Director, Cost & Financial Planning

Sensata Technologies•Attleboro, MA

About The Position

The Director, Cost & Financial Planning is responsible for analyzing trends and metrics, and designing and executing project plans to convert analysis to action plans and solutions. The position will also be responsible for developing timely, accurate, and actionable data and analysis to help guide the business.

Requirements

A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members
Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers
Demonstrated experience partnering with strategic sourcing, category management, and supply chain leadership; direct experience supporting procurement, supply chain or operations in manufacturing equipment
Experience in global and/or multi-site manufacturing organizations
Strong capability in: Large data set analysis (spend, pricing, usage)
Building dashboards for procurement KPIs
Advanced Excel and/or BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
Proven experience in: Direct material cost management (raw materials, components, subassemblies)
Spend analytics and cost transparency by category, supplier, and commodity
Price variance, purchase price variance (PPV), and inflation tracking
Experience supporting cost reduction programs, including: Strategic sourcing initiatives
Supplier negotiations and should-cost models
Value engineering / VA‑VE programs
Experience developing and validating sourcing business cases, make vs buy analysis, supplier transitions and dual-sourcing financial models

Responsibilities

Directs cost and financial planning and analysis activities to identify risks and opportunities and contribute to the achievement of the organization's short and long-term financial goals
Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Company’s portfolio of businesses
Routinely communicate business unit and company consolidated financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics
Suggest trends, resulting implications, key actions, and strategic implications
Lead scenario modeling efforts for the development and growth of the portfolio
Participate as a key thought leader of the global finance team, influencing decision making, identifying finance priorities, managing directly and indirectly - finance staff in multiple locations
Influence the accuracy and effectiveness of the corporate accounting consolidation and closing process and treasury operations through analytical review and trend analysis
Develop and execute processes to allow for routine analytical reviews of company financial and operational performance, leveraging business unit analytical resources and tools
Support the strategic business planning process
Directs, coaches, and develops a team of financial professionals to ensure financial planning and analysis projects are conducted credibly and that recommendations and reports are accurate and timely