Supply Chain and EP&I Performance Management Director

Your opportunity

Reporting to the VP Business Control Supply Chain and EPI, you will act as Finance Business Part-ner to the EVP Supply Chain and EPI, providing the right financial insights by challenging and build-ing within cross functional teams the relevant action plans to increase Sidel performance under-standing and profitability. The Central costs and processes team is covering all transversal processes of the Supply chain and EPI finance team. This includes non-limiting activities on Sourcing, Product controlling, consolidation of the performance, Costing OPEX and all transformation projects.

Your Mission

Business Partnership:

• Copilot with EVP SC and EVP EPI to drive performant Supply chain and EPI organisations.
• Consolidate financial performance and establish the guidelines for standard practices in Supply chain and EPI oragnisation
• Key partnership with Operational Excellence and SC transformation, Sourcing, S&OP, Innovation, Equipment, organizations to define and implement strategic project in close collaboration with the Manufacturing Director
• Resource utilization (labor, manufacturing plant, make or buy, OPEX)
• Sourcing performance in cooperation with All Sidel organisation
• Consolidation the translation of Sustainable Excellence Projects: S&OP, SOM, Product Cost, and all other transformation programs to financial impact

Cost Control- Drive Cost Competitiveness by product line (actual and forecast):

•  Product cost target (defined with Supply chain and EP&I)
• Strong link with the different finance team (Manufacturing, R&D, Equipment, FP&A, Regions, …) to implement and feedback tools and processes, margin analysis and forecast.
• Drive Consolidation of the supply chain contribution and financial performance and ensure realization of targets

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Collaborate on yearly budgets and quarterly / monthly forecasts and outlooks in collaboration with department heads and managers.
• Monitor and drive budget adherence and insight, comments, and action plans in front of budget deviations.
• Collaborate with different functions and present an action plan to maximize deliverables and profitability.
• Propose adjustments to forecasts based on changing market conditions and business needs and deliver action plan to optimize on deliverable and profitability.
• Active participation to the 3 years Business Plan, annual Budget, quarterly Outlook and quarterly closing.

Compliance and Governance:

• Ensure a strict application of compliance in the SC&EPI organization with Sidel PPG’s
• Support internal and external audits by providing necessary financial data and documentation.

Continuous Improvement:

• Drive a permanent culture of continuous improvement in the team
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial procedures and systems for increased efficiency and accuracy.Share recommendations with the Central teams (Group Finance and Group Controlling).
• Propose and implement continuous improvements of existing analysis / tools / IS / methods through transversal and multi-sites projects, in cooperation with process team
• Project cost and Product Cost analysis (RCA and action plan consolidation)
• Plan and challenge Factory utilization overview and actions
• Follow up of all financial KPIs of Supply chain and EPI (sourcing, Inventories, productivity, OPEX, P&L, Non-quality costs -Scrapping, rework, diff. On materials... etc. -,…) measurement and actions

Your Profile

• Master degree or equivalent in Finance
• A Minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in Industrial Controlling, cost controlling, Finance consolidation, FP&A, Business controlling
• Strong controlling technical skills, solid knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting principles
• Advanced knowledge of controlling processes & business planning principles
• Strong experience in SAP FI/CO (Finance / Controlling), MM, SD in an international and industrial group
• Advance practice of IS Tools including any other digitalization tools (Qliksense, Power BI...)
• Strong interpersonal skills, team player
• Ability to lead in a matrix organization
• Result orientation
• Fluent in English, written and spoken