Director Supply Chain Finance

Kettle Cuisine•Lynn, MA

12d

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 leaders across the company. 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 helping deliver fuel for growth and ensuring the business has the capabilities needed to grow. The role owns financial planning and performance management for the supply chain, including productivity and capital expenditure, while helping the business scale profitably. The successful candidate will bring strong FP&A capabilities, supply-chain experience, and executive presence to translate complex operational issues into clear choices and actions in a fast-moving, evolving environment. Within the first 12 months, the Director is expected to establish a strong partnership with the COO and Operations team; create a clear, trusted financial view of supply-chain performance and outlook; build a consistent cadence for planning, variance reviews, and action tracking; improve transparency into cost variances and productivity; strengthen executive and operating-leader decision support; identify and realize margin and operational-effectiveness opportunities; and help ensure the finance, reporting, and operating capabilities needed to support growth are in place. This is a high-impact finance business-partner role with meaningful visibility to senior leadership and a direct role in improving how Kettle Cuisine plans, invests, operates, and delivers results. Kettle Cuisine is an equal opportunity employer that values diverse perspectives and is committed to an inclusive workplace where every employee can contribute and grow.

Requirements

10 or more years of progressive finance experience, 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 the ability to explain complex financial and operational issues clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.
A 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 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.
Manufacturing experience and experience driving productivity.
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, Manufacturing, Quality, Customer Service, Commercial, and other leaders to drive productivity initiatives and improve business performance.
Build cross-functional alignment so financial plans, operating priorities, customer commitments, and growth investments are translated into executable actions.
Lead monthly performance reviews, analyzing actual results against plan, forecast, and prior year, and identifying 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, ensuring benefits are quantified, tracked, and realized.
Partner with Accounting and Operations to improve standard costing and variance analysis.
Use new AI tools to build practical dashboards and management reporting that help leaders focus on the most 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.