Senior Manager, Operations Finance

Description

TITLE: Senior Manager, Operations Finance

REPORTS TO: Head of Operations Finance

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Looking for a job that can turn into a lifelong career? At Lactalis USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees opportunities to grow. Whether you're starting fresh or bringing years of experience, we'll provide the tools and support you need to succeed!

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands including Galbani, President, Kraft Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Parmalat, Siggi's, and Stonyfield Organic in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe.

We live by our core values-Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity-and we're building a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, don't let that stop you from applying! We're eager to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how you can bring your EXPERTISE to help us make an impact.

From your PASSION to ours

Technical Performance Management

• Lead and challenge plant controllers on technical KPI's and financial performance during weekly and monthly reporting cycles
• Challenge and monitor P&L indicators, which include:
• Raw material variances (fat & protein losses), packaging variances (price, usage, volume), ingredients variances (price, usage, volume), overheads variances (labor, utilities, chemicals, etc.)
• Own performance tracking against budget, prior year, and forecast on a weekly, monthly, and full year basis
• Analyze and partner with plant leadership to provide insights in understanding financial results across three manufacturing facilities
• Support financial analysis of external manufacturing and co-manufacturing agreements
• Prepare monthly financial and technical KPI package to be provided and communicated to the Director of Finance, VP manufacturing, CEO, and CFO
• Identify and communicate risk and opportunities to all the stakeholders
• Coordinate and implement strategic company initiatives with three manufacturing facilities and external manufacturers (ERP, reporting, TSA exit)

Budget construction

• Challenge and support plant controllers and plant managers during yearly budget construction, acting as a key stakeholder during the budget meetings
• Oversee the budget construction and ensure accurate assumptions and application of them
• Lead the CAPEX budget process and ensure that each investment is being appropriately modeled in the budgeted plant results
• Own budget consolidation and coordination, including the presentation of the budget to the Lactalis VP of Operations, CFO and CEO

Ad Hoc analysis

• Support adhoc analysis for industrial and milk collection departments including SKU costing, new product development, SKU profitability analysis, financial system implementations, and other analysis/projects needed to support the business

Requirements

From your EXPERTISE to ours

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or another appropriate discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in Corporate Finance roles (FP&A, Operations, Commercial, Brand, Sales), preferably in a consumer foods products company
• Proven capability to manage large sets of data in MS Excel
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills, as well as broad business acumen
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence and sell recommendations internally
• Must be a strong team player who is able to work across multiple functions and disciplines
• Systems knowledge is considered an asset (SAP, Market Track, Tableau/Power BI, etc.)
• Demonstrated solid PowerPoint, communication, and interpersonal skills

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.