As our new BPI Consultant, you will be responsible for analysing, designing, and implementing process improvements across the organization to drive efficiency, effectiveness, and quality. You will work closely together with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for optimization, lead improvement initiatives, and support the organization’s continuous improvement culture.

About Ahold Delhaize  

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 17 strong local retail brands in the United States, Europe and Indonesia, we make a meaningful difference in the lives of our brands’ customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our associates thrive.  

Your new work environment 

Reporting to the BPI Manager, you will be leading business improvement initiatives that realize increased efficiency and/or quality. You will act as the liaison between the different teams in Finance, Business teams, Group, EU, Project Management, and Tech Teams, Business, Group, EU, Project Management, and Tech teams, as well as our outsourcing partner, regarding changes to financial processes and information systems.

You will be using project management skills and Lean Six Sigma techniques to realize smart, scalable and in control solutions. In the projects, the BPI team represents Finance Services NL within the Business Services Finance department and decides on adjustments in the finance processes and the finance application landscape.  

In this role, you will work closely with the Product & Process teams to accelerate the Finance Transformation Roadmap and help ensure high-quality financial services across all brands.

Key responsibilities of your role 

Building on your project management expertise, Lean Six Sigma toolkit, and stakeholder management, you will deliver measurable improvements through the following responsibilities:

• Driving the change agenda of Finance Services NL
• Gather inputs and help shape the vision, roadmap and project calendar for the brands; contribute to scoping of business development and innovation projects
• Identify, align and direct plans for optimizing business processes and added value of Business Services Finance to the business
• Monitor project progress (scope, timeline, budget, benefits), manage risks and issues, and report on the project portfolio (PMO); maintain strong stakeholder management with Business and Tech
• Drive Business Process Improvement projects to high quality, control and compliance standards
• Proactively identify, scope, design, plan, and implement scalable, robust changes to finance processes and systems for each brand; collaborate closely with Product & Process teams and ensure a smooth handover after project closure
• Act as a knowledge center for finance processes, enabling the organization to optimize processes and explore new opportunities
• Ensure alignment with all stakeholders including brands’ business teams, Tech, Financial Control and the outsourcing partner on progress and results
• Actively work together within the team of BPI consultants and with the Product & Process teams to come to scalable finance processes and products
• Build and maintain a strong network of internal and external stakeholders and partners.

What’s in it for you? 

Beyond the impact you will make in this high-visibility, global role, we offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and cross-brand career paths; a full-time (40 hours per week) position in a hybrid way of working: partly from home and partly from our office in Zaandam. You can look forward to a good work-life balance and the chance to work in an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome just the way you are.

Plus: 

• A gross annual salary between €55K to €67K including holiday pay based on full-time employment
• Attractive bonuses
• A first-rate pension plan 
• 45 vacation days per year (25,5 vacation days + 19,5 paid-leave days)
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card
• A laptop and smartphone

Requirements

We believe you will excel in this role if you meet the following requirements:

Professional experience 

• University degree in business studies or business economics, Postgraduate degree in controlling or accounting (RC, RA, RO, ACCA, CPA or equivalent)
• 3+ years of experience in finance, preferably in finance consultancy, project management, audit, accounting, financial controlling and/or business controlling
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management 
• Demonstrated project management skills in a high-performance, multi-project environment. 
• Fluent Dutch and English 

Aside from these hard skills, we think you should also bring some much-valued soft skills to the table:

• an engaging and credible presence
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• strong analytical skills
• a proactive, resilient, and energetic working style, with the ability to work both strategically and hands-on

Apply now! 

Are you excited to join our BPI team? Even if you don’t meet every requirement but believe your skills and personality make you a strong fit, we encourage you to apply. 

Apply directly via the button on this page or contact Marko Simic, Talent Acquisition Specialist at marko.simic@delhaize.rs if you have any questions. 

At Ahold Delhaize, we broadly define diversity as being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities, and more and we welcome you just the way you are.