Sr. Purchasing Financial Analyst

Description

At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Break stone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

Lactalis USA, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Sr. Purchasing Financial Analyst for a 12-month temporary assignment based in Buffalo, NY.

Please note: This position requires on-site presence in Buffalo, NY. We are seeking candidates who are currently located within a reasonable commuting distance, as relocation assistance is not available for this role.

Responsible for supporting the financial and strategic goals of the Purchasing Department within North America. Responsibilities will be Budget management, strategic planning, and financial support for North America. Utilize existing, in addition to developing and implementing new, methodologies for analytical models as well as statistical data analysis and interpretation. Forecast business impact of data trends and make recommendations for action to the Team.

Produce weekly, monthly and annual reports and also assist in budget preparation. Track all the KPI’s to assist the department in understanding and managing the business. Core of the responsibility will center around purchase price variances and the cost/benefits associated with those activities as well as producing and engaging with our parent company Groupe Lactalis for worldwide consolidation of figures.

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Provide interpretation of and create financial information to assist Purchasing Business Unit in achieving its’ targets and help to maximize efficiencies and thus reducing costs.
• Report on how performance is tracking against the budget, forecasts, and prior year results
• Identify and communicate risks and opportunities to the forecast and budget
• Prepare monthly financial reports for North American VP of FP&A and North American VP of Purchasing, to present to the Board of Directors; conduct formal and informal presentations on an ad hoc basis
• Evaluate existing corporate reporting standards, and recommend and implement updated practices as necessary
• Develop annual strategic plan in concert with Finance teams and North American VP of Purchasing
• Represent the Financial point of view on all cross functional projects including collaborations with other BU’s and Departments
• Partner with Business Unit to provide financial value-added support that is consistent with the overall strategy of the business specifically including: full budget management and supporting key business initiatives
• Work closely with industrial controllers during the month-end close to identify, challenge and review financials results in order to understand variances, trends and potential risk and opportunities
• Work closely with Business Unit on the monthly close process. This includes working with…