Americas COGS Reporting & Analysis Manager

McCormick & Company; Łódź; On-site; PLN 128,976 - 154,487; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Holiday funds

Benefit Platform with options

Job summary

McCormick & Company seeks an Americas Supply Chain Reporting and Analysis Manager to partner with North America Finance and Commercial teams. You will focus on COGS variance analysis, cost component reporting, and SAP costing alignment to deliver insightful management reporting down to product level.

The role requires strong Excel, SAP costing knowledge, and experience with data analytics in a multi-plant environment. Collaboration across teams and proactive process improvement are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or related field.
• Experience in financial data analysis and reporting.
• Experience in cost accounting.
• Strong understanding of standard costing and SAP costing principles.
• Experience with SKU-level financial analysis in multi-plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as key partner between North America Supply Chain Finance Team, FP&A, and Commercial Finance.
• Ensure COGS rates align with SAP standard costing and financial reporting outputs.
• Investigate discrepancies between SAP costing and management reporting.
• Provide explanations of cost movements to stakeholders.
• Support annual COGS budgeting and standard cost-setting processes.
• Incorporate operational drivers into COGS planning models with Supply Chain Finance.
• Provide variance explanations across volume, mix, and cost components with leadership commentary.
• Identify opportunities to streamline COGS reporting processes and improve data transparency.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and strategic initiatives impacting COGS.

Skills

Excel mastery

Power Query

SAP costing

Data analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Commercial acumen

Education

Master's degree in Finance/Economics/Mathematics

Relevant accounting/finance qualification (CIMA/ACA/CPA)

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Americas Supply Chain Reporting and Analysis Manager works with the North America Finance Business Partners on Cost of Goods Sold performance reporting, to produce forward-looking supply chain analysis to drive decision-making and deliver business results. Reporting to Finance Director, Americas COGS Reporting & Analysis, the manager will pay particular attention to management reporting COGS variance analysis. He/she will help develop reports and analysis of financial information that are insightful to main stakeholders within the Supply Chain and Commercial functions down to product level.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key partner and interface between the North America Supply Chain Finance Team, FP&A Team, and Commercial Finance Team in managing and reviewing the Company's management reporting information through a product cost component lens.
• Ensure COGS rates are accurate and aligned with SAP standard costing and financial reporting outputs.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between SAP costing and management reporting systems.
• Provide clear explanations of cost movements to Supply Chain and Commercial stakeholders.
• Support the annual COGS budgeting and standard cost-setting processes, ensuring robust assumptions and data integrity.
• Partner with Supply Chain Finance to incorporate operational drivers into COGS planning models.
• Provide structured variance explanations across volume, mix, and cost components, and develop concise, insightful commentary for leadership.
• Identify opportunities to streamline COGS reporting processes and improve data transparency.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and strategic initiatives impacting COGS.

Candidate Profile

• Master's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.
• Relevant accounting or finance qualification in the region, such as CIMA, ACA, CPA, or equivalent, would be an advantage.
• Experience in financial data analysis and reporting.
• Experience in cost accounting.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, cost component structures, and SAP costing principles.
• Experience with SKU-level financial analysis in a complex, multi-plant or multi-product environment.
• Experience in finance harmonization projects.
• Excellent proficiency in Excel, including Power Query.
• Good knowledge of SAP.
• Knowledge of data analytics tools.
• Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills.
• Solid technical finance knowledge and commercial understanding.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to identify opportunities to improve existing processes.
• Ability to communicate financial insights clearly, concisely, and effectively.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and effectively prioritize workload.
• Strong business savvy and commercial acumen.
• Personal leadership, accountability, and ownership.
• Creative thinking and continuous improvement mindset.

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.

Compensation: starting from PLN 12 700 gross per month

Final salary will be determined as part of any final offer and will consider factors such as skills, education, role-specific experience, and internal equity among current employees.

Eligible roles may also participate in one of McCormick's Bonus Plans. In addition to a competitive compensation package, McCormick employees are eligible for our comprehensive Total Rewards programs, which include, but are not limited to:

• Private medical care
• Life insurance
• Holiday funds
• Benefit Platform with variety of benefit options to select
• Co-financing for sport activities
• Access to the learning platform and rich package of internal trainings
• Employee referral program
• Employee Assistance Program (psychological help, mindfulness)

McCormick ensures compensation is determined in line with the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, regardless of gender.