Director Commercial Finance – Rubber Reinforcement
Director Commercial Finance – Rubber Reinforcement
Bekaert Group
Zwevegem, Belgium
Purpose and Mission
Responsible for providing financial leadership and support to a subdomain of a Business Unit active in Automotive Tire Cords segment. This role involves partnering with regional management to drive financial performance, ensure compliance, and support strategic decision-making.
About the Role
Your Impact as Commercial Finance Director
Provide financial modelling and strategic support for contract negotiations with Global and Regional customers, defining optimal commercial offers (price–volume mix) to maximize profitability and customer value;
Ensure quotation governance by preparing individual price quotations in collaboration with the Commercial Lead, in response to customer requests;
Lead strategic and operational sales planning and forecasting activities;
Manage pricing across strategic, operational, and new product dimensions, including solutions and services;
Support commercial and innovation projects by developing business cases for new product development; partner with R&D on pricing assumptions, product lifecycle decisions, and customer offerings;
Lead the Monthly Pricing Council, coordinating cross-functional alignment and decision-making;
Conduct ad hoc profitability and financial analyses for the Tire Reinforcement leadership team.
About You
Essential skills & competencies
You hold a master’s degree in business administration, Economic Sciences, Sciences or comparable by experience;
You have 5+ years’ experience in Commercial Finance in a relevant and international environment; have a delivery record of accomplishment in, and understanding of financial, market & trade and macro-economic trends that influence the business in relevant industry or industries;
You are able to co-create, align and execute on the strategic vision and plan of your unit as part of the Bekaert strategy and are able to drive and engage a diverse community through influencing rather than hierarchy;
Effective communication skills and even better listening skills that allows you to get the voice of the stakeholders;
Experience with modern/digital systems to support a structured way of working;
Analytical mindset & capabilities to deep-dive financial analysis;
You can navigate your network to deliver and to cut through complexity, based on customer focus and an agile way of working;
You demonstrate a “better together” spirit while you support, challenge, drive execution and deliver results;
You challenge the status quo, stimulate innovation and continuous improvement;
You are fluent in English (oral and written);
You are willing to travel to different locations across the globe.