Finance Sr Coordinator

Overview
General Job Responsibilities

Supply Chain Finance - Contract Administration Team

• Facilitate and enable all procurement needs for Plants, Co-packers, and Distribution centers. The team is a critical link between Global Procurement and the Manufacturing Network. Production needs cannot be met unless contracts, vendors, and materials are linked to facilities.
• Creation and Management of all contracts for Package Materials, Ingredients across multi business units.
• Ensure sourcing options can meet aggressive timelines and deliver on budget product launches
• Ensuring all contracts are sourced. This data feeds supplier requirements based on Demand Planning.
• Complete all new material requests for Packaging and Ingredients and populate all financial attributes including standard price, freight and masking component
• Process any requests to set up vendors as needed for contracts
• Processing price blocked invoices and researching root cause- Pricing discrepancy, Freight issues and price changes, to avoid the credit hold and smooth flow running plant by mitigating the materials demand.
• Creating Miscellaneous Purchase Orders for scraps, Plate & Make Ready charges and any other Global Procurement related costs for Direct Materials
• Ad Hoc Reporting as needed (Global Procurement buyers, Supply Chain Finance Purchasing, Senior Leaders)

Cross-functional:

• Obtaining a higher degree of cooperation from Supply Chain BU Managers to consistently create the correct information for all Production Material Master Data Input
• Timely communication of price changes for all Direct Material Contracts from GP, GP Control Team
• Managing manufacturing plants needs while ensuring compliance and following protocol.

Interaction with other teams including:

• Strategic Supply Management Team
• Purchasing Supply Chain Finance, category analysts, COE team.
• Data Maintenance teams
• Manufacturing plants, co packers, Distribution Centers, storage facilities.
• PFFS - Payables and Supplier Maintenance
• Supply Chain Project Managers, MRP Managers and Integration Managers
• Cost Accounting teams all Divisions
• Global Procurement Buyers

Key Skills/Experience Required

• Experience in contract Management/Payables/Procurement roles
• 3 - 5 years of experience in Payables/Vendor Management
• SAP Hands-on experience
• Able to work independently or as part of a team and takes initiatives
• Capable of managing multiple time-sensitive priorities simultaneously
• Detail-oriented; Methodological; organized in approach; and document maintenance
• Consistency with performance, curious to learn and explore
• Exceptional communication skills. Proficiency in the English language
• Ability to spot the errors and connect the dots

Differentiating Competencies Required

Essential

• Highly organized and responsive, with the ability to work to SLAs and tight deadlines
• Keen attention to detail and a High level of accuracy
• High sense of ownership, Problem analysis and problem-solving skills
• Good to have
• Proven work experience in contract management roles in CPG industry

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and enable all procurement needs for Plants, Co-packers, and Distribution centers. The team is a critical link between Global Procurement and the Manufacturing Network. Production needs cannot be met unless contracts, vendors, and materials are linked to facilities.
• Creation and Management of all contracts for Package Materials, Ingredients across multi business units.
• Ensure sourcing options can meet aggressive timelines and deliver on budget product launches
• Ensuring all contracts are sourced. This data feeds supplier requirements based on Demand Planning.
• Complete all new material requests for Packaging and Ingredients and populate all financial attributes including standard price, freight and masking component
• Process any requests to set up vendors as needed for contracts
• Processing price blocked invoices and researching root cause- Pricing discrepancy, Freight issues and price changes, to avoid the credit hold and smooth flow running plant by mitigating the materials demand.
• Creating Miscellaneous Purchase Orders for scraps, Plate & Make Ready charges and any other Global Procurement related costs for Direct Materials
• Ad Hoc Reporting as needed (Global Procurement buyers, Supply Chain Finance Purchasing, Senior Leaders)

Qualifications

• Experience in contract Management/Payables/Procurement roles
• 3 - 5 years of experience in Payables/Vendor Management
• SAP Hands-on experience
• Able to work independently or as part of a team and takes initiatives
• Capable of managing multiple time-sensitive priorities simultaneously
• Detail-oriented; Methodological; organized in approach; and document maintenance
• Consistency with performance, curious to learn and explore
• Exceptional communication skills. Proficiency in the English language
• Ability to spot the errors and connect the dots