Position Summary

The Manager, Business Management is responsible for managing the day-to-day execution, governance, reporting, and continuous improvement of commodity procurement and financial management processes within Hershey Trading GmbH.

Reporting to the Director, Business Management, the role serves as a critical link between Procurement, Trading, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Materials Management, Shared Services, and Information Technology to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and productive execution of commodity-related financial and operational processes.

The Manager leads process governance and operational execution across contract administration, forecasting, reconciliation, reporting, invoice resolution, and system controls while supporting enterprise-wide transformation initiatives. The role is responsible for ensuring business processes operate effectively, issues are identified and resolved timely, and stakeholders have access to accurate and reliable information for decision making.

Key Responsibilities

Business Process Management & Operational Execution




- Manage day-to-day commodity procurement and financial management processes supporting cocoa, edible oils, coconut, and related sourcing activities.
- Ensure accurate execution of business processes across contract management, settlements, invoicing, forecasting, and reporting activities.
- Monitor process performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and controls.
- Coordinate activities across multiple business functions to ensure seamless execution of end-to-end processes.

Forecasting, Reporting & Financial Analytics
- Support governance of commodity forecasts, price standards, purchase price variance reporting, budgeting, and management reporting processes.
- Prepare and validate analyses related to physical contracts, futures positions, percent-priced positions, and commodity spending.
- Maintain reporting packages and management dashboards that provide transparen

📌 Mgr Business Management Hershey Trading (Alappuzha)
🏢 The Hershey
📍 Alappuzha