What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Risk Manager- Commercial and Planning position at UNACEM North America?
Enterprise Risk Manager - Commercial and Planning
Reports to: Chief Strategic Planning Officer
Role Summary
Leads the enterprise risk management capability across UNACEM North America with a strong integration into commercial strategy and strategic planning. Ensures that risk is embedded into pricing, demand planning, supply chain decisions and financial forecasting, enabling disciplined decision making, protecting profitability and strengthening business resilience. Acts as a strategic partner to the Chief Strategic Planning Officer and executive leadership team.
Purpose
Embed enterprise risk management into strategic planning and commercial decision making, ensuring that risks and opportunities are systematically evaluated, quantified and managed to support sustainable growth and protect business performance.
Key Accountabilities
Direct: Improves decision quality, protects profitability and strengthens execution of commercial and strategic plans.
Indirect: Enhances organizational resilience, supports sustainable growth and reinforces governance.
Experience And Education
Reports to: Chief Strategic Planning Officer
Role Summary
Leads the enterprise risk management capability across UNACEM North America with a strong integration into commercial strategy and strategic planning. Ensures that risk is embedded into pricing, demand planning, supply chain decisions and financial forecasting, enabling disciplined decision making, protecting profitability and strengthening business resilience. Acts as a strategic partner to the Chief Strategic Planning Officer and executive leadership team.
Purpose
Embed enterprise risk management into strategic planning and commercial decision making, ensuring that risks and opportunities are systematically evaluated, quantified and managed to support sustainable growth and protect business performance.
Key Accountabilities
- Design and implement the enterprise risk management framework aligned with business strategy and governance standards.
- Integrate risk considerations into strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Develop and maintain enterprise risk registers covering commercial, financial, operational and market risks.
- Lead risk scenario modeling including demand variability, pricing volatility, cost fluctuations and supply chain disruptions.
- Partner with commercial teams to evaluate risk adjusted profitability, pricing strategies and customer exposure.
- Monitor risk exposure against defined risk appetite and escalate with clear mitigation actions.
- Support contract structuring and commercial decision making with risk-based analysis.
- Lead business continuity planning across commercial and planning functions.
- Develop executive level risk reporting providing clear visibility and actionable insights.
- Coordinate internal audits and compliance processes related to risk management.
- Promote a risk aware culture across the organization through training and leadership engagement.
- Drive continuous improvement and benchmarking against industry best practices.
- Strong understanding of enterprise risk management frameworks and governance.
- Deep knowledge of cement industry dynamics including pricing, demand cycles, logistics and supply chain constraints.
- Strong financial acumen with ability to link risk to EBITDA, cash flow and capital allocation.
- Experience in strategic planning, forecasting and data driven decision making (preferred).
- Understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks in the United States (preferred).
- Addresses complex and ambiguous risks affecting commercial performance and strategic execution.
- Translates uncertainty into structured analysis and actionable decisions.
- Balances risk exposure and growth opportunities.
- Apply rigorous analytical frameworks to support executive level decision making.
- Direct interaction with Chief Strategic Planning Officer and Executive Leadership Team.
- Strong collaboration with commercial, supply chain, finance and operations leaders.
- Influences strategic and commercial decisions through data driven insights.
- Engages with internal audit and corporate stakeholders when required.
- Drives alignment across functions to embed risk discipline into the organization.
Direct: Improves decision quality, protects profitability and strengthens execution of commercial and strategic plans.
Indirect: Enhances organizational resilience, supports sustainable growth and reinforces governance.
Experience And Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering or related field.
- Advanced degree preferred.
- Five years of experience in risk management, strategy, finance or commercial roles.
- Experience in cement, construction materials or heavy industry strongly preferred.
- Experience working with executive leadership and cross functional teams.
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
- High level of accountability and ownership
- Strong influencing capability at senior levels
- Structured thinking with strategic orientation
- Ability to connect risk, strategy and execution
- Aligned with UNA Culture values