Plant Controller
Dawn Foods Global · Denver, CO · 1 mo ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we have sections: About The Job (maybe heading "About the job"? The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content accordingly.
We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, etc). Also remove duplicated lines, navigation, cookie, etc. No application instructions. No Job ID.
We need sections only when there is real specific content.
Let's parse the posting:
Intro paragraph about Dawn Foods: "Dawn Foods is a global leader..." This is about company, maybe not needed as a section? Could be part of "About the role"? Actually "About The Job" heading present. We'll treat that as "About the role" maybe.
Then "Why work for Dawn Foods?" bullet list of benefits: "PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS. Why should you apply? We invest in you! Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1! Competitive Pay 401(K) + company match 10 Paid Company Holidays Paid time off Professional training Family-owned business over 100 years in service An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce". This is benefits info. Could go under Benefits section.
Then "About The Job Responsibilities include ..." then "What You'll Do As a Plant Controller" with bullet-like paragraphs. This is responsibilities.
Then "What Does It Take to be a Plant Controller at Dawn Foods?" with qualifications.
Then "Work Environment" maybe not a standard heading but could be omitted? Not in list of allowed headings. Could be omitted or maybe put under Requirements? Probably we can omit as not required.
Then "About Our Benefits" again (duplicate). Then "Compensation" with salary range.
We need to avoid duplication. So we need to combine benefits info from both sections.
We need sections: About the role (maybe from "About The Job" intro), Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits, Pay.
We should not create Schedule unless present (not). No Skills section unless we have skills list; we have some skills but could be part of Qualifications.
We need to use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content accordingly.
We need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, etc). Also remove duplicated lines, navigation, cookie, etc. No application instructions. No Job ID.
We need sections only when there is real specific content.
Let's parse the posting:
Intro paragraph about Dawn Foods: "Dawn Foods is a global leader..." This is about company, maybe not needed as a section? Could be part of "About the role"? Actually "About The Job" heading present. We'll treat that as "About the role" maybe.
Then "Why work for Dawn Foods?" bullet list of benefits: "PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS. Why should you apply? We invest in you! Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1! Competitive Pay 401(K) + company match 10 Paid Company Holidays Paid time off Professional training Family-owned business over 100 years in service An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce". This is benefits info. Could go under Benefits section.
Then "About The Job Responsibilities include ..." then "What You'll Do As a Plant Controller" with bullet-like paragraphs. This is responsibilities.
Then "What Does It Take to be a Plant Controller at Dawn Foods?" with qualifications.
Then "Work Environment" maybe not a standard heading but could be omitted? Not in list of allowed headings. Could be omitted or maybe put under Requirements? Probably we can omit as not required.
Then "About Our Benefits" again (duplicate). Then "Compensation" with salary range.
We need to avoid duplication. So we need to combine benefits info from both sections.
We need sections: About the role (maybe from "About The Job" intro), Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits, Pay.
We should not create Schedule unless present (not). No Skills section unless we have skills list; we have some skills but could be part of Qualifications.
We need to use for each section heading.
Inside sections, use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc.
Let's extract content.
First, company intro: "Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success."
That's substantive; could be placed under About the role.
Then "Why work for Dawn Foods? PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS. Why should you apply? We invest in you! Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1! Competitive Pay 401(K) + company match 10 Paid Company Holidays Paid time off Professional training Family-owned business over 100 years in service An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce"
That's benefits.
Then "About The Job Responsibilities include providing strategic financial leadership for the manufacturing facility through the timely and accurate completion of Finance and Operations control functions, support for product costing and variance analysis processes, and leadership of assigned cross-functional initiatives while ensuring a strong system of internal controls. The Plant Controller serves as a key member of the plant leadership team and is expected to act as the financial leadership backup to the Plant Director when needed. In the absence of the Plant Director, this role helps ensure business continuity by providing leadership, facilitating decision-making, monitoring operational and financial performance, and maintaining progress against plant objectives. This role is onsite at our Denver manufacturing plant Monday through Friday. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates based on business needs and eligibility."
Then "What You'll Do As a Plant Controller" with many bullet-like sentences each starting with a verb. We need to turn each into
- .
Let's list them:
- Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to support plant performance, growth, and profitability.
- Act as the designated financial leadership backup to the Plant Director as needed, helping ensure continuity of site operations, business performance, and achievement of plant objectives.
- Support leadership decision-making by evaluating financial risks, opportunities, and operational tradeoffs.
- Lead or coordinate plant leadership activities during periods of Plant Director absence, vacancy, or transition, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial commitments.
- Monitor plant performance against financial and operational targets and collaborate with leadership to develop corrective action plans as needed.
- Represent the plant in cross-functional business reviews and leadership meetings when required.
- Serve as the primary financial business partner to Plant Leadership, influencing strategic decisions and supporting the achievement of financial, operational, quality, safety, and productivity goals.
- Communicate weekly and monthly financial results and key metrics to Operations Leadership
- Provide Operations Leadership with financial analysis of operations data; convert data into actionable information ensuring the financial impact of operational decisions is understood prior to process, infrastructure, or personnel strategy changes
- Serve as liaison between the Operations and Finance teams as well as with the Director of Finance Operations at Home Offices
- Ensure the timely and accurate completion of plant controller duties including monthly close, financial reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and product costing
- Identify opportunities for standardization; develop standard operating procedures where appropriate to leverage best practices across the controller platform.
- Partner with the operations managers to create alignment and clear expectations for controller performance
- Costing and Analysis
- Provide accurate and timely completion of new product costings and other analysis as needed to support customer quotes and new product developments
- Support the process for Bill of Material and routing changes; ensure clear communication of cost implications
- Enhance the variance analysis process to increase buy-in and understanding of the variance calculations; facilitate the use of the data to drive improvements
- Provide support to the Operations and Controller team for the capital funds request process (CERs) to assure the financial analysis is complete and relevant to the project
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Assist in the completion and review of the annual operating budget, including the establishment of direct labor rates, overhead rates, and material standards
- Participate in the coordination and review of the quarterly operational forecasts; analyze forecast accuracy to aid in improving future projections
- controls (maybe typo) Actually there is a line: "controls Foster an environment of strong internal controls through clear communication of policies and expectations surrounding cost of goods sold, inventory transactions, fixed asset management, freight, and other operational expenses"
- Foster an environment of strong internal controls through clear communication of policies and expectations surrounding cost of goods sold, inventory transactions, fixed asset management, freight, and other operational expenses
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures and/or policies to address areas of identified potential risk.
- Assist with additional duties as needed.
We need to keep them as list items; sub-items maybe not needed but we can keep as separate
- with dash.
Now qualifications: "What Does It Take to be a Plant Controller at Dawn Foods? Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of related work experience or 12 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree. Minimum of 7 years of related finance experience, with demonstrated experience supporting plant leadership, business decision-making, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and operational performance management. Demonstrated experience influencing senior leaders and driving business results through financial analysis and operational partnership. Experience serving in a leadership capacity, including leading cross-functional teams, managing business continuity efforts, or acting as a deputy for site or functional leadership preferred. Food, CPG, or pharmaceutical experience preferred. SAP experience and ERP implementation experience a plus Proficiency in the use of Microsoft software (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Must be detail oriented; capable of streamlining processes. Experience in continuous improvement / lean mfg. environment a plus KPI creation, development and implementation experience a plus"
We can turn each sentence into
- under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction allows Requirements, Qualifications, Skills sections. We could combine into Requirements.
We also have Work Environment but not needed.
Benefits: we have from "Why work for Dawn Foods?" and "About Our Benefits". Let's extract:
- Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1
- Competitive Pay
- 401(K) + company match
- 10 Paid Company Holidays
- Paid time off
- Professional training
- Family-owned business over 100 years in service
- An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce
Also from "About Our Benefits": "Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits."
We need to avoid duplication; combine unique items:
- Comprehensive health and well-being coverage (similar to industry-leading health insurance)
- Competitive compensation packages (similar to Competitive Pay)
- Award-winning benefit offerings
- Generous 401(k) matching program (additional retirement funds)
- Tools and resources on financial wellness
- Tuition assistance and educational programs
- Ongoing improvement of industry-leading services and benefits (maybe vague)
We should keep substantive info; not include vague filler like "award-winning benefit offerings" maybe okay.
We'll create Benefits section with list items.
Pay: we have compensation: "The base salary for this position is $107,840 - $170,930 with bonus eligibility."
Thus Pay section with that sentence.
Now we need to ensure we don't repeat headings with empty content.
We'll produce:
About the role
Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to support plant performance, growth, and profitability.
- Act as the designated financial leadership backup to the Plant Director as needed, helping ensure continuity of site operations, business performance, and achievement of plant objectives.
- Support leadership decision-making by evaluating financial risks, opportunities, and operational tradeoffs.
- Lead or coordinate plant leadership activities during periods of Plant Director absence, vacancy, or transition, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial commitments.
- Monitor plant performance against financial and operational targets and collaborate with leadership to develop corrective action plans as needed.
- Represent the plant in cross-functional business reviews and leadership meetings when required.
- Serve as the primary financial business partner to Plant Leadership, influencing strategic decisions and supporting the achievement of financial, operational, quality, safety, and productivity goals.
- Communicate weekly and monthly financial results and key metrics to Operations Leadership.
- Provide Operations Leadership with financial analysis of operations data; convert data into actionable information ensuring the financial impact of operational decisions is understood prior to process, infrastructure, or personnel strategy changes.
- Serve as liaison between the Operations and Finance teams as well as with the Director
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Let's extract content. First, company intro: "Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success." That's substantive; could be placed under About the role. Then "Why work for Dawn Foods? PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS. Why should you apply? We invest in you! Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1! Competitive Pay 401(K) + company match 10 Paid Company Holidays Paid time off Professional training Family-owned business over 100 years in service An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce" That's benefits. Then "About The Job Responsibilities include providing strategic financial leadership for the manufacturing facility through the timely and accurate completion of Finance and Operations control functions, support for product costing and variance analysis processes, and leadership of assigned cross-functional initiatives while ensuring a strong system of internal controls. The Plant Controller serves as a key member of the plant leadership team and is expected to act as the financial leadership backup to the Plant Director when needed. In the absence of the Plant Director, this role helps ensure business continuity by providing leadership, facilitating decision-making, monitoring operational and financial performance, and maintaining progress against plant objectives. This role is onsite at our Denver manufacturing plant Monday through Friday. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates based on business needs and eligibility." Then "What You'll Do As a Plant Controller" with many bullet-like sentences each starting with a verb. We need to turn each into
- . Let's list them: - Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to support plant performance, growth, and profitability. - Act as the designated financial leadership backup to the Plant Director as needed, helping ensure continuity of site operations, business performance, and achievement of plant objectives. - Support leadership decision-making by evaluating financial risks, opportunities, and operational tradeoffs. - Lead or coordinate plant leadership activities during periods of Plant Director absence, vacancy, or transition, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial commitments. - Monitor plant performance against financial and operational targets and collaborate with leadership to develop corrective action plans as needed. - Represent the plant in cross-functional business reviews and leadership meetings when required. - Serve as the primary financial business partner to Plant Leadership, influencing strategic decisions and supporting the achievement of financial, operational, quality, safety, and productivity goals. - Communicate weekly and monthly financial results and key metrics to Operations Leadership - Provide Operations Leadership with financial analysis of operations data; convert data into actionable information ensuring the financial impact of operational decisions is understood prior to process, infrastructure, or personnel strategy changes - Serve as liaison between the Operations and Finance teams as well as with the Director of Finance Operations at Home Offices - Ensure the timely and accurate completion of plant controller duties including monthly close, financial reporting, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and product costing - Identify opportunities for standardization; develop standard operating procedures where appropriate to leverage best practices across the controller platform. - Partner with the operations managers to create alignment and clear expectations for controller performance - Costing and Analysis - Provide accurate and timely completion of new product costings and other analysis as needed to support customer quotes and new product developments - Support the process for Bill of Material and routing changes; ensure clear communication of cost implications - Enhance the variance analysis process to increase buy-in and understanding of the variance calculations; facilitate the use of the data to drive improvements - Provide support to the Operations and Controller team for the capital funds request process (CERs) to assure the financial analysis is complete and relevant to the project - Budgeting and Forecasting - Assist in the completion and review of the annual operating budget, including the establishment of direct labor rates, overhead rates, and material standards - Participate in the coordination and review of the quarterly operational forecasts; analyze forecast accuracy to aid in improving future projections - controls (maybe typo) Actually there is a line: "controls Foster an environment of strong internal controls through clear communication of policies and expectations surrounding cost of goods sold, inventory transactions, fixed asset management, freight, and other operational expenses" - Foster an environment of strong internal controls through clear communication of policies and expectations surrounding cost of goods sold, inventory transactions, fixed asset management, freight, and other operational expenses - Develop and implement standard operating procedures and/or policies to address areas of identified potential risk. - Assist with additional duties as needed. We need to keep them as list items; sub-items maybe not needed but we can keep as separate
- with dash. Now qualifications: "What Does It Take to be a Plant Controller at Dawn Foods? Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of related work experience or 12 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree. Minimum of 7 years of related finance experience, with demonstrated experience supporting plant leadership, business decision-making, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and operational performance management. Demonstrated experience influencing senior leaders and driving business results through financial analysis and operational partnership. Experience serving in a leadership capacity, including leading cross-functional teams, managing business continuity efforts, or acting as a deputy for site or functional leadership preferred. Food, CPG, or pharmaceutical experience preferred. SAP experience and ERP implementation experience a plus Proficiency in the use of Microsoft software (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Must be detail oriented; capable of streamlining processes. Experience in continuous improvement / lean mfg. environment a plus KPI creation, development and implementation experience a plus" We can turn each sentence into
- under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction allows Requirements, Qualifications, Skills sections. We could combine into Requirements.
We also have Work Environment but not needed.
Benefits: we have from "Why work for Dawn Foods?" and "About Our Benefits". Let's extract:
- Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1
- Competitive Pay
- 401(K) + company match
- 10 Paid Company Holidays
- Paid time off
- Professional training
- Family-owned business over 100 years in service
- An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce
Also from "About Our Benefits": "Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits."
We need to avoid duplication; combine unique items:
- Comprehensive health and well-being coverage (similar to industry-leading health insurance)
- Competitive compensation packages (similar to Competitive Pay)
- Award-winning benefit offerings
- Generous 401(k) matching program (additional retirement funds)
- Tools and resources on financial wellness
- Tuition assistance and educational programs
- Ongoing improvement of industry-leading services and benefits (maybe vague)
We should keep substantive info; not include vague filler like "award-winning benefit offerings" maybe okay.
We'll create Benefits section with list items.
Pay: we have compensation: "The base salary for this position is $107,840 - $170,930 with bonus eligibility."
Thus Pay section with that sentence.
Now we need to ensure we don't repeat headings with empty content.
We'll produce:
About the role
Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a key member of the plant leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance to support plant performance, growth, and profitability.
- Act as the designated financial leadership backup to the Plant Director as needed, helping ensure continuity of site operations, business performance, and achievement of plant objectives.
- Support leadership decision-making by evaluating financial risks, opportunities, and operational tradeoffs.
- Lead or coordinate plant leadership activities during periods of Plant Director absence, vacancy, or transition, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial commitments.
- Monitor plant performance against financial and operational targets and collaborate with leadership to develop corrective action plans as needed.
- Represent the plant in cross-functional business reviews and leadership meetings when required.
- Serve as the primary financial business partner to Plant Leadership, influencing strategic decisions and supporting the achievement of financial, operational, quality, safety, and productivity goals.
- Communicate weekly and monthly financial results and key metrics to Operations Leadership.
- Provide Operations Leadership with financial analysis of operations data; convert data into actionable information ensuring the financial impact of operational decisions is understood prior to process, infrastructure, or personnel strategy changes.
- Serve as liaison between the Operations and Finance teams as well as with the Director