Senior finance manager
Job Description
Have you ever enjoyed Arnold, Brownberry or Oroweat bread? A Thomas’ English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee, Entenmann’s or Marinela cake or donut?
If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal.
In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.
Position Summary :
The Supply Chain / Distribution lead is the financial business partner to the business unit Sr. Director of Supply Chain / Distribution.
This role provides financial support to the business unit distribution network, bringing visibility to operating performance, ensuring the accuracy of business results and providing insights that drive key performance measures.
Key analytics include performance management, forecasting and project analysis to support productivity and waste elimination initiatives.
The position is also responsible for maintaining the control environment, ensuring the integrity of key processes and ensuring proper management of assets including product accountability for finished goods inventory.
Key Job Responsibilities :
- Partner with all levels of business unit and distribution management to gather, analyze and / or prepare financial reports, forecasts, and similar ad-hoc analysis.
- Responsible for the development of operational budgets, updating financial forecasts and identifying key drivers of performance for the BU logistics function.
- Manage and contribute to the post-closing operational analysis to identify / evaluate variances and provide narratives on those variances.
This would include EVA (variation analysis) reporting, plant shipping / DC reviews, tracking to budgets and capturing revisions to key programs.
- Partner with management to continually improve the total cost structure of the distribution operations which includes initiatives such as manufacturing asset strategy / sourcing analysis, distribution network analysis, real estate investment, robotic automation projects, labor negotiations, and other continuous improvement / productivity projects.
- Identify process improvement opportunities and lead projects to drive efficiencies.
- Support the development of CAPEX investments including business justification & financial impact. This would include proper accounting treatment and post completion audit.
- Provides financial leadership in support of all strategic and business analysis.
- Ensure adherence to all financial and key business process controls and procedures and will be the lead contact / coordinator for all logistics audit activities.
- Play a lead financial role in Lowest Landed Cost projects, management of third-party costs and sourcing analyses.
- Support financial analysis for all Regional Real Estate Requirements including Business Justification.
- Manages BU Productivity Project Tracking & Analysis including Annual Plan and related Forecasts.
LI-JP1
Related Jobs
Senior finance manager
Finance insurance manager
Finance specialist
Manager supply chain