| Job Summary: |
Provide financial support on a team challenged with reengineering the supply chain of a large, global, strategic customer with CEO level visibility. This includes providing financial and business leadership in the definition, development, and execution of supply chain strategy, cost reduction, and service improvement initiatives. Candidates should be familiar with developing savings initiatives from cost data in conjunction with observation and interaction with the operations, finance, and engineering teams. The successful candidate will be highly organized with solid time management and strong analytical problem solving skills. The ability to meet deadlines and commitments is essential.
Our environment is fast paced and innovative, requiring the successful candidate to be comfortable re-prioritizing workload to support urgent requests. Experience with network design, lean, manufacturing principles, inventory control, quality control, common freight modes including premium, finished vehicle network design, and other related supply chain service requirements preferred. Solid written and verbal skills are essential. This individual must be a team player and work well in a diverse group to accomplish complex tasks. |
| Responsibilities: |
- Provide financial support for large, complex customer accounts and ensure sound economic analysis is provided for all customer proposals.
- Engage directly with Finance and Customer teams to understand and explain financial and operational results. Develop dynamic financial models, balanced scorecards and provide strategic analysis support. Establish proven processes and innovative system solutions.
- Assist in the development of business cases, including identify risks, tracking cost savings opportunities, validating savings and communicating information to decision makers, accurately and on time. Includes controlling administrative gates and completing project approvals with customer Finance department.
- Understand the use of optimization/decision support tools to perform global supply chain studies, routing optimization and transportation rate analyses.
- Creating customer forecasts, providing Customer expense accruals, and calculating internal revenue and expense accruals.
- Interface as required with the client and various internal groups.
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| Requirements: |
- Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent experience preferred. CFA or MBA is a plus.
- 3 to 5 years experience in one or more key functional areas: financial management methodologies in the transportation and supply chain industry (automotive a plus), financial systems, project or product costing estimates, budgeting and reporting. Background in supply chain or logistics is highly desirable.
- Fundamentally strong project management, accounting and analysis skills. Requires excellent computer skills, including spreadsheet and database proficiency.
- Excellent oral / written communication skills, experience preparing and presenting presentations. Ability to deal with complex, short-time frame situations required. Candidate should have eye for detail and be able to work autonomously. Must be able to establish and manage effective relationships with key stakeholders both within Menlo and within the customer’s organization.
- The successful candidate will understand that while individual contributors may be good, team players are better.
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