Vacancy: Supply Chain Finance Manager
Our client is recognized leader in confections with a wide range of product including gum, mints, hard and chewy candies, and lollipops with operations in approximately 50 countries and distribution in more than 180 countries.
The Supply Chain Manager will be reporting to the Finance Manager with a dotted line to the Supply Chain Director
Provide financial support to Supply
Chain department by sharing information and providing insights to influence
decision making
Key responsibilities
- Representative on the Factory Management Team
responsible for planning, directing and monitoring the activities related
to the factory's costs systems and analysis of product costs and
contribution margins - including details for prime, conversion and
overheads.
- Responsible for ensuring adequate Controls and
good governance over factory processes and procedures.
- Monitoring and interpreting performance KPIs-
highlighting opportunities and risk to the Supply Chain management team.
- Serve as the Finance Co-pilot to the Supply
Chain Director and Supply Chain Management Team providing financial advice
to ensure sound financial and operational decisions. Support strategy
definition and implementation, developing and evaluating longer term strategies,
forecasts and investment plans.
- Manage the processes of the factory financial
shaping and financial forecasting (including capital expenditure),
analysis, management accounting and reporting. Including identifying
business issues and opportunities, and making recommendations for future
actions.
- Manage the processes of product costing,
transfer price calculation, governance and control of capital investments.
Provide reliable and timely financial data to key stakeholders to support
the decision-making process.
- Improve, and ensure compliance with internal
processes and implement necessary control procedures to ensure achievement
of factory business and company objectives. Instil strong cost control and
planning discipline to assist factory management in controlling
manufacturing costs.
- Act as an internal consultant, creating an
open environment in which excellent teamwork with other departments is
fostered and which helps to improve procedures and flows of information.
This will require a proactive attitude, teamwork and a full knowledge of
the business, markets and competitors.
- Prepare financial budgets and forecast for
supply Chain providing analysis and insights alongside other Supply Chain
requests (regional or local) as and when required.
- Assist in identifying and employing
interventions that will enhance the financial capability of the
non-finance peers, including leveraging on SAP.
- Work on special projects as assigned by the
Finance Manager and Supply Chain Director
- Responsible for reporting problems with
quality and food safety management system to the Food safety Team Leader
or to immediate Supervisor/Manager.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related
field (Master’s degree will be an added advantage)
- A minimum of 6 years’ experience in preferably
in an international FMCG company
- At least 3 years’ experience, in managing an
accounting department in a manufacturing environment
- Business co-piloting experience
- A working knowledge of SAP R/3
- Strong analytical and communication skills
with all levels of the organization.
- Good interpersonal and proactive approach
- Ability to influence without formal authority
Skills and Competencies
- Learning Agility
- Business Acumen
- Strategic Agility
- Standing Alone
- Dealing with Ambiguity
- Business Planning skills
- Financial analysis and insights
- Accounting
- Financial Control
- Financial processes
How to apply:
If you are interested in the position
and have the skills and talents our client is looking for, we would like to
hear from you.
Please make your application through our website www.dorbe-leit.co.ke vacancy page before close of business 1st February 2016
Only successful candidates will be
contacted.
