Operations Finance Manager, Procurement & Co-Manufacturing

TILLAMOOK COUNTY CREAMERY ASSOCIATION • Portland, OR

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About The Position

The Operations Finance Manager - Procurement & Co-Manufacturing is a strategic finance business partner responsible for translating procurement, supplier, co-manufacturer, commodity, and manufacturing performance into financial insights and actions. Reporting to the Senior Manager - Operations Finance, the role leads planning, forecasting, performance management, and decision support for purchased materials and externally manufactured products. It develops variance and inflation analytics, evaluates supplier and co-manufacturer economics, strengthens controls and data quality, and partners across Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Accounting, Commercial Finance, Quality, and R&D to improve cost, service, quality, working capital, and margin outcomes. The role communicates the significance of results, constructively challenges assumptions, and builds capability through ownership, coaching, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

The manager owns monthly results, rolling forecasts, annual budgets, risks and opportunities, and executive-ready performance narratives. The role builds driver-based forecasts, scenario analyses, KPIs, scorecards, and recurring performance reviews, and governs the procurement and co-manufacturing productivity and cost-out pipeline from idea through realized benefit.

The role analyzes procurement price and mix variances, inflation, savings, commodity exposure, supplier performance, and co-manufacturer economics. It develops financial models and recommendations for sourcing, make-versus-buy, supplier negotiations, productivity initiatives, network alternatives, and risk mitigation, then integrates approved decisions into forecasts and standard costs and tracks realized results. It also analyzes inventory, working capital, reserves, and slow-moving or obsolete inventory.

The manager partners with Accounting and Cost Accounting on close, accruals, inventory and standard-cost impacts, reconciliations, controls, documentation, and audit support. The role ensures that data, models, dashboards, and reporting are accurate and traceable, and improves processes through standardization, automation, and self-service analytics. It leads or supports strategic initiatives and develops assigned analysts while building capability across partner teams.

The position requires working in office and manufacturing environments and travel of less than 30%, based on business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of progressive finance experience in operations finance, procurement finance, supply chain finance, FP&A, manufacturing finance, or cost accounting.
• Experience leading analysts or complex cross-functional work.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing direct-material inflation, purchase price variance, commodities, supplier economics, sourcing decisions, and co-manufacturer performance.
• Experience coaching or developing analysts and building capability across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated business partnership with Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Accounting, Commercial Finance, Quality, R&D, and business leaders; ability to influence without direct authority and challenge decisions constructively.
• Strong understanding of COGS and supply chain economics, including standard cost, purchase price variance, commodities and inflation, conversion cost, freight, inventory, mix, volume, capacity, supplier economics, and total landed cost.
• Experience evaluating co-manufacturer contracts, sourcing alternatives, make-versus-buy decisions, capacity economics, operational risks, and value-realization outcomes.
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, and bridge-analysis skills, with the ability to connect operational drivers to the P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and enterprise outcomes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with ERP, procurement, planning, reporting, and business-intelligence platforms.
• Solid GAAP and financial-statement fluency, including close processes, accruals, inventory and cost accounting, reconciliations, controls, audit readiness, and financial-reporting integrity.
• Strong process, controls, data-quality, and data-governance orientation, including the ability to standardize, document, reconcile, and automate recurring work.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; ability to turn complex financial and operational information into concise insights, recommendations, and decision-ready communications.
• Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, prioritization, and judgment; ability to structure ambiguity, identify root causes, frame trade-offs, and focus on high-impact work.
• Effective leadership and coaching skills, including setting expectations, providing feedback, building accountability, and developing scalable team routines.
• Ability to manage multiple recurring deliverables and decision-support needs with accuracy, organization, urgency, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to work in office and manufacturing environments and travel less than 30%, based on business needs.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or relevant supply-chain credential.
• CPG, food manufacturing, or comparable high-volume manufacturing experience, including exposure to purchased materials and externally manufactured or co-packed products.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Power BI, and modern automation.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly results, rolling forecasts, annual budgets, risks and opportunities, and performance narratives for Procurement and Co-Manufacturing.
• Build driver-based forecasts and scenario analyses for purchased materials and externally manufactured products, documenting assumptions, sensitivities, and implications.
• Establish KPIs, definitions, scorecards, and recurring performance reviews that identify trends, root causes, risks, opportunities, decisions, owners, and follow-through.
• Govern the procurement and co-manufacturing productivity and cost-out pipeline, validating initiatives and tracking benefits through reconciliation to the P&L and standard cost.
• Analyze purchase price variance, mix, volume, timing, contractual changes, inflation, savings, commodity outlooks, and commodity exposure.
• Partner with Supply Chain on supplier dashboards covering contract terms, volume and mix, savings, service, quality, and financial performance.
• Evaluate co-manufacturer conversion and material costs, yield and loss, capacity, minimums, service, quality, freight, inventory, sourcing alternatives, contract changes, and total landed cost.
• Develop financial models and recommendations for make-versus-buy, sourcing, negotiations, productivity, network alternatives, and risk-mitigation decisions.
• Define financial assumptions and success measures, integrate approved decisions into forecasts and standard costs, and track realized benefits.
• Analyze inventory turns, slow-moving and obsolete inventory, projected reserves, working capital, and related margin, cash, and service impacts; recommend corrective actions.
• Partner with Accounting and Cost Accounting on accruals, inventory and standard-cost impacts, purchase price variance, savings calculations, variance explanations, controls, documentation, and audit support.
• Ensure data, allocations, models, dashboards, and reporting are accurate, controlled, traceable, documented, and reconcilable to reported results.
• Improve processes, systems, data models, reporting, and workflows through standardization, automation, and self-service analytics.
• Partner across Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Accounting, Commercial Finance, Quality, R&D, and external suppliers or co-manufacturers to translate analysis into decisions and actions.
• Communicate what changed, why it changed, why it matters, and recommended actions through concise, audience-appropriate narratives and presentations.
• Lead or support business cases, cross-functional projects, productivity programs, sourcing evaluations, and other initiatives assigned by Finance leadership.
• Lead and develop assigned analysts and build partner capability through clear ownership, priorities, review cadences, coaching, feedback, knowledge sharing, and documentation.

Benefits

• The company describes its employee benefit and reward programs as outstanding and directs applicants to its careers page for more information; specific benefits are not listed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager