Director, Manufacturing Operations FP&A

Trex Company•Winchester, VA

11d•$163,000 - $210,000

About The Position

The Director, Manufacturing Operations FP&A leads financial planning, analysis, and decision support for operational excellence, procurement, and logistics. The role establishes the operating-finance framework, translates operational drivers into financial outcomes, and provides forward-looking insights to improve cost competitiveness, capacity utilization, service, working capital, and capital allocation. The Director partners with plant, supply chain, procurement, logistics, engineering, finance, and corporate leadership; owns the integrity and consistency of operational forecasts and KPIs; and drives accountability for performance and corrective actions across the network. The position oversees forecasting and planning for manufacturing, procurement, and logistics; driver-based modeling and scenario analysis; annual operating and long-range plans; operational and financial performance analysis; and procurement and logistics FP&A. It also serves as a senior finance advisor, presents recommendations to executive leadership, leads and develops an FP&A team, and sponsors process, data, and systems improvements. The role is based in Winchester, Virginia, and is full-time/regular.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, FP&A, supply chain finance, procurement finance, logistics finance, or plant controllership.
Experience leading complex cross-functional planning and decision-support processes.
Demonstrated experience leading forecasting, operational modeling, variance analysis, annual planning, long-range planning, and executive decision support in a multi-site environment.
Prior people-leadership experience, including developing finance talent and leading through influence across operational functions.
Executive-level analytical judgment and ability to synthesize complex operational and financial information into clear decisions and actions.
Expertise in Excel, data modeling, and reporting tools, including OneStream.
Experience with ERP systems, including JD Edwards.
Executive-level communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior operational and financial leaders.
Ability to lead enterprise process improvements, establish governance, manage competing priorities, and deliver results through cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Multi-site manufacturing experience.
MBA, CPA, CMA, or another relevant advanced degree or professional certification.

Responsibilities

Put safety first and foster a people-first culture.
Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting for manufacturing, procurement, and logistics, covering volume, material costs, freight, warehousing, and distribution costs.
Establish and govern driver-based models to project performance across demand, production, sourcing, commodity, freight, and capacity scenarios.
Direct cross-functional planning with operations, engineering, procurement, logistics, and supply chain leaders to validate assumptions and align forecast inputs.
Own the annual operating plan and long-range financial planning for the manufacturing network, including productivity roadmaps, capacity, sourcing, logistics costs, and capital needs.
Prepare analyses explaining forecast-to-forecast and forecast-to-plan variances.
Develop executive scenarios and recommendations that quantify trade-offs among cost, capacity, inventory, customer service, sourcing risk, and capital deployment.
Define planning standards, calendars, assumptions, and review routines to improve forecast accuracy and accountability.
Analyze manufacturing results, including productivity, material usage, downtime, labor efficiency, machine utilization, and OEE.
Deliver monthly financial KPI reporting packages with commentary and recommendations.
Perform variance analysis on production costs, inventory, and plant performance; investigate unfavorable trends and partner on corrective actions.
Monitor inventory accuracy, production variances, waste, and yield.
Evaluate the cost impacts of engineering changes, process improvements, and capital projects.
Lead financial planning and performance analysis for procurement, logistics, warehousing, distribution, and third-party service providers.
Partner with procurement on supplier negotiations, sourcing events, make-versus-buy decisions, contract economics, commodity exposure, purchase price variance, and total cost of ownership.
Partner with logistics and operations to analyze freight rates, carrier and mode mix, fuel and accessorial charges, network design, warehouse productivity, inventory positioning, detention, demurrage, and service-level trade-offs.
Build savings and productivity governance to validate baselines, timing, one-time costs, risk adjustments, and realized P&L and cash-flow benefits.
Provide financial support for supplier and carrier scorecards, procurement pipelines, logistics bids, and network-optimization initiatives.
Assess working-capital implications of sourcing and logistics decisions, including payment terms, order quantities, lead times, safety stock, inventory turns, and obsolescence risk.
Serve as senior finance advisor to manufacturing, procurement, logistics, and corporate leadership, shaping decisions and constructively challenging operating assumptions.
Present decision-oriented insights and recommendations to executive leadership, including risks, opportunities, sensitivities, and required actions.
Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing FP&A team; set priorities and expectations, coach employees, and build succession and analytical capabilities.
Build relationships across operations, engineering, procurement, logistics, supply chain, accounting, treasury, and finance while maintaining ownership and accountability.
Create and maintain standardized KPI definitions, reporting governance, and management review routines across the manufacturing and supply chain network.
Sponsor process, data, and systems improvements that increase forecast quality, analytical speed, scalability, and decision usefulness.
Influence cross-functional leaders and ensure agreed actions are assigned, measured, and completed.
Perform other duties as assigned.