Plant Controller

This role serves as the on-site finance partner and cost accounting subject-matter expert for the Medley, FL plant. This role partners closely with Plant Leadership, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, and Corporate Finance/FP&A to improve visibility to plant performance, strengthen cost and inventory controls, and support decision-making through accurate reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. Success in this role is measured by timely/accurate inventory valuation and reporting, clear variance explanations that drive corrective actions, and sustained progress against productivity and cost commitments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Partner with manufacturing leaders to analyze manufacturing costs, performance drivers, and profitability; translate results into clear actions and recommendations.
• Develop, maintain, and publish performance measurement tools/dashboards for targeted manufacturing areas (labor, overhead, yield/waste, and other key drivers) to improve decision-making across levels of the organization.

• Own inventory accuracy, reporting, and valuation for the Medley plant; establish and improve processes to ensure timely, accurate transactions (receipts, issues, adjustments, and production reporting).
• Coordinate and manage year-end physical inventory and periodic cycle counts/WIP audits; investigate variances, drive corrective actions, and document root causes and controls.
• Support month-end/quarter-end close activities for plant operations, including review of inventory-related entries, accruals, and manufacturing variances; prepare clear explanations for leadership reviews.
• Partner with Engineering/Operations on standard cost and process change impacts (e.g., BOM/routing changes where applicable) to ensure cost accuracy and strong change controls.
• Maintain strong internal controls and audit readiness for plant financial processes; ensure documentation is current and support internal/external audit requests as needed.

• Lead and coordinate the quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes for plant manufacturing costs, including labor, overhead, waste/yield, and key operating assumptions.
• Identify productivity and cost reduction opportunities with Manufacturing, Engineering, Marketing/Brand, and Finance; document initiatives, quantify benefits, track progress, and provide regular visibility to results.
• Present key performance insights and financial results to plant leadership on a regular cadence; facilitate discussions that drive corrective actions and sustain improvements.

This position may have supervisory responsibilities of one or more team members and also indirectly works with other Operations and General Management personnel to support the business.

Bachelor's degree (B.

A.) from four-year college or university; and 5-7 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Spanish Required

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Oracle, Fene Vision and, One Stream