You know our brands, The Laughing Cow, Babybel, Boursin, Kaukauna, Merkts and Price's, which elicit smiles across America. They are daring, responsible and deliver dairy goodness. As you imagine, this mindset is contagious! Bel Brands USA is part of an international family company, which has led an ambitious growth strategy for 150 years and is today the world's third largest branded cheese company. If like our 12,000 employees globally, you want to have an impact in an entrepreneurial and demanding company, and share smiles around the world, dare to live the Bel experience!

Be you. Be ambitious. Be Bel.

Bel Brands USA has been named Chicago's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" for 10 years in a row. The company is headquartered in Chicago and operates three manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI, Leitchfield, KY, and Brookings, SD.

Job Description Summary

The Assistant Controller’s main areas of responsibility are to monitor and report on manufacturing operations, assist in the creation and evaluation of product standards, provide immediate feedback to managers, assist in the budgeting process and assist the Controller. The position will act as a backup to the Controller.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitoring of SAP
  • Weekly monitoring of manufacturing data through Business Warehouse reports in the following areas:

• Consumption of Raw Material compared to Standard

• Consumption of Packaging Material compared to Standard

• Labor Variances

• Report on manufacturing performance
  • Provide analysis of labor efficiencies by cost center and production order when necessary
  • Provide analysis of material yields and variances in total and provide data by component when relevant
  • Provide analysis on output by cost center comparing actual production with targets
  • Monthly, create energy analysis report with commentary
  • Monthly, create waste analysis
  • Monthly create key ingredient and packaging cost tracking
  • Assist in the continuing development of performance reporting
  • Closing production orders and work orders
  • Reevaluate inventory at FIFO and at month end
  • Close cycle/cost centers at month end
• Work with other departments to stabilize the data flow to SAP
  • Work closely with Payroll and Benefits Associate with the manual reporting of mfg. labor hours to properly distribute payroll dollars at month end
  • Assist in the creation of BOM and product routings within SAP
  • Assist in the development of cost center budgets
  • Communicate with Corporate GL accountants to facilitate coordination of the financial processes
  • Provide product cost information as needed for profitability analysis and initiatives
• Other
  • Verify all production orders are closed
  • Verify all production orders have variances calculated
• All other duties as assigned.

Safety, Environmental and Quality

• Follows all safety rules and procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
• Follows all environmental protocols as applicable to the job.
• Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
• Follow all food safety procedures.
• Maintains a sanitary and safe work area; performs housekeeping duties as necessary and/or required.
• Detects potentially hazardous conditions and problems and takes appropriate action to report and/or correct.

Knowledge and Experience Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting with 3-5 years of related work experience is required.
• Experience in the dairy and/or food processing environment is preferred.
• SAP experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, and Power Point, among others) is required; advanced Excel skills is a plus.
• Experience with lean manufacturing is preferred.

Competencies and Abilities

• Ability to communicate and develop good working relationships with team members.
• Strong management skills with the ability to clearly communicate expectations and motivate peers, and other interested parties.
• Excellent communication skills; understands audience and adjusts communication to drive desired results.
• Must be able to accurately and efficiently perform all job duties with a sense of urgency.
• Exhibit Bel’s core values of:
  • CARE
    • Inspire and grow self and others by developing yourself and others through challenge and support with honest constructive feedback
    • Act with people and planet front of mind in all decisions and actions.
  • DARE
    • Think bold, act fast by being ambitious with ideas and initiatives. Make decisions and deliver quickly.
    • Simply and focus by prioritizing what delivers the most value. Promote simplicity and remove complications.
  • COMMIT
    • Play to win as a team by taking accountability to deliver on results and maximize impact by actively collaborating.
    • Make customers smile by improving internal and external customer satisfaction in everything we do.
    
    

Performance Expectations: Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal and written communication skills. Must exude a professional attitude; be courteous, friendly and exceptionally organized. Confidentiality, quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and thoroughness of work performed; ability to gain the trust and respect of management, coworkers; maintain the integrity of confidential business and product information; ability to communicate effectively and develop good working relationships with other employees is essential to accomplish goals and objectives of the Department.

Working Environment: Work is performed largely in an office environment. Hours of work will generally be during regular business hours and average at least 40 hours a week. There will be some variation in work hours due to employee shift schedules, special projects, deadlines and other concerns.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Relationships: Will have strong relationships with Plant Leadership, Finance, Human Resources, Quality Control, Production, Maintenance and Supply Chain individuals.

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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