Tata Consumer Products - Manager - Category Finance - ATL Spends

Role Objectives:

SPOC for complete ATL Spend Management including Media for Beverages, Foods & Tata Q including innovation (Overall spend of Rs 500 cr)

Key Responsibilities -

- Overall responsibility & controller for Marketing spends

- Annual planning for ATL spends. Work closely with Category & Media team for rolling up the plans.

- Responsible for tracking and reporting of ATL Spends at Category & activity Level - Actuals vs budget

- Participate in contract execution and negotiation with vendors; Ensure adherence with the SOA on all ATL procurements - Goods & Services

- Monthly provisioning of spends and review of activities for actualization and to estimate (LE) spends for the rest of the yr.

- Ensure all KPIs, savings are tracked and reported w.r.t Media contracts and monthly reconciliation of plan vs execution of estimates.

- Responsible for setting up the processes for accounting & control of spends

- Drive process improvements and harmonization across business.

- Follow up with Category team for timely creation of IO; maintenance of portal and timely updations to accommodate category requirements.

- Deliver all reporting requirements in terms of ATL spends and develop a framework for ATL spend evaluation

- Track innovation development and advertisement spends and ensure visibility at a project level.

- Responsible for all ATL vendor management, timely payments and reconciliations.

- Manage and monitor the Outsourced Partners and ensure adherence to the SLA / SOP

Desired Candidate

Profile/Experience

- CA/MBA/M.Com candidates with 5-7 yrs experience in any FMCG companies handling similar roles

- Working knowledge in SAP

- Good people management skills and experience in handling third party service providers