How you can make a difference

This international position offers an exciting combination of planning & analysis of our ESG performance (as part of our Health & Sustainability strategy) and contributing to the improvement of our ways of working in this new and heavily developing area of performance management. This role has a strong emphasis on cross-country collaboration with our retail brands in Europe and Indonesia. You’ll be working closely together with colleagues who have a broad range of professional experience, in an international Finance and ESG environment.

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 19 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 job and work environment

As Specialist ESG Business Planning & Performance (BPP), you are part of the ESG team within the broader Finance BPP team of Ahold Delhaize Europe & Indonesia (EU&I). With this team you are responsible for the presentation of our ESG performance on our Health & Sustainability KPIs at European level and to and evaluate this with relevant business and finance stakeholders. We combine this with forward-looking business planning and improvement roadmaps to understand the potential and to define our ambition for these KPIs. We advise our local brand CFOs and their BPP teams on all elements of the planning and performance cycle for ESG and support them in achieving their performance goals. It is important to build strong relationships with the brand teams and maintain good contact with them to stay informed about their results, improvement initiatives and strategies.

ESG is an area that is growing rapidly and receiving a lot of attention, both internally and externally. The Ahold Delhaize strategy on Health & Sustainability is under continuous development. We want to excel on the KPIs where we can add value in line with our strategy and business model as (food) retail company. Performance management on our most important KPIs is a journey to improve every day. You will be part of this exciting journey. You will work on our existing planning and performance management cycles throughout the year, but also on the many new initiatives. Both to align with our strategy as well as with external legislative requirements. You can expect you will not be bored. We need your innovative ideas! Approximately half of your time will be spend on change and improvement initiatives. You are involved in bringing our ESG performance management cycle up to par with our financial cycle (on EU level and also supporting brands in doing so). You will play an active role in improving the reporting and review process and in supporting/stimulating (brand) colleagues to integrate this in their local ways of working.

Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

Prepare the materials for our recurring performance management cycles
Be part of the quarterly ESG performance reviews with brands
Evaluation of results and trends on ESG KPIs and present these back to our EU CFO and other stakeholders.
Be the linking pin between our EU&I retail brands and Ahold Delhaize global group, ensuring effective communication in both directions.
Contribute to the forecasting and target setting process.
Be involved in the long-term planning of KPI performance and building quantified roadmaps for the EU&I region.
Contribute to our active and lively EU&I ESG community.
Develop, maintain and improve templates for recurring reporting and specific initiatives (e.g. business case or compliance driven)
Work on training and instruction materials for brands and other stakeholders. For example, for new strategic initiatives or regulation.
Be responsible – you are the point of contact on questions for the topics you own within the team (e.g. build expertise on a certain KPI, regulation or process).
Act as partner for the brands and our EU CFO – have an open mindset to enable the rapid changes in the ESG context.

You will be part of the broader Finance BPP team of Ahold Delhaize Europe & Indonesia. A vibrant team existing of 12 financials including a sub-team of 3 ESG specialists. Your workspace is located on the 3rd floor of the headquarters in Zaandam. Close to our Dutch brands.

We find it important that you can be yourself in our EU&I team within Ahold Delhaize. We strive for a workspace where different perspectives are valued, that stimulates curiosity and where people respect each other. For this position we are looking for someone who will strengthen the diversity in our team, in the broadest sense of the word. Someone who brings a different view based on their own background and personal qualities and is therefore a good addition to our team.

What’s in it for you?

Aside from what we ask of you in this role, we also have a great deal to offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; flexible working hours; a hybrid working model (we ask you to spend at least 50% of your working time at the office); and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance, and the chance to work in an inclusive environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.

Plus:

A gross annual salary between €50.000 - €60.000 (including holiday allowance); depending on experience
Attractive bonuses
A first-rate pension plan
45 vacation days: you will receive 25,5 vacation days en 19,5 ADV-days.
Travel expenses or an NS travel card
A laptop and smartphone

Requirements

We think you’ll be best geared for success if you meet the following requirements:

Combine a MSc degree in Finance, Economics, or Business & Sustainability with at least 2 years of relevant work experience
Have knowledge of (financial) planning and performance cycles
Have a proven affinity with sustainability (reporting and/or performance management)
Understand the current ESG developments

Furthermore you:

Have strong communication skills and are able to act as sparring partner (with your team) to C-levels stakeholders and brand level specialists
Dare to challenge the status quo to realize change

Apply now!

Are you keen to join the Finance BPP team? Even if you don’t tick all the boxes, but you still believe you have the personality and skills that make you a suitable candidate, we strongly encourage you to reach out to us. Apply now via the button on this page, or feel free to contact Bart Spikker, Talent Acquisition Partner Finance, via bart.spikker@aholddelhaize.com if you have any questions.

At Ahold Delhaize and our local brands, we broadly define diversity as being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more, and we accept all people for who they are.