Plant Cost and Asset Controller
Air Liquide - neshanic station, NJ
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The science of electronics is transforming exponentially through innovation and connectivity around the planet. Every day, breakthroughs are making technologies - from micro-processors, memory chips and flat panels to photovoltaic cells - even smaller and more powerful, opening up countless new possibilities in how the world lives, works and connects. Air Liquide Advanced Materials grows by enabling our customers to innovate. Our ALOHAâ„¢ and Voltaix® products are critical to the manufacturer of the newest computer chips required for Big Data and the Internet of Things. How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW? The Plant Cost and Asset Controller is responsible for delivering and facilitating a detailed analysis of site costs, which means all aspects of understanding and improving the cost management practices at the manufacturing site or the profit center level, and support site management to control on-site inventory, assets, and spare-parts. These goals will be achieved via a combination of (a) delivering detailed cost reporting, with the guidance of the entity's Finance organization, for relevant cost centers (Global Planning, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Engineering, etc.) to site management, (b) preparing recurring and ad-hoc site-level data analysis with the guidance of Ops Control to ensure the proper categorization of costs, (c) developing asset, inventory, and consumable spare-parts management discipline (d) supporting site management to identify the opportunities to ultimately eliminate inefficiencies throughout all aspects of the manufacturing sites and, (e) enabling Investment Management and Ops Control to review operating asset performance vs expectation. The Plant Cost and Asset Controller will also ensure that costs are appropriately classified, and reported accurately. The controller will enable the Operations Control team, Financial Reporting team, Planning, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality and Safety teams to help develop and analyze costs, assets and investments to support the site's ambitions. This position will offer a unique experience with enriching contact between Manufacturing and Finance. This position will report directly to the GM of ALAM US and functionally to the ALAM Ops Controller, and will be based in ALAM's North Branch, New Jersey site while also supporting the High Springs, Florida site. Responsibilities for this assignment include but are not limited to: Costs and Inventory Analysis: Enable site leaders to analyze the evolution of monthly costs, including determination of trends, and assist in maintaining costs within budget assigned by operations control; Facilitate the efficiency program at site level to enable site management to achieve the cost optimization objectives set by Site Management and Ops Control; Ensure the performance of cycle counts, and the biannual physical count by site personnel in accordance with Internal Controls criteria, under the supervision of Entity Finance; Provide monthly inventory, mobile asset, and consumable spare-parts consumption analysis with extensive explanations on any deviations to entity Finance and Ops Control managers in close collaboration with the team on site; Implement robust, standardized processes to manage and oversee spare parts consumption; Support site management, Ops Control, and the Investment Director to enable the review of the realization of expected benefits for investments on-site; Review exception reports from SAP, and enable site management to maintain the quality of data and reliability of information streams in a satisfactory level; Enable Ops Control to monitor profitability of ALAM products at site level; Assist entity finance manager to ensure accurate cost allocation across cost centers while assessing variances; Lead the development of reporting metrics, tools, and carry out complex, ad hoc analysis; tes-vous compatible ? Required Qualifications And Competencies Bachelors in Finance or Bachelors in Engineering and 3+ years of experience in manufacturing environment or 7+ years of equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment Demonstrated capability in cost analysis or aptitude for financial analysis Experience with SAP is required; Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills; Experience partnering with site leadership, willing to engage people from all levels in order to increase cost awareness of the site; Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and strong interpersonal skills; Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations; Autonomous and able to work with cross functional teams; Commitment to uncompromising accuracy in data management; Ability to think critically, and manage multiple tasks and priorities; Ability to prioritize, manage time independently, set objectives and milestones. Preferred Qualifications And Competencies Experience with Microsoft Power BI; Proficiency in Google Sheets and Google Slides; Experience communicating with senior management / senior organizational stakeholders. Nos diffrences font notre performance Chez Air Liquide, nous nous engageons crer un environnement de travail collaboratif et inclusif qui reflte la diversit de nos collaborateurs, de nos clients, des patients et de nos parties prenantes ainsi que des cultures travers le monde. Nous accueillons et considrons les candidatures de tous les candidats qualifis, quel que soit leur parcours. Nous sommes convaincus qu'une organisation diversifie permet nos collaborateurs de rvler leur talent, la fois individuellement et collectivement, et qu'elle contribue renforcer notre capacit d'innovation en faisant vivre nos fondamentaux, en agissant pour le succs/la russite du Groupe et en crant un environnement engageant, dans un monde en mutation.
Created: 2024-11-24