Senior Manager, Supply Chain Finance

Key Accountabilities

• Financial Reporting & Analysis
• Cost visibility to Supply Chain Financials and underlying Inventory & Logistics cost drivers including but not limited to: Transfer Freight, Aged Inventory, Stock Movement, Dunnage, and Warehousing costs (Leases, Storage, Shuttles, Equipment and Labor).
• Educate, support, and drive compliance with supply chain processes for logistics and inventory to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Lead development, consolidation, and presentation of all Supply Chain financial planning for Annual Operating Plan (AOP), 3+9, 8+4, 3YP and variances to weekly (LE) and monthly (S&OP) estimates.
• Provide insight to cross functional teams of the impact created from operational activities, changes in sales and operating plan (S&OP) and changes in sales and execution plan (S&OE), and variance analysis to key cost drivers impacting Supply Chain financials.
• Monitor North America Supply Chain KPI’s to ensure full cost visibility of financial impact, risks and opportunities from operational activities.
• Monitor and take corrective action relating to reconciliations and other accounts pertaining to inventory and freight.
• Serve as liaison with external pallet vendors for annual pallet audits, monitoring external vendor reporting to ensure accuracy, process compliance and adherence to contractual obligations.
• Support internal audit activities at plant locations as required and external audit activities for annual financial statement audit.
• Support SOX controls testing and audit activities as required to ensure compliance.
• Support full integration of financial reporting for new plants from acquisition to Refresco network.
• Financial Process Improvements
• Collaborate with the Supply Chain team to identify and recommend process improvements that will deliver financial benefits or mitigate financial risks for inventory and logistics activities.
• Lead preparation of Board related materials to include full visibility to financial impacts of network leasing strategy to support improved cost and capital management.
• Support Finance and Supply Chain projects on an ad hoc basis including user acceptance testing, validation and documentation.
• Validate and test system changes pertaining to supply chain finance processes.
• Support Supply Chain business partners in identification, definition, and adherence to critical business processes impacting financials and ensures compliance with SOX controls.
• Business Support & Documentation
• Develop, maintain, and distribute process documentation.
• Troubleshoot Supply Chain reporting related issues.
• Staff Management/People Development
• Manage 3 to 4 direct reports with responsibility for inventory and logistics financial planning, analysis, and reporting.
• Responsible for the personal development of the team members to ensure success in current roles and be considered potential candidates for future growth opportunities.
• Continuously manage the team and team priorities to ensure prioritization and delivery of objectives while supporting the changing needs of the business and operations.

Skills/Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication skills at various levels of the organizational structure.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Excellent people and process management skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Strong team player.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams.
• Self-starter and able to work autonomously.
• SAP and Excel experience required.
• Excellent analytical skills and strong process understanding skills.
• Experience with quantitative reporting analysis, tools, and access from a BW based Enterprise Data Warehouse. Preferably with tools found within the SAP ecosystem.
• Manufacturing experience required.
• US GAAP/IFRS knowledge.
• Supply Chain knowledge.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Power Suite.
• Authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without sponsorship.

Education and Experience

• B.S. / B.A. degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required.
• 8 or more years related work experience in manufacturing or industrial environment. Food related manufacturing a plus.
• 3 years staff management and leadership.
• Experience working in an SAP environment.

Working Conditions

• This role involves substantial leadership responsibilities and the ability to influence cross-functional teams and key stakeholders, driving collaboration and alignment across multiple departments.
• Physical: Regular requirements to sit and enter data in the computer.
• Visual/Sensory: This position requires you to be able to work long hours in front of the computer.
• Travel: Periodic stretches of travel will be required, approx. 10%.
• Mental Stress: There is pronounced pressure from meeting deadlines, schedules and accuracy work output.

Competencies

• Relates well to people at all levels of the organization, communicates effectively, resolves conflicts, and meets needs of business partners.
• Consistently delivers results and demonstrates initiative and independent motivation to achieve goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to take accountability for results, with creative and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and the ability to build interpersonal relationships with clients, peers, and management.