Finance Business Partner, Supply Chain and Asset Productivity

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner.

You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

The Finance Business Partner for European Supply Chain and Asset Productivity will hold a pivotal leadership role in shaping financial strategy across two of CHEP Europe's most critical value drivers. Reporting directly to the CFO for Europe, you will act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, influencing enterprise priorities, strengthening profitability and cost management as well as translating complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable choices.

In this high-impact position, you will lead the financial agenda to maximise asset utilisation and reduce losses, while simultaneously partnering with senior operational leaders to standardise and streamline the European supply chain. Furthermore, you will drive the finance agenda for Supply Chain Cost disruption programme and transformation, working with executive and functional leaders to convert strategic ambition into a prioritised roadmap, robust investment cases and measurable value delivery.

• Serve as the senior Finance Business Partner and trusted adviser to the Regional and Business Unit Leadership Teams, providing independent financial leadership, constructive challenge and an enterprise-wide perspective to shape strategy, priorities and executive decision-making.
• Own financial and commercial decision support across growth, pricing, customer and channel profitability, supply chain, asset productivity, investment and capital allocation, ensuring decisions are grounded in robust analysis, clear scenarios and sustainable value creation.
• Own the financial dimension of the long-term strategy and planning cycle for the businesses within scope, translating enterprise and regional ambitions into integrated strategic plans, value drivers, investment choices and measurable outcomes aligned with the CHEP Europe Four-Year Plan.
• Lead the annual budget, forecasting and in-year performance cycles, setting clear financial expectations, aligning resources to strategic priorities and ensuring credible, integrated plans with transparent assumptions, risks, opportunities and accountabilities.
• Drive performance and value delivery by identifying material opportunities and emerging issues, sponsoring cross-functional initiatives, defining corrective actions and holding business leaders accountable for delivery against revenue, profitability, cash, asset productivity and return objectives.
• Provide an integrated, forward-looking view of business and regional performance, delivering concise executive insight on results, business drivers, customer and channel economics, outlook, risks and opportunities, and the actions required to improve momentum and outcomes.
• Maintain strong financial stewardship, governance and control across the businesses within scope, including balance sheet and cash oversight, investment governance, risk management, policy compliance and…