Title: Tender & Costings Business Partner
Department: Finance & Tax
Location: Droitwich, ENG, GB, WR9 0LW; Telford, ENG, GB, TF2 7GJ; Market Drayton, ENG, GB, TF9 3UY
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Hours: Monday–Friday (40 hours)
Benefits for the role
Competitive salary, generous annual bonus, Life Assurance, Company car or cash allowance, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service), Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave, Enhanced Bereavement Leave, Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%), exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts and development opportunities.
What you’ll do
* Be a key finance stakeholder in the tender and product costing process (from start to go live), partnering with Commercial and the Commercial Finance Business Partner to co‑ordinate inputs and align with wider business stakeholders. Produce clear, decision‑ready outputs while managing timescales to meet deadlines.
* Drive a consistent, repeatable approach to tendering and product costing, applying commercial judgement and insight to support decision making.
* Alongside the Commercial Finance Business Partner, challenge assumptions and influence commercial decisions by ensuring tender and costing recommendations are based on insight, knowledge and are aligned to strategy.
* Ensure compliance with governance requirements, including the tender and costing process and GO approval process.
* Own the product‑level focus for commercial finance, driving improvements in pricing strategies, commercial terms and insight into key P&L drivers, providing actionable insight into commercial that drives EBIT improvement.
* Lead financial input into PEP reviews and NPD discussions, ensuring cost, price, margin and risk implications are understood and reflected in recommendations.
* Business Partner the Category Head, challenging spend on marketing and category data and reporting on actual spend.
* Build strong relationships across the wider controlling/finance team to improve ways of working, share knowledge and align on objectives.
* Deputise for the Commercial Finance Business Partners as required.
What you’ll bring
* Degree in a relevant subject
* Ideally experience with SAP
* Experience in a FMCG environment
* Strong problem‑solving skills; analytical, logical and numeric
* Excellent Excel knowledge
* Demonstratable commercial acumen
* Excellent relationship building and communication skills
* Proactive and comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment
* Tenacious and resilient
At Müller, we’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and encourage people to apply even if they don’t meet every requirement listed. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know - we’re happy to support you.
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