Manager - Finance, Global Transportation

Manager - Finance, Global Transportation

Work Mode: Onsite

Location: Onsite, four days per week - Kohler, WI

Opportunity

Under the direction of the Director – Finance, Global Supply Chain, provide financial support Global Transportation – including inbound freight, customer delivery, and interplant freight.  This includes yearly financial plan and monthly forecasting as well as owning the analysis for different strategic transportation projects.

Specific Responsibilities

• Own the global transportation forecasting, annual operating plan, and long-range strategic planning processes.
• Lead monthly forecasting activities for North America and support global transportation planning requirements across business units.
• Consolidate, analyze, and communicate transportation financial performance against plan, forecast, and prior year results.
• Develop actionable insights and recommendations for supply chain and finance leadership.
• Serve as the lead finance business partner for Transportation, Distribution, Procurement, and Supply Chain leadership teams.
• Support transportation sourcing events, bid evaluations, and contract negotiations through financial analysis and modeling.
• Develop scenario modeling and sensitivity analyses to assess impacts from market conditions, fuel trends, customer demand changes, and network redesign activities.
• Identify transportation cost drivers, risks, and opportunities and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Conduct other special studies and projects under the direction of the Director – Finance, Global Supply Chain.

Skills/Requirements

• A Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting or Finance is a minimum requirement. 
• Strong communication ability with which to contact broad organizational levels in a financial and managerial capacity. 
• Working knowledge of SAP (or equivalent ERP system), Excel, and BPC is preferred.

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