding risks. Partnering with internal audit team in conducting risks assessment exercise and establishing appropriate internal controls - Leading the training / development agenda for local finance team. Organizing workshops, courses and best practices sharing sessions.