Commercial Financial Director (CFD), Electronics

About this Position What you ́ll do

• You will shape the business strategy, drive profitable growth, and enable superior business performance.
• As a key member of Henkel’s Electronics SBU leadership team, you will provide strategic and financial insights, translate business priorities into actionable plans, and support informed decision-making to create sustainable value for customers, shareholders, and the business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be instrumental in developing the Electronics business globally together with the leadership team, both organically and through M&A activities.
• Drive and steer the financial management processes of the SBU, including strategic planning, annual operating planning, budgeting, performance management, and investment prioritization.
• Translate business strategy into financial targets and actionable plans, ensuring alignment between growth ambitions and financial performance.
• Capture business growth opportunities by generating financial and commercial insights, assessing portfolio and business performance, identifying gaps, and defining strategic and tactical measures.
• Evaluate SBU strategies, innovation initiatives, projects, and investment plans; monitor business profitability; and assess risks and opportunities.
• Ensure accurate global financial reporting and provide regular forecasts, performance analyses, and decision-support insights to the leadership team.
• Act as a sparring partner to the SBU Head on strategic, operational, financial, and organizational matters.
• Optimize operating margins by creating transparency on profitability drivers, identifying improvement opportunities, and steering measures related to pricing, cost performance, customer portfolio management, and resource allocation.
• Lead the APAC business planning team, including demand forecasting, scenario planning, and performance monitoring, driving process improvements across functions.
• Drive inorganic growth initiatives and lead key strategic projects for the SBU.