Senior operations manager [h1.location_city]

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : Purpose

The Senior Manager, Operations Finance is responsible for serving as a strategic partner that plants leadership, drives financial performance, cost control, and operational efficiency. This role ensures accurate reporting, compliance with corporate policies, and provides actionable insights to improve profitability, reliability and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant-level budgeting and forecasting, integrating operational inputs
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for plant performance
• Conduct variance analysis on production costs and operational KPIs
• Maintain and monitor standard costs for products and processes
• Analyze material, labor, and overhead variances; recommend corrective actions
• Support annual recosting exercises and cost optimization initiatives
• Partner with plant leadership to identify cost drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Develop dashboards and KPIs for conversion cost, productivity, and efficiency
• Perform ROI analysis for capital projects and major initiatives
• Support decision-making on CapEx allocation and resource utilization
• Ensure adherence to corporate financial policies and regulatory standards
• Maintain strong controls around inventory and fixed assets
• Support internal and external audits
• Collaborate with operations, supply chain, and engineering teams to align financial goals with operational priorities
• Provide financial training to plant staff on cost control and budgeting principles
• Track and report greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability metrics
• Lead initiatives for process improvement, automation, and ERP optimization
• Maintain a working knowledge of FDA 21 CFR 1271, FDA 21 CFR 820, AATB standards, ISO Standards, cGMP / CGTP, other relevant regulations / standards, and internal organizational policies and standard operating procedures
• Manage direct reports
• Provide constructive feedback and guidance to develop leadership in direct reports and department management
• Establish and monitor objective annual goals for direct reports
• Conduct performance reviews and establish performance improvement plans as needed
• Recruit, interview, and select personnel for hire
• Travel domestically up to 30% to attend offsite meetings, conferences, and support business initiatives
• Maintain acceptable attendance and punctuality for scheduled work hours and meetings
• Ensure completion of assigned tasks and responsibilities within defined timeframes
• Flexibility to work outside of normal business hours during weekdays or weekends with reasonable advance notice to support business / operational needs when necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

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