Plant Controller - Multi Site

Johnsonville•Sheboygan Falls, WI

12d

About The Position

Johnsonville Sausage, LLC is seeking a driven finance leader to serve as Multi-Site Plant Controller supporting its Sheboygan Falls campus. The role partners with the Operations Leadership Team, providing financial leadership, governance, and actionable insights to enable operational excellence across the campus plants. The Controller serves as a co-pilot to the Campus Plant Director and helps translate financial information into decisions and measurable business results. The position leads reporting, planning, forecasting, target setting, variance analysis, standard-cost evaluations, and cost analysis for the Sheboygan Falls plants. It also supports product cost estimates for new products, evaluation of business and capital opportunities, cost-reduction initiatives, and procedures and controls for reliable product costs and accurate inventories. The role includes coaching three direct reports and spending significant time in manufacturing plants to understand operations, build relationships, and increase financial acumen.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
Six or more years of accounting and finance experience, including management experience.
Strong working knowledge of manufacturing operations and product costing.
Proactive self-starter with excellent analytical, leadership, and communication skills.
Extensive practical systems knowledge.
Demonstrated project and change management abilities.
Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced business.
Natural curiosity and ability to understand manufacturing process flow and the financial implications of operational performance and process changes.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to build relationships, influence, and instill confidence and trust.
Understanding of internal controls and ability to implement appropriate controls in a plant environment to protect assets and data integrity.
Must be eligible to work in the country where the job is located without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

CMA, CPA, and/or MBA.
SAP systems knowledge.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Sheboygan Falls campus plants on performance management and serve as co-pilot to the Campus Plant Director.
Build relationships across the plants, turn data into actionable insights, communicate financial results effectively, and influence cross-functional peers.
Translate financial insights into clear actions, drive accountability across the plant network, and ensure business commitments are achieved.
Lead, coach, and oversee manufacturing performance reporting, cost analysis, business planning, standard-cost processes, and strategic decision support.
Develop and coach three direct reports, fostering accountability, personal learning, and business partnership.
Spend significant time in manufacturing plants to build relationships, understand operations and success drivers, and increase financial acumen.
Continuously learn the business, including manufacturing strategies, cost drivers, network capacity, and the competitive landscape, while partnering across functions.
Lead forecasting, target setting, variance analysis, and standard-cost evaluations for the Sheboygan Falls plants, including labor, overhead, yields, productivity, and plant-controllable costs.
Guide Commercial teams in developing meaningful and reliable product cost estimates for new products by leveraging operational expertise from project team members.
Evaluate new business opportunities and provide insight on proposed capital projects, including IRR, cost savings, and post-mortems, as well as cost-reduction initiatives.
Develop procedures and controls that support reliable product costs and accurate inventories.