Finance Business Partner - Procurement

Are you an experienced finance professional with a strong interest in procurement, cost efficiency, and value creation? Do you want to work at the intersection of finance, procurement, and business, and help shape purchasing decisions smarter across a leading food company? Then this might be the role for you.

As Finance Business Partner - Procurement at Orkla Foods, you will support the finance and procurement teams by driving financial analysis related to purchasing activities across Orkla Foods business units. The role plays a key part in ensuring cost efficiency, monitoring procurement budgets, evaluating supplier spending, and providing insights that optimize procurement decisions while maintaining strong financial compliance.

You will work in close collaboration with Business Units and Orkla Procurement (OP), acting as a trusted finance partner across functions. The position offers broad exposure to procurement, finance, and supply chain topics in an international environment. The role reports to the Chief Procurement Officer and can be based in Oslo, Copenhagen, or Malmö.

Key responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Analyzing procurement spend, budgets, and cost development to identify savings and value creation opportunities.
• Supporting procurement budgeting, forecasting, and follow-up versus actuals.
• Providing financial insights to support supplier negotiations and sourcing initiatives, including cost-benefit and ROI analyses.
• Preparing procurement-related financial reporting and KPI insights.
• Driving development and standardization of procurement KPIs, frameworks, and ways of working across business units.
• Ensuring compliance with financial policies, controls, and audit requirements.
• Acting as a finance partner to Operational Procurement, Business Units, and cross-functional stakeholders.