Plant Controller

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Plant Controller, your future role?

You will be the Controller of our Taste & Wellbeing industrial operations site in Cuernavaca, Mexico. As such, you will support the Operations strategy with sound financial and operations controlling together with interpretive and predictive analysis, to allow decision-making by the sites’ top management, leading to improved productivity and enhanced profitability for our business. You will ensure a full finance integration into Operations challenging and enhancing our strategic decisions.

You will report into the LATAM Head of Controlling and work on-site in our facilities located in Cuernavaca.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Financial Performance Reporting

• Review annual budget (financial and non-financial) versus targets.
• Perform monthly review of actual performance versus target/prior year (operating costs, headcount, Capex investment/divestment, customer service, inventory)
• Ensure data accuracy, and meaningfulness of Operational financial and Indicator data through regular reviews.
• Perform audits to ensure compliance with operational and financial procedures.

Financial Planning

• Review and validate operation Capex submission & hiring proposals.
• Provide guidance to Operations team, identifying opportunities and developing corrective actions to meet financial and non-financial targets.
• Develop the annual operating targets by site and review with headquarters.
• Support development of Business Cases for new investments.
• Help develop the region Operations 5-year business plan and annual operating budgets according to our goals.

Operations/Site Support

• Advise Supply Chain Team in all financial matters and participates in regional SCM projects.
• Work with local Operations and Site Controllers across the region to remain current on activities having impact on performance.

Processes

• Work with Regional Operations Controller and Global Operations Controller for improvement, streamlining and automation of reporting processes.
• Support Lean implementation in the region (Indicators setting, definitions & tools) and maintain regional Lean Indicators tool.

You?

Your professional profile requires:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Economics or Accounting with Master's degree.
• At least 5 years of experience as a Site Controller or a similar Controlling experience in a manufacturing environment at multinational companies.
• Fluent English, both oral and written.
• SAP FICO experience.
• Advanced Excel.
• Continuous improvement experience (Six Sigma, Lean).

Our Benefits

• Annual bonus and PTU.
• Company car.
• Excellent medical insurance plan.
• Excellent Savings Plan.
• Gym pass benefits.
• In-company English lessons.
• Career Development Opportunities with access to many virtual learning sessions.
• International working environment
• Quality of Life program.

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.