Plant Controller

PPG Industries (UK) Limited

Huntsville (AL)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision benefits
401(k) matching retirement savings
Paid vacation

Job summary

PPG Industries (UK) Limited is seeking a Plant Controller in Huntsville, AL. You will join the Operations Finance Team, supporting Aerospace Transparencies and leading performance improvement initiatives at the Huntsville plant.

You will report to the Aerospace Operations Finance Manager in Pittsburgh and work on-site with a hybrid schedule, plus annual travel to HQ. Supervisory responsibility for one Operations Finance Analyst is included.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting.
  • 6+ years of experience in a finance/controlling role in manufacturing.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Willingness to travel annually to Pittsburgh, PA.

Responsibilities

  • Provide plant-level financial analysis and variance explanations to Operations leadership and Business Unit Finance.
  • Lead budgeting and month-end closing activities for the Huntsville plant.
  • Drive capital project ROI, cost optimization, and productivity improvements.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to align plans and deliverables with plant leadership and HQ.

Skills

Strong communication
Leadership
Analytical thinking
Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting

Job description

As our Plant Controller, you will be part of the Operations Finance Team, supporting Aerospace Transparencies operations as a member of the Huntsville plant leadership team. You will contribute to and lead performance improvement plans within the facility. Using detailed and insightful analytics, you will identify opportunities to enhance productivity and reduce costs. You will collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment, engagement, and progress toward clearly defined project goals and deliverables.

You will report to the Aerospace Operations Finance Manager based at the company headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We ask that you work onsite at our plant in Huntsville, AL, according to our hybrid schedule with annual travel to our Pittsburgh headquarters. Additionally, you will have direct supervisory responsibility for one team member, Operations Finance Analyst, Huntsville, who is based at the Pittsburgh headquarters.

PPG offers excellent Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; matching 401k + retirement savings; and Paid Vacation, Holiday pay.

Main Responsibilities:
BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND DECISION SUPPORT (Local Partner)
  • Participate in plant meetings to provide insight on results, collect information and challenge performance
  • Lead plant projects to control costs of production
  • Focus on and improving productivity through analytics and cross functional projects including scrap, productivity, capacity use and addressing bottle necks
  • Push relevant information and analytics to guide local decision-making
  • Provide variance analysis and full understanding of plant level results and explaining results and variances to Operations leadership and Business Unit Finance
PLANNING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
  • Partner with the Operations plant team and the Operations Finance Analyst in the plant wide budget process coordinating all departments and promoting productivity and cost savings plans and targets
  • Partner with the Operations Finance Analyst and Operations plant team in developing short and long-term reliable estimates of the level of expenses to be incurred by the plant related to expected volumes
  • Complete month end closing activities such as preparation or approval of journal entries, review of account balances and explanation and presentation of results
PLANT INVESTMENT
  • Partner with plant leadership to develop and execute a strategic roadmap for capital spending, ensuring critical projects are completed on time, on budget and are embedded in plans
  • Conduct post-completion analysis of critical investments (capital or otherwise) to ensure main deliverables, both financial and operational, are met
INVENTORY CONTROL AND PRODUCT COSTING
  • Work with demand and supply teams to ensure visibility and optimize inventory health in raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
  • Support Plant Operations team as the on-site liaison to optimize inventory
  • Ensure inventory accuracy and improve areas around excess and obsolete inventory and scrap
  • Work with the Operations Finance Analyst to ensure that product cost reflects plant operations at a product level
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting
  • 6+ years of experience
  • Prior manufacturing financial support experience required
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Travel at least annually to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PPG headquarter location
Como trabalhamos:

Na PPG, reunimos equipes para acelerar a colaboração e o desenvolvimento de carreira, com trabalho presencial de segunda a quinta-feira e a oportunidade de trabalhar remotamente nas Sextas-feiras, sendo Flexível. Os horários podem variar conforme o local.

Sobre nós: PPG: PROTEGEMOS E EMBELEZAMOS O MUNDO

Por meio da liderança em inovação, sustentabilidade e cor, a PPG ajuda clientes dos mercados industrial, de transporte, produtos de consumo e construção, assim como do setor de pós-vendas, a melhorar mais superfícies de mais maneiras do que qualquer outra empresa. Para saber mais, visite www.ppg.com e siga @PPG no X.

The PPG Way 2030 Somos defensores dos nossos clientes

Proativos. Ousados. Confiáveis. Tudo o que fazemos começa com nossos clientes. Ouvimos, agimos rapidamente e não paramos até resolver seus maiores desafios. Quando nossos clientes vencem, todos nós crescemos.

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A PPG oferece igualdade de oportunidades a todos os candidatos e colaboradores. Oferecemos a oportunidade de crescer e desenvolver sua carreira em um ambiente que proporciona um local de trabalho gratificante para os funcionários, cria um ambiente de aprendizado contínuo e valoriza as ideias e a diversidade dos outros. Todos os candidatos qualificados receberão consideração para emprego sem distinção de sexo, gravidez, raça, cor, credo, religião, origem nacional, idade, deficiência, estado civil, condição de veterano, orientação sexual, identidade ou expressão de gênero.

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As faixas salariais e os benefícios da PPG podem variar conforme a localização, o que nos permite compensar os funcionários de forma competitiva em diferentes mercados geográficos. A PPG considera vários fatores ao tomar decisões de remuneração, incluindo, mas não se limitando a, habilidades, experiência e treinamento, qualificações e educação, licenças e certificações, além de outras necessidades organizacionais. Outros incentivos podem ser aplicados.

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