Finance Factory Controller - Narberth, United Kingdom - Princes Gate Water

Princes Gate Water

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Narberth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At Nestlé Waters, we believe water is the natural choice for healthy hydration: good for our bodies and good for the planet.

So, we make it easy for consumers to enjoy natural source waters and our range of water products enhanced with other natural ingredients.

In everything we do, we protect the purity of nature; from taking care of the environment that provides for the purity of water, to accelerating our pathway to becoming carbon neutral and managing our business sustainably.

At our Princes Gate site we are also proud to produce some of the UK's best loved brands including Princes Gate and Nestlé Pure Life.

Position Summary

We are currently recruiting for a talented individual to join us, as a Factory Controller at our Princes Gate Factory in Narberth, Wales.

This is an amazing opportunity where you will play an important role, acting as a trusted Business Partner to the Factory Manager and to the Factory Leadership Team.

You will be using your financial insight and leadership competencies to actively develop factory strategy to achieve Princes Gate's Factory's ambition.

A day in the life of a Factory Controller

As a Factory Controller for the Princes Gate Factory, you will play a pivotal role in being responsible for all financial matters and provide fact-based decision making on both short-term objectives and on long term strategic initiatives.

You will provide visibility and forecasts around costs related to the factory processes through the driving of relevant analysis and reporting (monitoring of the forecast and controlling the variances), ensuring compliance to financial legal requirements and Nestlé Accounting Standards.

As a Factory Controller, you will be an active member of the Factory Leadership team and work with the operational controller team for category who takes ownership and responsibility for executing OMP activities to drive cost optimisation, but also key strategic activities, which can fall outside traditional functional boundaries.

Key responsibilities include:

Supporting the development of Factory strategy to optimise conversion cost per ton
Continuous improvement, identifying and driving cost improvement opportunities.
Reporting and Analytics managing factory reporting of forecast and actuals
Leading strategic financial analysis relating to major or strategic decisions
Driving business planning and managing the overall factory budget
Develop, control and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment plans and requests
Ensuring master data accuracy
Develop and coach factory personnel on functional topics
Compliance and full accountability of the balance sheet for the factory

What will make you successful

To be successful in this role you will be a financial expert, being professionally qualified or having gained strong functional experience, and ideally having some experience within a similar role.

You will be passionate, tenacious; results focused and enjoy working in a highly energetic and exciting environment. You will need to be highly organised, conscientious and a team player. Pro-activity and enthusiasm are essential elements for this role as is proven leadership capability and creative thinking. Finally, you will need the ability to be flexible when prioritising work in an environment that is often ambiguous.

You'll also:

Have the ability to influence at senior levels both within the factory and with a wide range of business stakeholders
Demonstrate strong presentation skills, targeting a wide audience from again internal and external to the factory site
Demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels
Experience in successfully coordinating and participating in cross functional team

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you'd expect from a business the size of Princes Gate/Nestlé Waters - in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Please note if you are relocating for this role, you will be offered support by the business to facilitate the move.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

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