Finance Director - Supply Chain

Your Story.
The Finance Director - Supply Chain is a key leadership role responsible for all financial planning, analysis, and reporting for manufacturing, procurement, and logistics - covering over 70% of the company's headcount and supporting seven Vice Presidents. This role leads the team that delivers full financial support for all spend related to cost of goods sold, including cost savings, procurement support, manufacturing performance, investment analysis, business process and system improvements.

This position oversees the financial operations of all manufacturing locations, procurement, and logistics functions - driving process standardization, ensuring financial integrity, and identifying cost optimization opportunities. The Finance Director owns consolidated supply chain financials and acts as a key business partner to Sargento business units, supporting annual budgets, forecasts, and long-term strategic goals. Additionally, this role is responsible for leading, managing, and developing the FP&A team to deliver best-in-class financial support, ensuring the business meets its operational and strategic growth objectives.

Your Passion. Our Culture.
At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you're ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

Benefits that set us apart.

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Work Week
  
  
  
  • Hybrid work schedule - Onsite Tuesday - Thursday with the option to work remotely Monday and Friday
  • Compressed work week - Option of day Friday
  
  
  
  
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Relocation Assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store

What You Do.

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of 11 FTEs, ensuring efforts are focused on high-impact priorities by streamlining low-value work and creating opportunities for the team to take on more strategic, complex responsibilities.
• Ensure strong alignment and connection between Operations FP&A, Operations leadership, and the broader Finance & Accounting teams across Sargento.
• Drive efficiency, standardization, and process harmonization across all Operations FP&A activities.
• Develop and implement action plans that support Operations priorities, with a strong focus on COGS analysis, projections, and cost savings initiatives.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior Operations leadership, providing financial guidance for major initiatives (e.g., new facilities, automation investments) and long-term planning.
• Drive continuous improvement of financial systems and processes within Operations FP&A, lead or support system implementations to enhance data accuracy, reporting efficiency, and decision-making capabilities.
• Oversee all financial planning, analysis, and reporting for manufacturing plants, procurement, and logistics, including budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close processes.
• Provide clear, timely financial reporting and strategic insights to Operations leadership and Business Units, supporting both day-to-day management and long-term goals.
• Lead variance analysis for key cost drivers (labor, overhead, production performance, materials, and commodity markets), develop actionable insights, and communicate performance against budget and forecast.
• Monitor and report on KPIs and performance measures relevant to supply chain operations, proactively identifying trends, variances, and areas for improvement.
• Lead financial analysis and management of capital projects, including preparing CARs, evaluating investment returns, tracking CapEx spending, conducting post-audits to verify savings, and ensuring timely capitalization of assets.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement; coach and mentor the team to build financial acumen, analytical skills, and business partnership capabilities.
• Perform ad hoc analysis, scenario modeling, and decision support for supply chain initiatives as needed.

Your Education and Experience.

• B.S. in Accounting, Finance or related field required, CPA and/or MBA preferred but not required.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of increasing responsibility in FP&A (ideally manufacturing environment), with strong understanding of standard cost and variance reporting.
• Knowledgeable in the areas of GAAP, cost accounting, fixed assets, and procurement and operations performance analysis.

Our Story.
With over 2,400+ employees and net sales of $1.8 billion, Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. We created the world's first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.

To learn more about our culture and values, please visit our website at https://careers.sargento.com/us/en.

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