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Position Summary

The VP of Finance for Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Innovation is a strategic leader responsible for driving financial excellence across global supply chain, manufacturing, operations, and innovation / R&D functions. This role partners closely with the Chief Supply Chain Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, and senior leadership to deliver actionable insights, optimize cost structures, and ensure robust financial planning and analysis for a $1.1B+ cost base. The VP leads a global finance team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

A key partner to the Chief Supply Chain Officer, this role co-leads long-term, confidential strategic cost savings initiatives-guiding project planning, business case development, and realization of cost efficiencies to optimize the global supply chain footprint. The VP also champions efficient capital investment, ensuring strong returns and alignment with business priorities.

This leader is responsible for transforming finance processes, systems, and ways of working to enhance simplicity, business analytics, and actionable insights. This includes designing streamlined processes, developing an integrated systems roadmap, building a robust data and intelligence repository, and redefining roles and accountabilities across the finance team.

Success in this role requires exceptional business and financial acumen, a proven ability to collaborate across geographies, and experience navigating complex, fast-paced environments. The VP must demonstrate strong interpersonal and influence skills, effectively partnering with and constructively challenging business leaders, while maintaining a balanced and engaged relationship with the finance function

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal financial advisor to the Global Supply Chain, Operations, and Innovation leadership, providing strategic guidance, business partnership, and decision support to enable the achievement of operational, innovation, and financial objectives. This includes managing finance support for all our plants across the globe including the establishment of a new Third Party Manufacturing finance team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, influence, and partnership across the organization, balancing business support with financial stewardship.
• Lead all financial processes supporting reporting, measurement, annual and strategic planning, and quarterly forecasting for the global supply chain, operations, and innovation / R&D organizations.

Provide transparent and meaningful analysis of global COGS including all elements of manufacturing & sourcing variances, and make recommendations to the GSC leadership team on any appropriate remedial action to allow the GSC team to deliver more predictable performance and improved business results

Improve the measurement, tracking and forecasting of inventory, and ensure strict DOH management to optimize working capital efficiency across the business

Lead and develop a high-performing global finance team (~50 people), focusing on talent development, role clarity, and organizational effectiveness.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Skills and Experience

Key Relationships

The salary range for this position is $232,000- $348,000. Actual base salary offered to a candidate may vary based upon factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance.

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