North America Finance Manager - Dawn Food Products : Job Details

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

* Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!

* Competitive Pay

* 401(K) + company match

* 10 Paid Company Holidays

* Paid Time Off

* Professional training

* Family-owned business over 100 years in service

* An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Job Purpose and Overview

The North America Finance Manager leads the trade process and trade payment systems for NA Ingredients, collaborating closely with Sales and Commercial Finance. The position is also responsible for managing the Vendor Rebate process and receipt of payments for Dawn and DDA business, partnering with Procurement. Additional responsibilities include leading the commission process, month-end close activities & continuous improvement projects.

This role is a hybrid role, requiring 1 day per week onsite at the home office in Jackson Michigan. Travel Requirements 10%

What will you do as a NA Finance Manager at Dawn Foods?

* Owner of Vistex Trade System Implementation and continuous improvement.

* Lead NA Trade (Customer and Vendor), including business processes, procedures, and performance measures for trade. Collaborate closely with Sales and Commercial Finance, providing key insights through analytics and executing value-added analysis.

* Responsible for numerous ad hoc Projects to drive improvements in NA Finance

* Key business partner to Sales, Procurement & Commercial Finance.

* Month-end responsibilities, including Dawn NA Ingredients Balance Sheet Reconciliations.

* Oversee the day-to-day activities of 2 Direct Reports.

* Coach, develop, and lead direct reports by providing developmental and growth opportunities.

* Performs other related duties as assigned or requested by North America Controller.

* Demonstrates the Dawn Values of Team Dawn and supports the Circle of Excellence.

What Does It Take to be a NA Finance Manager at Dawn Foods?

* A bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, or other relevant degree is required.

* At least 10 years relevant work experience in Finance, including financial leadership mid-size to large company preferred.

* At least 5 Years with a CPG company of at least 300+ Million in revenues, preferred.

* Knowledge of food and beverage industry and products. Bakery experience preferred.

* Ability to partner cross-functionally.

* Ability to create new processes and develop metrics.

* Project and process management skills.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

* Normal setting for this job is: office setting or work from home office.

* This is a remote opportunity with travel up to 10%.

Note:?The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click Apply.

About Our Benefits

Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.

Compensation Range

$88,750-$142,000 with bonus incentive.

#LI-JA1 #LI-Hybrid

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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 36303

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Date: Oct 26, 2024

If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an email to [email protected].