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We are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry at Barry Callebaut. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in our communities. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and aim to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
ACCOUNTING & REPORTING MANAGER
Department: AFRICA Finance
Report to title : Sr Manager CoE Accounting, Reporting
Location: CAMEROON
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Accounting & Reporting Manager manages accounting activities per group-wide (international) / national accounting principles and standards for the assigned scope. This job ensures the accuracy of the organization’s financial statements and compliance with all relevant regulations, laws, as well as reporting requirements. The Accounting & Reporting Manager is assisted by the CoE Accounting, Reporting & Sr Manager Africa on highly complex and critical issues. This job is responsible for developing and supervising Accountants, providing guidance as well as support on complex activities, ad hoc requests, and key issues in the execution of duties.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDES
● Coordinating work on the General Accounting process IFRS & OHADA
● Prepare financial statements, close the books, and prepare the necessary paperwork for financial reporting purposes.
● Govern the quality, consistency, and integrity of financials. Develop, deploy, and ensure compliance with accounting policies as well as directives.
● Decide on the accounting treatment of individual complex issues (judgment-based perspective).
● Develop, distribute, and monitor accounting policies and procedures
● Oversee internal control frameworks and ensure the design efficiency as well as operating effectiveness of internal controls.
● Consult with various Finance and IM / IT committees to anticipate and address potential accounting issues.
● Develop and share accounting expertise as well as knowledge.
● Manage service level agreements with Finance Shared service.
● Services and drive the quality of end-to-end accounting processes together with Finance Shared Services.
● Build, maintain, and coordinate relationships with external & internal stakeholders as well as the finance community.
● Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and innovative solutions and communicate them to the CoE Accounting, reporting & Risk Manager
● To properly oversee an organization’s financial records, accounting managers need to adhere to various financial laws and regulations. This may include tax laws, financial reporting standards, and the generally accepted accounting principles.
● Specialize in preparing, and submitting tax returns.
● Participating in global Accounting & Reporting process harmonization projects and initiatives.
ABOUT YOU
Required academic & technical qualifications
● Master’s degree in a field of Finance/Accounting, Economics, or comparable
● Minimum 5 years of professional experience a similar role
● English business proficiency (written and spoken)
● ACCA, CP,A or other accounting certification is a plus
● Can travel to other BC locations if needed.
● Travels required in Cameroon sites (Yaoundé)
Essential experience & knowledge
● 5-8 years experience in finance as a manager with an emphasis on accounting
● Leadership experience & team management
● Experience in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries
● Participation in process transition is an advantage
Technical/Functional Competencies
● SAP, BW
● MS environment (Excel advanced)
● VIM (as an advantage)
● Financial Law and Regulations Expertise
Interpersonal / leadership competencies
● Develop employees by creating individual learning plans
● Drive continuous improvement initiatives regarding processes, technologies, and organization
● Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, internal SSC departments and customers
● Mentor and coach employees to ensure team effectiveness
● Very good teamwork skills
● Promote knowledge sharing organization-wide, ownership and cross-functional collaboration
● Customer oriented
● Goal oriented
● Good Team Player
● Outperform on goals and commitments, never compromising on quality, safety and integrity.
Personal style/attitude/motivation
● Passion for accounting & reporting function
● Focus on continuous process improvement
● Positive attitude
● Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
● Stress resistant
● Act with integrity, tact and diplomacy
● Pro-actively solve problems
● Eager to learn & develop
● Flexible and open-minded
● Analytical Skills
● Works well without supervision
● Perform any ad hoc activity requested by Manager
HEAD OF CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE
About the role
The Head of the Civil & Infrastructure Center of Expertise defines and drives the technical scope of multiple large-scale and complex projects, End-to-End and Global across the organization. The role
manages a portfolio of 10 to 15 projects per year, each with a budget between 2 and 50 MCHF (average project budget 15 MCHF). The level of stakeholders to negotiate and defend cases is at L3 and L4.
The role is also responsible for bringing expertise to the BC standards. Together with the Global Senior Engineer BC Standards and a CSD community he/she will give content, evaluate, discuss and deploy the BC standards that are related to the domain of expertise across all clusters and locations.
To deliver world-class design, this role will also require managing GBS engineering resources and external suppliers to deliver daily. This will be done through training sessions, frequent follow-up meetings and direct steering for the direct reports.
Key responsibilities include
The Head of Civil & Infrastructure Center of Expertise collaborates with Plant Managers and their reports, Project Engineering Execution Directors, Project Managers, Capex Planning Directors, etc.
He/she is in an expert position towards the engineering execution teams as well for standards and best practices in maintenance, process and project managerial skills.
- Leading and building the Department of Civil Engineering and Infrastructure and as such is steering and managing the people working for that department
- Design, communicate, and implement an operational plan for initiating complex and multiple projects; find solutions for operational problems, and minimize delays. Identify, develop and gather resources to make the basic engineering happen for these projects.
- Driving corporate projects in the pre-IP phase and assisting the engineering execution and other departments for the post-IP phase.
- Driving footprint- and masterplan studies from the engineering part and the basic design for principal processes; in particular all civil and utilities-related topics.
- Supports the BC organization in the development of technical standards according to the business strategy. He/ she ensures the standards are known and understood.
- Sets the technical specifications for all main equipment and production processes.
- Assist in generating concepts for the BC long term strategy for the factory of the future in terms of flows and manufacturing processes
- Collaborate with Technical Sourcing for strategic purchasing and develop long-term partnerships and collaborations with the preferred suppliers of the main process equipment
- Collaborates with the other Regional Experts to improve capacity, efficiency, safety, sustainability and quality for all BC process installations and factories.
Scope:
Corporate, hence all BC factories, offices, warehouses, academies,…
Priority: Civil and Infrastructure (including smart buildings & utilities
About you
- Master’s degree in civil engineering (construction and utilities)
- Must be fluent in English (spoken and written) advanced French, German and/or other languages is an advantage
- Interest in the food processing area particularly hygienic design is a must
- Affinity & interest in Industry 4.0 developments (e.g. MES, Smart Tech, Data mining, Google tools, …)
- Background in TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, … is a plus
- 15+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, process industry
- 10+ years experience in managing different technical departments and has experience working in a matrix organization, leading initiatives across 10+ locations and influencing stakeholders remotely.
- Thorough knowledge of product-, people-, waste- and packaging-flows in factories
- Detailed knowledge of the BC process
- Detailed knowledge of chocolate equipment
- Background in equipment construction and welding technologies
- Background in process automation
- Basic accounting & budgeting skills (business cases, feasibility studies)
- Leadership experience to lead a department of multiple direct reports (senior engineers)
- Leadership experience (situational leadership) to get cooperation from multiple experts in project organizations (Matrix)
- Lead via influencing the senior BC stakeholders (Directors and VPs) to decisions and approvals
- Ability to build and set up organizations (as well project teams as own organization)
- Make it happen mentality, ability to mobilize people
- Solution-oriented negotiator
- Ability to create partnerships with Suppliers
- Achieving goals by influencing and not by forcing
- Craftsmanship must be highly valued & respected
- You are a confident and assertive facilitator and presenter, able to influence and motivate stakeholders from multiple levels in an organization
- Resilient and driven to lead cultural change
Travel requirements:
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- 10 – 50% depending on the needs and the open projects. High flexibility is expected
Others:
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- Relation building and contacts with suppliers and colleagues over different regions expect high availability/flexibility (time zones)
- Home office, @ BC site and /or GBS
SUSTAINABILITY OPERATIONS MANAGER
Category: 10
Location: Yaounde
No of positions: 01
Type of contract: Full-time
The Sustainability Operations Manager is the engine that drives and develops our field-level sustainability activities. This position coordinates our sustainability operations and acts as the focal person for program implementation. The successful candidate needs to be results-driven and enjoy developing processes that focus on continuous efficiency, effectiveness and innovation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Operational excellence
- Activity planning: develop annual plans for field activities based on customer programs, including certifications programs, KPIs, and budgets
- Workplan management: define detailed plans with timelines to ensure the effective timely execution of sustainability activities in liaison with the global and regional pillar leads
- Budget & efficiency: oversee budget adherence and drive cost-effective procurement for all field activities
- Targets achievement: ensure all operational targets are met within approved budget limits and timelines
- Field Team management
- Leadership & Performance: act as a role model, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture that aligns with Barry Callebaut’s values
- Resource management: oversee the allocation and upkeep of equipment and materials to support team efficiency
- Talent development: identify training needs and development opportunities to support team growth
- People management: manage the performance evaluation and development plans of direct reports
- Program design and continuous improvement
- Needs assessment: ensure that activities are needs-driven, tailored to local needs, and aligned with sustainability objectives
- Program feedback: provide feedback on program feasibility and design to support improvements and scalability
- Process optimization: drive standardization and process alignment, developing tools and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to enhance program efficiency
- Collaboration: work closely with regional and global teams to strengthen program delivery and impact
- Customers and stakeholder’s management
- Client engagement: coordinate clients’ visits and events and prepare detailed trip reports
- Internal collaboration: collaborate with internal stakeholders including Sourcing, Sustainability, M&E teams to ensure aligned efforts
- Partnership monitoring: manage and oversee implementing partners to ensure deliverables are met according to contracts
- Certification compliance: coordinate with Certification Bodies for all audit processes ensuring compliance with program standards
- Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
- Data management: establish frameworks and tools for tracking operational and financial KPIs
- Progress monitoring: monitor and report on budget adherence, KPI achievement, and monthly/quarterly program updates
- Audit preparation: lead third-party verification processes for program traceability, data management, premium payments, and impact measurement
- Reporting: ensure timely and accurate internal and external reporting on program results
About You:
- Minimum Master’s degree in Agronomy/ Natural Resource Management, Economics, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years experience in agronomy, agriculture, and sustainability program management
- Good budgeting and cost management leadership skills in program execution
- Good knowledge of cocoa certifications and verification schemes, or willingness to learn quickly
- Good knowledge of global and local cocoa regulation
- Basic knowledge of cocoa agribusiness
- Experienced in community development facilitation
- Experienced in country cocoa industry dynamics and culture
- Experienced in Farm Service delivery model
- Experienced in Project management
- Good team player and team management skills
- Good reporting skills
- Stakeholder management
- Good integrity and a sense of ethics
- Proficiency with computer tools (Word, Excel)
- Bilingual (English and French)
- Driving license B with driving experience
To apply for this job please visit jobs.barry-callebaut.com.