Director Supply Chain Finance
About The Position
Kettle Cuisine is seeking a Director, Supply Chain Finance to serve as the senior finance business partner to Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, and other company leaders. Reporting to the CFO and partnering with the COO, this role connects operating plans to financial outcomes and supports the company’s growth agenda by identifying opportunities for profitable growth and ensuring the right capabilities are in place. The Director will own the supply chain’s financial planning and performance-management agenda, including productivity and capital expenditure, and help the business scale profitably. The role calls for strong FP&A and supply-chain experience, executive presence, and the ability to translate complex operational issues into clear choices and actions in a fast-moving, evolving environment. The Director will lead and develop finance team members, including Plant Controllers, and strengthen capabilities across the broader finance organization. Within the first 12 months, success includes establishing a strong partnership with the COO and Operations team; providing a trusted financial view of supply-chain performance and outlook; creating a consistent cadence for planning, variance review, and action tracking; improving transparency into cost variances and productivity; strengthening decision support for executives and operating leaders; identifying and realizing margin and operational-effectiveness opportunities; and helping ensure the finance, reporting, and operating capabilities needed for growth are in place. This is a high-impact finance business-partner role with meaningful visibility with senior leadership and a direct role in improving how Kettle Cuisine plans, invests, operates, and delivers results. Kettle Cuisine is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace where every employee can contribute and grow.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of progressive finance experience is ideal, including significant FP&A experience; the posting notes that ability is more important than years of experience.
- Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and executive-level performance reporting.
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, including advanced Excel capabilities and familiarity with emerging AI tools.
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex financial and operational issues clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.
- Track record of influencing decisions.
- Self-starter able to move initiatives forward with limited oversight.
- Creative problem solver with strong attention to detail and organization.
- Comfort operating at a fast pace and effectively in ambiguity.
- Executive presence, sound judgment, high integrity, and a bias toward action.
- Experience leading teams and developing finance talent in a growing organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in CPG or a similarly complex and fast-moving environment is strongly preferred.
- Manufacturing experience and experience driving productivity are significant pluses.
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
Responsibilities
- Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning for Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations.
- Partner with the CFO, COO, VP of Supply Chain, plant leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive productivity initiatives and improve business performance.
- Build cross-functional alignment so financial plans, operating priorities, customer commitments, and growth investments become executable actions.
- Lead monthly performance reviews, comparing actual results with plan, forecast, and prior year; identify root causes, risks, and corrective actions.
- Improve financial visibility and insight into cost lines, including scrap and yield.
- Develop decision-support models for sourcing, supplier negotiations, productivity initiatives, capital investments, network changes, and capacity decisions.
- Support the development and measurement of productivity and cost-reduction initiatives; quantify, track, and realize benefits.
- Partner with Accounting and Operations to improve standard costing and variance analysis.
- Use new AI tools to build practical dashboards and management reporting that focus leaders on important business drivers.
- Continuously improve finance processes, data quality, reporting, and cross-functional ways of working.
- Lead, coach, and develop finance team members, including Plant Controllers, and build capabilities across the broader finance organization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
