Johnsonville Sausage Hiring for Finance Manager – Network Optimization Job at Sheboygan Falls, WI Full Time

At Johnsonville, our members are responsible for everything! If you’re passionate about making a difference, we want you to help make our products, our processes, our communities and each other better. Since 1945, Wisconsin-based Johnsonville has proudly made our products in the U.S.A.! Our family-owned company has grown from a small butcher shop to the No. 1 national sausage brand. We employ 3,000+ members. Johnsonville products are enjoyed in 45 countries and served in 130 sports stadiums throughout the U.S.

Johnsonville, LLC

Finance Manager – Network Operations

Position Overview:

As a member of the Johnsonville Cost Team, the Finance Manager will play a key leadership role in Sourcing and Supply Chain functions by partnering on critical initiatives, business decisions and being the expert in analytics and business planning. Additionally, you will play a lead role in centralizing essential accounting and financial planning activities to enhance overall team effectiveness. Coaching and developing other analysts to be strong catalysts for operational excellence and continuous improvement is an essential part of this role.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Sourcing and Supply Chain leaders to help define, measure and identify actionable insights, recommendations, and contingencies for key performance measures aimed at maximizing the performance of the business and/or minimizing costs
• Provide leadership, coaching and oversight for Sourcing and Supply Chain performance reporting, profitability analysis, business planning, and strategic decision support/analysis, including support on key cost reduction initiatives.
• Work with the Sourcing and Supply Chain teams to deliver the long-range strategic financial plan and operational forecasts/targets by championing Integrated Business Planning across the team
• Develop and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the organization to provide meaningful financial and business analysis, insights and recommendations and help drive appropriate change management initiatives… be a change agent
• Continuously learn the business including competitive landscape, sales and marketing strategies, along with operations and supply chain as you work with members across functions
• Develop and coach cost analysts who promote and instill a thirst for business acumen with an ability to critically evaluate business opportunities; have the skills to simplify communication of key insights and a passion to be a catalyst in driving value

• Together with your team, lead the forecasting and budgeting processes for meat and materials and Operations Corporate Support, including annual standard cost evaluations and maintenance
• Together with the Director of Finance-Operations, lead the effort to optimize and maximize centralization of cost accounting transactional work to enable greater partnership capabilities at our facilities

• Together with the Director of Finance-Operations, organize and optimize the systematic forecasting of our costs for operational forecasts/targets and the annual standard-setting process
• Participate on various project teams as needed

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
• CMA preferred but not required

Experience:

• Seven or more (7+) years of accounting and finance experience required; manufacturing cost experience preferred
• Strong systems background – knowledge of SAP including SAP Business Objects Reporting and Business Planning and Consolidation tools preferred
• Experience and passion for leading, coaching and mentoring

Skills:

• Outstanding financial modeling and analytical skills, with demonstrated results in leveraging information systems
• Demonstrated track record of strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Demonstrated self-starter with a keen awareness of customer needs and action orientation
• Proven ability to collaborate with functional and cross-functional teams to drive for superlative performance
• Demonstrated, consistent professional growth; advancement potential and desire
• A strong desire to Coach your team members to superlative results
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; ability to build relationships, influence and instill confidence and trust

Date: January 20, 2023

Location: Global Sausage Headquarters, Sheboygan Falls, WI

Coach: Director of Finance-Operations

(We don’t have bosses at Johnsonville. We have Coaches. They are there to help you develop your talents. They cannot make you run laps.)

Member Status: Full Time, Salaried

(At Johnsonville, you are not an employee. You are a Member and, yes, Membership has its privileges – like the ability to buy sausage at great discounts. Our more traditional benefits are great, too.)

Travel: Not a ton, less than 10% of your time

Referral Bonus: If a Johnsonville Member refers you, you’re BOTH eligible for a $1,000 referral reward (paid out in increments over the new hire’s first 6 months of service)!

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How to Apply:

External candidates apply at careers.johnsonville.com

We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability

Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country. We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.