Job title:
Plant Controller
Company:
Frozen Belgium
Job description
As Plant Controller you will support in the monthly reporting and variance analysis as well as the budget process for the Frozen Hasselt entity. The Plant Controller also partners with multiple cross-functional team members both at division and local business level to reach overall company objectives.Tasks:
- Monthly financial reporting & analysis
- Support the monthly management reporting
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly reporting towards local Management and the Division office
- Perform variance analysis comparing actual performance to forecast, budget and prior year + communicate explanations to management with recommended actions
- Maintain and report Key Performance Indicators (financial, operations, …)
- Work closely with operations to ensure accurate and timely capture of all production costs and effective analysis of production variances.
- Inventory control & valuation
- Fixed costs follow-up
- CAPEX projects follow-up (actual spend vs. forecast/budget)
- Prepare divisional reporting (management report, capex, FTE, … )
- Support the plant budget process and ensure a timely and accurate execution:
- Operational parameters (capex & operations)
- Fixed costs budget
- Support in consolidation of the plant budget
- B/S + P&L, including Cash Flow
- Monitor the weekly/monthly financial outlook, escalate variances and trigger action plans. Maintain and improve forecast accuracy
- Provide accurate cost price info to sales department
- Costing analysis
- Check and resolve master data issues
- Act as a business partner for several costing topics
- Interact with all levels and functional areas of the organization to obtain a key understanding of business drivers. Meet company objectives by pro-actively identifying risks and opportunities, providing actionable management information, challenging the business and following up on remediation and/or action plans
- Work closely with both local and divisional finance teams, act as a sparring partner of operations and supply
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and systems and carry out a culture and mindset of continuous improvement
- Ensure compliance with divisional and corporate procedures
- SAP implementation for location Hasselt, currently on ERP system Odoo
- Participate in various cross-department projects
Profile:The ideal candidate for the position of the Plant Controller has/holds/is:
- 5-7 years of relevant professional experience, preferably in an industrial company
- Master’s degree in economics or equivalent
- Fluent in English and Dutch, other languages, especially French are an asset
- Strong business acumen
- Proven track record of business partnering
- Proficiency in Excel, knowledge of ERP (SAP), experience with BI tools (IBM Planning Analytics and QlikView) and consolidation tool Sigma Conso
- Strong drive, entrepreneurial and can-do attitude
- Analytical and conceptual skills bringing pragmatic and effective solutions
- Hands-on attitude and down to earth
- Self-starter, able to plan and prioritize
- Customer focused
- Effectively partner with the business while maintaining objectivity and independence
- Eager to work in a team where members challenge and support each other
- Good communication skills, able to convince and influence others
If interested in the vacancy or more ifo , contact Ann-Catherine Nulens at ac@cremedelacreme.be or call +32 (0) 478 24 59 46
Expected salary
Location
Hasselt, Limbourg
Job date
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:36:16 GMT
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