Manager, Finance Supply Chain

Overview

The Finance Manager will provide broad support to the Supply Chain team with 70% emphasis on Procurement/Logistics and 30% support to Operations. This position will provide analysis and reporting to business partners to establish operational and financial goal alignment to drive financial results. A key responsibility will be to evaluate current processes and provide recommendations to leadership so policies and best practices can be established while complying with JSOX.

Responsibilities

• Provide procurement & logistic trend reporting to leadership team; identifying key cost drivers & understanding how they impact the P&L
• Assist with the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting for procurement & logistics (to include forecasting and budgeting processes)
• Perform monthly audits of procurement & logistic GL accounts for accuracy
• Understand current contracts and provide support and analysis to Supply Chain team when needed
• Become the Finance SME by working closely with T&W to understand Transportation Cost Models for fuel pricing, spot rates, reefer load to truck ratio & pallet volume
• Support Supply Chain team by providing analysis to help forecast inventory; develop a good understanding of how it impacts working capital/cash flow and be able to communicate results to leadership team
• Collaborate with Supply Chain team to identify opportunities to drive and track procurement & logistics cost savings projects
• Validate and track KPI reporting for Supply Chain team
• Support annual physical inventories and cost roll process
• Perform special projects and other assignments as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting; 5+ years finance related experience in a manufacturing environment with emphasis in supporting Supply Chain
• Advanced working knowledge of Excel, Access and PowerPoint
• Strong ERP software experience
• Highly motivated and creative individual who is results oriented and has demonstrated academic and professional excellence
• Self-motivated, resourceful; able to multi-task and think at both the strategic and implementation level - think big while also diving deep
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with colleagues and business partners to drive results
• Analytical, quantitative and logical with raw intellectual ability
• Advanced problem solving and root cause analysis skills
• Energetic and resilient with a strong work ethic; sense of accountability, open to feedback and focused on achieving excellence
• An articulate communicator who also recognizes the importance of listening
• Strong project manager with a desire to improve processes, takes initiative and committed to developing creative solutions that generate value