Job Description:
The Factory Finance Business Partner serves as a trusted partner in the organization and provides financial leadership for the respective Site/Manufacturing Management teams (Oud Beijerland NL, Olen BE). The primary purpose of this role is to partner with manufacturing teams in the pursuit of operational excellence and cost. Responsibilities include defining and ensuring the delivery of the financial objectives as well as realizing and judging risks and opportunities. This position provides insights on operating results and clarifies key performance indicators for value creation roadmap. Every associate at Mars has responsibility for the achievement of quality and food safety.
What are we looking for?
- Technical understanding of cost and management accounting systems and processes, capital project evaluation, and analytical techniques.
- Ability to meet deadlines under time constraints.
- Working knowledge of Supply processes (Demand Planning, S&OP, Inventory flow and control, Production Scheduling, etc.)
- General business acumen with demonstrated ability to understand the functional interdependencies
- Ability to motivate others, communicate with all levels of organization and influence decisions throughout the organization.
- Financial Insights and Analysis – strong understanding of systems and processes, as well as digital tools to derive critical insights from this information, and the effective communication of financial information and insights to the business.
- Financial Shaping and Decision Making – The knowledge and application of financial shaping philosophy and development and implementation of processes and tools used to shape the financial performance of the business and evaluate the activities and investments involved in deploying strategy.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- Ability to travel to other site minimum once a quarter
- 3-5 years relevant work experience, with manufacturing or supply chain business partnering experience
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Actively partner with the manufacturing team to drive performance and meet financial shape commitments.
- Ongoing analysis of trends and make recommendations to drive value creation and the simplicity agenda
- Identifying business issues and opportunities for optimization and making recommendations for future actions.
- Providing insights and thorough inputs to the operating plan, revised forecasts, and strategic planning cycles for manufacturing run (Scope includes productivity, manufacturing costs, NQC, and inventory)
- Drives manufacturing site efficiencies, continuous improvement and value add innovation
- Contributes to the culture of accountability and responsibility at manufacturing sites by tracking action plans for key initiatives, addressing root cause issues to drive sustainable operating improvements. Identify trade-offs and escalate operating plan variances as appropriate.
- Support in ad-hoc requests and local/regional projects
- As part of the Global VCO Finance Team, share & drive best practice, encourage global consistency and contribute to a high performing and engaged team.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
