pladis Global
Global Supply Chain Assistant Finance Manager
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Want to help us bring happiness to the world?
Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact
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What will this role achieve?
The Global Supply Chain Finance team supports Manufacturing and Logistics operations, Working Capital management and Capital Allocation across all our geographies, helping to ensure we make effective decisions. The areas we cover include: understanding and reporting on performance to drive improvements and standardisation, evaluating project business cases, coordinating and closely supporting the Global Supply Chain Sr. Fin Mgr & Global Supply FD in planning and forecasting processes, and aiding strategic decision-making.
As the Global Supply Chain Finance Manager, you will be responsible for E2E Supply Chain Performance reporting, covering collecting, reviewing, analysing and reporting of all relevant aspects as well as identifying and driving improvement actions. As part of the reporting, you will lead the system and process improvements required for us to meet the ever-changing demands of our key business partners.
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You will also lead the financial support of all product sourcing requests, and will support other decision-making and driving of process improvements.
This role reports into the Global Supply Chain Senior Finance Manager and together you look after all aspects of manufacturing and logistics finance, reporting into the Head of Global Supply Chain Finance. That role also has a small Procurement Finance team reporting into it.
What will be your key deliverables?
- Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packs covering supply chain performance, collecting and reviewing the data to ensure accuracy, and then analysing it for any key areas to investigate further with regional contacts. Co-ordinate monthly reporting process to ensure timely close.
- Support quarterly regional reviews with regions and drive the follow-up of action plans.
- Lead and work with the Regions to get an understanding of the productivity projects contributing to In Plan / Out of plan productivity. Build a robust productivity database.
- Support supply chain planning and forecasting processes.
- Lead development work with IT support partners to develop our data and analytics system capability.
- Lead sourcing strategy analysis – where we evaluate the best location to produce our products for our different markets.
- Support key business partners including Chief Supply Chain Officer and members of their team.
- Support members of the Global SC Finance team.
- Perform other ad-hoc analysis using internal and external data to identify opportunities.
- Communicate with regional finance and supply chain teams, providing support and guidance where required.
- Assist with capital investment project evaluation.
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What do you need for this role?
Crucial
- Completed or near completion of a recognised professional accounting qualification such as CIMA/ACA/ACCA
- Proven experience in an analytical and business-oriented role, ideally within a Supply Chain function
- Experience of pulling together data to form clear insights into financial understanding
- Ability to identify and enact process improvements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Positive teammate with a desire to challenge and drive improvement
- Ability to plan optimally and work under own initiative
Preferred
- Degree qualified
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.
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