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Illinois Employer Sr. Manager Operations Controlling in Mt. Prospect, Illinois
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Based in Mount Prospect, IL, Mizkan America is a subsidiary of the Mizkan Group, a global, family-owned company that has been Bringing Flavor to Life for more 220 years. As one of the leading makers of vinegars, condiments and sauces in the United States, Mizkan America maintains 12 manufacturing facilities that serve the retail, foodservice, specialty-Asian and food-ingredient trade channels. We are committed to continuously challenging the status quo and delivering only the finest products for our customers. Our leadership seeks out, embraces and implements ideas for improvement from all of its employees. Transparency and accountability are two key factors that drive our companys overall management approach.
We are looking for people who are seeking to deliver their best so that we can deliver ours. Above all, were dedicated to maximizing the potential of our greatest assetsour team members. Thats reflected in our ongoing commitment to recruit, develop, reward and retain our talented, multicultural workforce. We hope to see you as part of our teams future success!
Job Description Summary
Shape the Finance support to the Industrial / Operation community
Contribute to definition of the industrial strategy of Mizkan America
Work closely with VP Finance / VP Operations / plant controllers to align goals, define priorities and decide on action plans
Lead the operations budget and forecast processes as well as monthly P&L / KPI reporting
Be a key contributor to harmonize costing tracking at plants and recording into our reporting system
Standardize and simplify processes across the plants. Share best practices
Control and improve working capital at plants (suppliers and stocks)
Develop and train plant controllers
Initiate actions in the areas of cost reduction, saving and optimization of resources
Manage fixed asset accountant for all Capex budget items, including project submission, approvals and actual tracking of CIP/capitalization
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Planning:
Manages and organizes all planning processes (Strategic Plan, Operational Plan, Budget, Forecast) across total factory network and ensures that these processes are running smoothly
Carries out necessary multifunctional coordination within the framework of these processes
Performs analyses or arranges for analyses to be performed that are necessary to understand the financial position of the factories throughout the fiscal year
Participates in planning and preparation, in the selection / prioritization of objectives for the operations controlling team
Participates in the selection and prioritization of action plans in the factories
Ensures plans, budgets and forecasts have been developed properly
Controls the conversion costing and updating of standard cost prices based on the budget
Ensures that controls are in place to ensure consistency between plans, budgets, forecasts and the reconciliation of them on an actual and forecast basis
Consolidates plans, budgets and forecasts and has them validated at the total system level
Communicates the results of plans, budgets and forecasts to all involved stakeholders
Optimisation of Capital and Assets:
Organizes and supervises an active management of the main components of working capital requirements (stocks, suppliers): setting objectives, developing, prioritizing and monitoring action plans
Supervises the smooth running of the financial management of operational investments (development and management of various consolidated asset track reporting systems, developing and validating investment projects, monitoring projects in progress (particularly with regard to financials), feedback and post mortem analysis of financial performance
Prepare capital project requests for executive management approval
Participates in the various stages of the process for the management of operational investments in accordance with Mizkan rules
Analysis and Interpretation:
Ensures that the requirements for the management and analysis of operational staff are taken into account and adequately handled
Conducts benchmarks on the economic performance of factories against industry benchmarks
Proposes ideas to improve performance within their team and multifunctional operations Leadership Team
Challenges proposals by operational staff
Ensures that the economic impact, within the factories, of various operational levers is rigorously measured
Supervises the performance of ad-hoc analyses, particularly from a methodological point of view
Controls the quality of extracting info