Finance Director, EMEA Consumer Supply Chain

Finance Director, EMEA Consumer Supply Chain

Search by city: WOLKA KOSOWSKA, MZ, PL, 05-552

Company: McCormick & Company

Reporting to the EMEA Supply Chain Finance Director, the Finance Director, EMEA Consumer Supply Chain will act as a strategic Finance Business Partner to the EMEA Consumer Supply Chain Director. This role will provide proactive, forward‑looking financial and operational insights to support improved decision-making, drive business performance, and enable the successful delivery of strategic supply chain initiatives.

The EMEA Consumer Supply Chain includes manufacturing operations across Poland, France, and Italy, as well as EMEA Consumer Distribution activities managed through a combination of McCormick‑owned warehouses and third‑party logistics providers.

This position requires strong partnership with senior Supply Chain stakeholders and close collaboration with Finance, Commercial, and cross‑functional teams. The role will provide clear financial insight to senior management, enabling effective decisions related to profitability, cost management, capital investment, operational efficiency, and long‑term business performance.

Financial Performance Management

Monitor and drive financial performance by providing clear commentary and insight into month‑end results.

Support business ownership of financial performance by helping Supply Chain leaders understand key drivers, risks, opportunities, and required actions.

Review management reports, identify key trends and insights, and present findings to senior stakeholders.

Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support improved profitability, cost control, and operational decision‑making.

Translate financial results into practical business insights that support both short‑term performance and long‑term strategic objectives.

Budgeting, Forecasting and Strategic Planning

Lead and facilitate the budgeting and forecasting process for relevant Supply Chain areas.

Partner with Supply Chain leaders to review, challenge, and finalize factory, freight, distribution, and network plans, budgets, and forecasts.

Ensure business assumptions are accurate, realistic, clearly understood, and owned by the relevant stakeholders.

Support strategic planning processes by ensuring operational resource plans are aligned with commercial strategies and overall business objectives.

Oversee business modelling, scenario analysis, and financial evaluation of key initiatives, presenting outcomes and recommendations to senior leadership.

Factory, Distribution, and Network Performance

Provide financial leadership and insight across factory performance, freight, distribution, warehousing, and supply chain network activities.

Assess operational performance against business strategy and recommend actions to improve financial and operational results.

Partner with Supply Chain teams to identify cost improvement, productivity, and network optimization opportunities.

Validate financial impacts and ensure proposed savings are achievable, measurable, and sustainable.

Support inventory management initiatives to improve working capital and cash flow.

Investment, Capital and Business Case Support

Evaluate key investment opportunities, assessing financial and operational viability.

Ensure appropriate sensitivity, risk, and scenario analysis is completed before recommendations are made to senior management.

Manage the capital asset acquisition process in partnership with the business, ensuring investment proposals are robust, complete, and aligned with corporate requirements.

Partner with Supply Chain stakeholders to develop and review business cases for new investments, operational changes, and strategic initiatives.

Provide financial support for the evaluation of business opportunities or operational issues, balancing cost, performance, service, and risk.

Continuous Improvement and Change Delivery

Support the delivery of cost improvement, productivity, and change initiatives across the business unit.

Review current processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, and effectiveness.

Provide financial insight to support…