WW Manufacturing Front-End

Lumentum • Greensboro, NC

2d

About The Position

Serve as the trusted finance business partner to WW Manufacturing Front-End leadership and factory operations teams. Collaborate with executive leadership to develop and execute long-term operational and financial strategies aligned with company objectives. Lead strategic planning processes including long-range planning, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and monthly operational reviews. Provide financial analysis and operational insights to drive productivity improvements, manufacturing efficiency, and cost optimization. Develop and oversee key manufacturing and operational KPIs to monitor factory performance, utilization, spending, productivity, inventory, and profitability. Produce insightful and intuitive reporting packages for leadership, translating complex manufacturing and financial data into actionable recommendations. Analyze factory financial statements, manufacturing variances, inventory trends, utilization metrics, labor efficiencies, and product cost performance to identify opportunities for operational improvement. Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering organizations to evaluate factory investments, capacity planning, and operational scalability. Lead capital budgeting processes and support business case development for manufacturing expansion, automation, equipment investments, and productivity initiatives. Partner with global manufacturing finance teams to ensure spending, headcount, and operational performance align with business plans and strategic objectives. Support inventory management processes, including inventory controls, excess and obsolescence analysis, cycle time improvements, and absorption management. Drive financial discipline and accountability across manufacturing operations through strong cross-functional collaboration and communication. Provide analytical insights directly to executive leadership, enabling informed decision-making and identification of cost savings and operational improvement opportunities. Support external and internal audit requirements, compliance initiatives, and applicable statutory and tax-related manufacturing finance activities. Supervise, mentor, and develop finance team members while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Finance business partner experience with manufacturing leadership and factory operations.
• Experience developing and executing long-term operational and financial strategies.
• Experience leading strategic planning processes (long-range planning, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, monthly operational reviews).
• Experience providing financial analysis and operational insights for productivity improvements, manufacturing efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Experience developing and overseeing manufacturing and operational KPIs.
• Experience producing reporting packages for leadership, translating complex data into actionable recommendations.
• Experience analyzing factory financial statements, manufacturing variances, inventory trends, utilization metrics, labor efficiencies, and product cost performance.
• Experience partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering on factory investments, capacity planning, and scalability.
• Experience leading capital budgeting processes and supporting business case development.
• Experience partnering with global manufacturing finance teams.
• Experience supporting inventory management processes (controls, excess/obsolescence, cycle time, absorption).
• Experience driving financial discipline and accountability.
• Experience providing analytical insights to executive leadership.
• Experience supporting audit requirements, compliance initiatives, and statutory/tax-related finance activities.
• Supervisory, mentoring, and team development experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the trusted finance business partner to WW Manufacturing Front-End leadership and factory operations teams.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to develop and execute long-term operational and financial strategies aligned with company objectives.
• Lead strategic planning processes including long-range planning, annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and monthly operational reviews.
• Provide financial analysis and operational insights to drive productivity improvements, manufacturing efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Develop and oversee key manufacturing and operational KPIs to monitor factory performance, utilization, spending, productivity, inventory, and profitability.
• Produce insightful and intuitive reporting packages for leadership, translating complex manufacturing and financial data into actionable recommendations.
• Analyze factory financial statements, manufacturing variances, inventory trends, utilization metrics, labor efficiencies, and product cost performance to identify opportunities for operational improvement.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering organizations to evaluate factory investments, capacity planning, and operational scalability.
• Lead capital budgeting processes and support business case development for manufacturing expansion, automation, equipment investments, and productivity initiatives.
• Partner with global manufacturing finance teams to ensure spending, headcount, and operational performance align with business plans and strategic objectives.
• Support inventory management processes, including inventory controls, excess and obsolescence analysis, cycle time improvements, and absorption management.
• Drive financial discipline and accountability across manufacturing operations through strong cross-functional collaboration and communication.
• Provide analytical insights directly to executive leadership, enabling informed decision-making and identification of cost savings and operational improvement opportunities.
• Support external and internal audit requirements, compliance initiatives, and applicable statutory and tax-related manufacturing finance activities.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop finance team members while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed