Supply Chain Finance Manager

Tropicana Brands Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Voluntary life insurance

Accident insurance

Hospital indemnity

Critical illness coverage

Job summary

Tropicana Brands Group seeks a highly analytical Procurement Finance Manager to partner with Procurement in a fast-paced CPG environment. You will support sourcing decisions, analyze COGS drivers, and model financial implications for supplier negotiations.

Collaborating with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, and FP&A, you will lead budgeting, forecasting, and productivity initiatives to improve gross margin and drive savings across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 5-8+ years in Finance, FP&A, Procurement Finance, or related area.
• CPG or consumer products experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of PPV, tariffs, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary Finance partner to Procurement with budgeting and decision support.
• Analyze COGS drivers: raw materials, packaging, tariffs, and supplier pricing.
• Support supplier negotiations, RFPs, and contract renewals through financial analysis.
• Own tracking of Procurement savings, cost avoidance, and productivity initiatives.
• Present financial insights to Procurement, Supply Chain, and Finance leadership.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Cross-functional partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business/Supply Chain

Tools

ERP systems

Business Intelligence tools

Job description

The launch of Tropicana Brands Group represents an exciting fusion of some of the world's most beloved and up-and-coming brands in the juice category, including Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Dole, Copella and Punica. Established in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our new company blends the best of two worlds: one steeped in industry-leading expertise and the heritage of prestige juice brands, and another rooted in a true entrepreneurial, agile mindset.

With a global footprint of more than 2,000 associates that spans North America and Europe, we are proud of our industry-leading capabilities in areas that include innovation, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing and nutrition expertise.

The company's focused on the vision to quench the world's thirst for more delight and nourishment, while continuing to build upon the many important diversity, sustainability, local community and philanthropic activities that our people and brands have historically supported.

Role Overview:

Tropicana Brands Group is seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Procurement Finance Manager to serve as the key Finance partner to the Procurement organization within a fast-paced Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment.

This role will provide financial support across strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, cost management, forecasting, and productivity initiatives. The Procurement Finance Manager will partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, and FP&A to understand COGS drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and improve gross margin performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary Finance partner to Procurement, providing financial guidance and decision support for sourcing and supplier decisions.
• Analyze key COGS drivers, including raw materials, ingredients, packaging, freight, commodities, tariffs, and supplier pricing.
• Support supplier negotiations, sourcing initiatives, RFPs, and contract renewals through financial modeling and analysis.
• Own the financial validation and tracking of Procurement savings, cost avoidance, inflation, and productivity initiatives.
• Reconcile Procurement savings to actual and forecasted P&L impact and identify potential savings leakage.
• Monitor and assess tariff exposure and changes, quantify the financial impact, and partner with Procurement to identify mitigation opportunities.
• Lead procurement-related inputs into the annual budget and forecast, incorporating commodity trends, supplier pricing, volume, inflation/deflation, tariffs, and sourcing changes.
• Analyze purchase price variance (PPV) and other cost variances, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Support new products, packaging changes, reformulations, and value engineering initiatives through cost and margin analysis.
• Develop reporting and dashboards for spend, savings, inflation, PPV, COGS, and gross margin.
• Present financial insights and recommendations to Procurement, Supply Chain, and Finance leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 5-8+ years of experience in Finance, FP&A, Procurement Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Cost Accounting, or a related role.
• CPG or consumer products experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of Procurement, Purchase Price Variance (PPV), commodities, tariffs, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience with raw materials, packaging, commodities, and supplier cost analysis preferred.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP and business intelligence tools preferred.
• Strong analytical, communication, and business partnering skills.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable recommendations.

Key Competencies:

• Strong financial and commercial acumen
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Effective cross-functional business partner
• Ability to constructively challenge assumptions
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• High level of ownership and accountability

Benefits Overview:

TBG is pleased to offer you a comprehensive benefits package which includes a 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, company provided life, STD and LTD insurance. In addition, you may also elect to participate in voluntary life, accident, hospital, and critical illness coverages.