Finance Manager, Supply Chain

at  General Mills

Job Description:

POSITION OVERVIEW

Join our Canada Finance Team in this exciting manager role. Supply Chain Finance plays a pivotal role in enabling significant growth and competitiveness in the marketplace. Our team is focused on continuing to optimize our Supply Chain in both the short and long-term to enable best-in-class performance & fuel our business model.
This role is expected to deliver exceptional short and long-term business results by partnering closely across all facets of the business: Supply Chain Leaders within Canada and the US, Business Unit Leaders and the entire cross-functional business team. Experience in this role will strengthen skills in the following key areas: planning acumen, strategic business model leadership, situational agility, broadening/international and operational excellence.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Professional Requirements and Experience:

• A university degree in Finance or Business Administration
• 5+ years of relevant experience in Finance, preferably in CPG
• Prior experience partnering with Supply Chain Teams
• Agile, organized, and able to manage and prioritize changing workload for self & teams.
• Proven ability to build trusting relationships at all levels and across all functions; ability to effectively communicate and influence all levels across the organization.
• Strong track record of operating with gold-standard finance partnerships with an ability to influence leaders on the direction of the business.
• The ability to synthesize complex matters into simple and attainable solutions.

• Partner functionally with Canada Supply Chain leadership, and cross-functional team to deliver short and long-term business results.
• Collaborate across General Mills Canada Finance to help shape and drive continuous improvement in our collective ways of working
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams and strong partnerships with the broader US and Canada based Finance teams to work effectively across our matrix to deliver results.
• Develop solid financial plans to achieve targets
• Deliver forecast accuracy through deep involvement with Supply Chain pillars
• Analyze key initiatives and projects, including innovation, renovation, capital investment, Holistic Margin Management, waste, and network optimization
• Bring experience, analytics, insight, and candour to influence and shape short- and long-term strategies and performance
• Partner with internal stakeholder teams to optimize business results