GROUP SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE MANAGER

Evergreen Garden Care; Limonest; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Evergreen Garden Care is seeking a Group Supply Chain Finance Manager to drive consistency in financial and operational reporting, manage a global savings program, and optimize working capital across six regions. The role reports to the Group Supply Chain Director and is based near Lyon, France.

You bring 10 years of supply chain finance experience, a background in plant manufacturing controllership, SAP and strong English and French communication skills to lead in a high-midelity, multi-country

Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant experience in supply chain finance/controllership.
• Strong background in plant/manufacturing controllership.
• Proven experience with working capital optimization and cash flow improvement.
• Experience with IBP/S&OP processes and financial integration.

Responsabilités

• Ensure alignment across Supply Chain, Commercial and Finance on a single-number forecast.
• Lead governance of savings programs and track benefit realization.
• Manage working capital performance, inventory and stock policy improvements.
• Drive standardization of tools, processes and regional reporting across multiple geographies.
• Oversee two-year budget and forecast cycles and maintain controls per accounting policies.
• Provide ad hoc strategic analysis and scenarios to support decisions.

Connaissances

English fluency

French fluency

SAP experience

IBP / S&OP processes

Formation

High school accounting/finance degree

Outils

SAP

Description du poste

Evergreen Garden Care, a leader in amateur gardening products in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, has a portfolio of highly recognized brands in France: Fertiligène®, Home Defense®, Naturen®, KB®, Roundup® Jardin. It produces and markets high quality and easy-to-use solutions to meet all gardeners’ needs: potting soils, fertilizers, plant care products, lawn care products, home protection products...

From innovation to production, from formulation to packaging, the company combines performance with environmental care, to offer products that are increasingly safe, effective, and of high quality. Evergreen Garden Care is dedicated to helping gardeners create greener, better spaces for happier, healthier lives.

Localisation : Limonest (69) Headquarter France

Contract : Permanent Contract

Reporting : Group FP&A and Supply Chain Finance Director

JOB PURPOSE

The Group Supply Chain Finance Manager is responsible for ensuring consistency and transparency in financial and operational reporting, driving a cost out programme globally as well as oversight and compliance with all internal controls.

This role will help manage a very high amount of spend globally across 6 geographic regions. The objective is to identify and implement a savings programme. In addition, this role will challenge our current approach to working capital to deliver cash to the organisation.

In dotted line with the Group Supply Chain Director, and he will be a member of the Global Supply Chain and Finance teams.

RESPONSABILITES

• Ensure full alignment across Supply Chain, Commercial and Finance on a single-number forecast and Lead financial risk and opportunity assessment in the monthly S&OP cycle,
• Co-lead financial governance of a Project Direct savings program, including savings validation, tracking and delivery, build and maintain benefit tracking models, challenge assumptions and ensure delivery of committed savings and working capital improvements,
• Own working capital performance across Supply Chain, including DIO, inventory drivers and stock policies. Challenge trade-offs between service, inventory and cost, and drive reduction of excess & obsolete stock and improvement of cash generation,
• Drive standardization of tools, processes and ways of working across regions and support capability uplift in a low maturity, fast-moving environment,
• Implement and drive a balance scorecard of Supply Chain KPI’s. Ensure consistent reporting and performance reviews across all regions and provide clear, actionable insights to support performance management,
• Ensure that supply chain budget & forecast processes (two a year) are completed within the business timetable, assist in driving accountability and understanding of the drivers,
• Establish and maintain financial controls and process to be inline with company’s accounting policies and financial processes,
• Lead the financial review of capital projects with recommendations within the supply chain,
• Provide ad hoc strategic analysis and scenario planning,
• Provide a leadership role that ensures a proper control environment through compliance with accounting policies and procedures, chart of accounts and business controls at site level,
• Support the Global Supply Chain Director in the implementation of required processes to improve control globally.

PROFILE

You have a 10 years relevant experience with a background in supply chain and particularly plant/manufacturing controllership with a high school accounting finance degree.

You have a proven experience in working capital, inventory optimization, transformation or PMO driven environments. You have a strong understanding of IBP / S&OP processes and financial integration and a relevant SAP experience.

You are fluent in English and French (role located near Lyon).

You might be able to work independently, setting your own priorities, and within a team, drive through change, generating results with general/minimal guidance. You have the ability to operate in a low maturity, high-pressure, multi-country environment.

You are recognized for your flexibility, your ability to drive through change, to understand, interpret and summarize large sets of datas to bring a clear view for business decision and determine key message for business.

You have interest and empathy in working across different geographies.

Your stakeholder management and communication skills are no more to be challenged.