Executive - Supply Chain FP&A

What makes this a great opportunity?

Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits with $5.5 billion in annual revenues and an ambition to become the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company. We have a strong vision and strategy, an incredible brand portfolio grounded in quality and craftsmanship, an unwavering commitment to sustainability and top talent across the organization. We are focused on driving value across key priorities including American whiskey, Japanese Spirits, Scotch, Tequila and Ready-to-Drink. Headquartered in New York City, Suntory Global Spirits is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings, which is world renowned for delivering quality and excellence across a range of products and categories.

Mission of Role

Executive – Supply Chain Finance would support reporting, analytics, budgeting, forecasting, and financial control activities for the Supply Chain Finance function. This position would also be responsible to manage state level nuances of logistic cost & will be supporting on business functions for strategic workstreams of manufacturing footprints expansion, long terms COGS projections, Cost to Serve (CTS), inventory budgeting, E&O and overall strategic priorities for India Supply Chain function.

Role Responsibilities

• Support meaningful business analysis to enable Supply Chain function to take support on manufacturing footprints expansion / network optimization
• Support on handling of financial models on long term COGS projections to support India long term growth strategy
• Support in preparing yearly budget / Strat planning of COGS
• Automate & standardize all the manual processes related to reporting / MIS for each plant location using advanced analytics tools to enable an effective controlling & reporting system
• Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and monthly performance analysis activities for Cost to Serve to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and cost optimization initiatives
• Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and monthly performance analysis activities for Inventory to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and inventory optimization initiatives
• Track savings initiatives and support preparation of reports related to Enterprise productivity and cost efficiency
• Support quarterly calculation, tracking, and reporting of Excess & Obsolete (E&O) inventory provisions
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely submission of recurring Supply Chain Finance reports and trackers
• Provide analytical and reporting support for ongoing strategic and operational Supply Chain Finance initiatives
• Support plant finance teams on 3-year master plans for manufacturing

Major Interfaces:

Procurement Manager, SC Planning Team, S&OP, SC & SCF teams across plant locations, Commercial Finance Team, BU FP&A team

Qualifications

Experience and Academic base

• CA / CMA / MBA Finance with 2-4 years of experience in FP&A / Supply Chain Finance / Commercial Finance environment
• Experience working in spirits / FMCG industry
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and reporting accuracy
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Advanced MS Office skills (Excel, Power Point)
• Working knowledge of Power Pivot, Power BI, Power Query is desirable

Key skills, competencies & experience

• Ability to work cross-functionally and in a collaborative manner.
• Ability to embrace values of the organization
• Good negotiation & analytical skills
• Results oriented approach
• Good communication and articulation skills; written and spoken
• High on Ethics and Integrity
• Approach work with team and partnership view