Director Supply Chain Finance Americas

At pladis, we take pride in the quality of our ingredients and the people we hire. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for bringing happiness to consumers and who embody our Winning Traits andBehaviors: purpose-led, agile, collaborative, resilient, and positive.  

This role serves as a critical leadership position within North America Finance, with accountability for approximately $291M in Cost of Goods across both Godiva and pladis North America. It exists to drive financial clarity, discipline, and value creation across a complex and evolving supply chain network. The role plays a pivotal part in enabling transformational changes supporting the redesign of the Godiva value chain to deliver a sustainable, profitable, and cash self-sufficient business, while also leading financial oversight of major operational initiatives such as the Big Flats transformation under Project Atlas. Through strong financial stewardship and insight, the role directly influences business performance, profitability, and long-term value delivery.

Cost & Working Capital Optimization

• Conduct comprehensive analyses of the supply chain toidentifyopportunities for efficiency improvement,cost reduction, and inventory optimization.

• Develop and implementinitiativestooptimizethe supply chain.

OptimizeOperational Deliver

• Collaborate with supply chain and operations teams to streamline processes andleveragesystems for controls to ensure data integrity and transparency of key financial metrics.

• Oversee all financial aspects of supply chain operations ensuring data consistency with corporate SCOAand IFRS reporting standards. Ensureoverall data integrity and transparency of key financial metrics.

• Owner of Product costing in line with established pladis principles

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Ensure delivery of short term and long-range financial targets.

• Monitor performance against the budget and drive implementation of corrective actions where needed.Proactive in bringing forth actionable insightstoidentifytrends, recommend course correcting actions and mitigate risk.

• Lead Annual Operating Plan, Long Range Plan, Monthly Forecasting & Accruals, Reporting of Monthly Actuals, Variance Analysis

• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting and analysis, inclusive ofmonthly management packs for the local and global supply chain teams.

Delivering Key KPI’s

• Drive transparency in performance against key KPI’s related to supply chain finance and drive intervention where needed.

• Ensure the achievement of financial targets and continuous improvement in KPI performance.

• Specifically, deliver financial commitment of Project Atlas, Reading 1.0-3.0, Project Electra.

Audit

• Proactively assess processes and controls that have a materialfinancial impact; recommend course correcting action as needed. Represent Supply Chain Finance to audit and internal audit.

Leadership

• SupporttheHead of Supply Chain and/orCFO when presenting to the pladisAmericas LT and/or Global Supply Chain ELT.

• Represent the Americas at Global Finance forums.

• Proactively support the development of the America’s culture; inspirea culture of Quality starting in Finance and Supply Chain.

• Development strong SC Finance Function with the right skills, competencies. Develop talent to ensure rewarding, value-added roles for the individual and organization.

• 8+ years of progressive experience inCPG or Food Industry

• B.A./B.S.in Finance or Accountingisrequired; MBAor CPAis a plus.

• Experience coaching and developingfinanceprofessionals.

• Advanced analytical skillsand experience harnessing technology to share insights andinformation.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to stand alone and influence both up and down within and outside theorganization.

• Build from scratch mentality with the ability to institute new standardized processes andestablisha consistent, disciplined approach to how weoperate.

• A drive, commitment and sense of urgency that inspires others to be their best and achieveresults.

• Advancedproficiencyin MicrosoftExcel,Powerpoint, SAP, D365

• Able to position themselves and drive followership as a leader and trusted advisor to stakeholders and build strong working relationships both vertically andhorizontally.

• Accountable for results and how they areachieved.

• Thrives in an environment that is fast-paced and able to adapt to changingsituations.

• Detail oriented with strong organizational,analytical,and problem-solvingskills.

• Analytical with the ability to convert data into strategic business insights that drivedecision-making.

• Persistent in overcoming and removing obstacles thatimpactgoalachievement.

• Proventrack recordof developing talent

• Genuine in desire to build a positive and productive high-performance teamculture.