Global Cash and Credit Manager

Vilmorin-Mikado, a BU of Limagrain group, is a global leader in the vegetable seed market. We are looking for a talented and experienced Global Cash and Credit Manager to join our team.
Reporting to the CFO, you will be responsible for driving cash performance of the BU, which operates in over 30 countries.

A propos de Vilmorin-Mikado
Semencier franco-japonais, Vilmorin-Mikado est spécialisé depuis 1743 dans la création, la production et la commercialisation de semences potagères pour les professionnels. Partenaire responsable de la filière agro-alimentaire, Vilmorin-Mikado s'engage à contribuer à mieux nourrir les populations, partout dans le monde. Sa large gamme, unique et originale, est distribuée sur les 5 continents, dans plus de 100 pays. Avec un effectif de plus de 1 000 collaborateurs, Vilmorin-Mikado enregistre un chiffre d'affaires de 230 millions d'euros en 2022-2023, dont 15% sont intégralement consacrés à la recherche. Leader mondial pour la carotte et la chicorée witloof, Vilmorin-Mikado est un acteur majeur pour la salade, la tomate, le poivron, la courge kabocha, le radis daïkon et le bunching onion (oignon botte). A travers son activité Semences d'arbres, initiée par ses fondateurs il y a près de trois siècles, Vilmorin-Mikado contribue activement au renouvellement durable de la forêt.

Your areas of intervention will be varied:
Instilling a cash culture among operational staff
Coordinating and leading the credit committees of the subsidiaries
Centralizing foreign exchange hedging operations
Intervening in the setting up of financing lines
You will act as an interface between the different departments of the company concerned, and across multiple geographies.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Setting up cash performance dashboards: defining key indicators, monthly data updates, analysis, recommendations and monitoring of action plans;
- Consolidating the cash flow plans of the Vilmorin-Mikado BU: leading, controlling and challenging the various subsidiaries on their forecasts;
- Developing and implementing tools to reduce financial risks: credit insurance, factoring, foreign exchange hedging, etc. Analyze/predict their impact on the consolidated accounts.
- Establishing processes for their implementation by ensuring coordination between the different levels of the organization: customer service, head office, subsidiaries, corporate finance;
- Centralizing, coordinating and supervising customer credit policies, in liaison with the sales department;
- Contributing to improving DSO by ensuring the proper functioning of the subsidiaries' credit committees. Sharing best practices. Involving the various stakeholders of the company in the action plans, including the directors of the subsidiaries;
- Ensuring the compliance of financial transactions and processes;
- Contributing to the setting up of new financial resources within the different subsidiaries of the BU.

Your skills:

- You hold a Master's degree in Finance
- You have ten years of experience in corporate treasury, liquidity management within an international group or in a multinational context
- You have a perfect command of accounting and international standards (IFRS)
- You are an expert in treasury management and financial forecasting
- You are proficient in foreign exchange hedging instruments
- You are able to identify complex situations and strategic issues

Your strengths:

- Rigor and organization
- Ability to adapt to diversity
- Agility and dynamism
- Communication and ability to convince
- Fluency in English
- Respect for deadlines

Full-time position, Our HQs are based in La Ménitré (near Angers in France) and Toké (near Tokyo in Japan), position can be based in one of the two
Benefits: 13th month, 14 to 19 RTT, profit-sharing and participation in the Limagrain group, performance bonus, company restaurant.