Plant Finance Business Partner

• Serve as the primary finance partner to plant leadership, helping drive strategic initiatives that improve operational and financial performance.
• Lead cost savings and continuous improvement efforts that support operational excellence, lean manufacturing, and zero-loss thinking.
• Provide critical financial analysis and business insights that enable informed production, investment, and operational decisions.
• Develop financial talent, strengthens organizational capabilities, and promotes a culture of accountability and performance improvement.
• Partner with the Plant Director and Leadership Team to drive strategic business initiatives, operational excellence programs, and plant performance improvements.
• Lead the development, implementation, and oversight of plant cost savings projects, including loss analysis, plant optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Deliver financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and annual operating plan (AOP) activities while communicating results and recommendations to leadership.
• Develop tools and insights that support informed production, business, and operational decision‑making across the plant.
• Coordinate capital improvement planning, including project evaluation, business case development, payback analysis, and post‑implementation benefit validation.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and optimize business processes while developing finance talent and supporting organizational growth.

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field, with fluency in spoken and written English.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible professional experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• 3 or more years of direct manufacturing experience.
• 3 or more years of financial analysis experience.
• Strong financial systems knowledge, business partnering skills, and change management experience.
• Proven ability to build and develop high‑performing teams through coaching, collaboration, and talent development.
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred, along with experience applying lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.

Demonstrates expertise in financial analysis, cost savings initiatives, and operational excellence within a manufacturing environment. Proven ability to lead teams, drive strategic initiatives, and enhance organizational capabilities through effective business partnering and talent development.

• Financial Analysis
• Lean Manufacturing
• Cost Savings Initiatives
• Team Development
• Business Partnering

• Financial Reporting
• Forecasting
• Capital Improvement Planning
• Loss Analysis
• Operational Decision‑Making

• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Change Management
• Communication

• MBA

• Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Operational Excellence
• Zero-Loss Thinking