FP&A Manufacturing

Our Company

Sector:            Petfood Industry

Turnover:       600M€. Third company in Europe in the petfood business

Employees:     1.600 (7 production centers in Europe and America)

Owner:            Agrolimen Group

Location:        Plaza Europa. L’Hospitalet de Llobregat

At Affinity we are experts in animal nutrition. For more than 50 years we have worked together with a common purpose.

Today, more than 1.600 professionals who work at Affinity carry out this mission from our offices in Barcelona, Paris, Milan and São Paulo. Our 7 production centers in Europe and America supply more than 70 countries.

We are very proud of our brands, as well as of the work we do at the Affinity Foundation. Our company is going through exciting times, we are growing internationally, with new innovation projects and new market challenges.

We want to continue leaving our footprint and we want you to be part of it. We are looking for talented, bright, and driven people to join us, and in this case.

If you'd like to help us achieve our common purpose and keep growing professionally, this is your chance to leave your footprint by joining our amazing FP&A Team.

What we offer

Based in our Headquarters in Barcelona and reporting directly to our FP&A Operations Manager we are looking for a new position as FP&A Manufacturing to continue developing the function of FP&A in the industrial field. We offer a financial position embedded in the operations department that will allow the candidate to combine these two worlds: on one hand business partner role with full access to our plants and operations teams and, in the other, financial support role ensuring that figures are solid and trustable.

The teams, both in FP&A and Operations, are flexible, highly skilled, and results-oriented. If you want to acquire a deep understanding of our operational model and participate in the definition of the new FP&A, this is your position!

What you will do

• With a close collaboration with the Industrial Director and the Plant Manager of each of our Manufacturing Plants, you will be the business partner of our Manufacturing sites (3 plants + 1+1).
• Continue developing the FP&A function in the area: defining new processes, applying benchmarks across all the Plants, contributing with a transversal vision and always oriented to real action and improvement.       
• Data structure and process.
• Lead the data requirements and financial reporting requirements related to the manufacturing facility, providing relevant analytics.
• Be responsible for Product Costing ensuring that financial Kpis show the real performance of the plants.
• Alignment, reporting, thinking, and follow up of efficiencies.
• Follow up on CAPEX investment projects and collaborate in the definition of the different business cases and scenarios.
• Responsible for the month-end process and forecast processes for the sites during the year.
• Coordinate with both Operations and Finance leaders to ensure alignment (Controllership, Financial FP&A reporting).
• Support the team in driving the finance controllership culture in the site.

What we are looking for

• Business administration degree.
• +4 years of experience in a similar role
• Previous experience in process improvement & implementation
• Experience in managing a complex business with a high volume of products
• Experience in SAP, Hyperion and product costing
• Analytical skills
• Leadership & influencing skills
• Proactive and flexible.
• Fluent English is a must. French and Italian are highly desirable.
• Team spirit.
• International experience will be high valuated
• Availability to travel across our different locations.