Location: Lisle, IL
Company: Molex
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filling gaps in the supply base and developing key suppliers. You will work closely with the internal stakeholders to build relationships and champion global strategic sourcing, resin selection and analytics while providing support to reduce costs, secure supply, and technical advice.
Molex is seeking an individual with proven leadership skills, promote cross-functional collaboration between business groups, drive communication and work to foster a culture of innovation providing value to the business. Preferred Job location: Molex Sites - Detroit, Chicago (Lisle) What You Will Do Develop and execute category strategies by working closely with all stakeholders and businesses. Provide
leadership and guidance in the following ways; stimulate creativity / innovation in others, foster new ideas, support those who initiate change and take risks, promote a global perspective.
Assists in defining category procurement strategy for Molex aligned with overall Molex strategy. Support and lead on spend, saving analytics and report outs related to Category. Drive reductions for category through analytics, update and manage spend and savings data. Champion change and innovation. Lead and support extended resin teams meeting. Closely collaborate with business depts. to ensure supply continuity and business roadmaps. Manage ongoing supplier relationships (SRM), supply continuity,
supplier co-development account plans (CDAP) and change management needs.
Savings Drive: Update market dynamics and index movements; update on price increase / decrease impact, update cost reductions and cost avoidance. Manage category projects (Value Add - Value Engineering) across businesses and company-wide. Understand, support and comply with current Molex policies and practices related business programs including but not limited to government regulations, Perform other related duties as assigned by management. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Bachelor's Degree Experience in the procurement function focused on direct spend Experience focused on category management Ability to travel up to 25%, flexibility to work beyond normal hours.
Fluent in English Strong interpersonal skills to effectively influence, network, and work with culturally diverse teams at different levels within the organization in a positive manner. Good organizational and analytical skills. Negotiations and supplier engagement skills. Knowledge of resin category supply base, technologies and products. Verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels within the organization - deliver oral presentations. Demonstrated experience driving cross functional collaboration and geographies.
What Will Put You Ahead Master's Degree Previous background in Engineering, Finance, Project Management and/or Business Management Experience working with leading international teams. Basic knowledge of SAP and other procurement tools. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.
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Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
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of the Company’s financial outlook. Responsibilities include compiling, interpreting, and effectively messaging on-going P&L forecasts (total company, global lines of business, or geographic segments), and uncovering and raising key opportunities and risks against the company’s financial goals.
This individual will be tasked with the compilation of and construction of recurring executive financial presentations and will partner closely with the SVP, FP&A and Segment Finance leads on a continuous basis. A successful candidate will bring financial insight and data-driven decision making front and center to the organization. This position reports to the Director of Global FP&A. What You'll
Do: Financial Reporting and Analysis Compile, interpret, challenge, and effectively message on-going P&L forecasts, highlighting and raising insightful opportunities and risks.
Construct recurring Global Business Performance presentations for Executive Leadership. Formulate accurate and compelling business narratives and themes supported by well-organized financial data and schedules. Analytically review and understand monthly company financial performance at varying levels. Effectively and efficiently bridge and explain global financial results against company projections for the benefit of FP&A and Executive leadership. Straddle effective communication of accurate and insightful performance
drivers with the need to be concise and clear. Assist in facilitating recurring, period-end discussions with Segment FP&A leads on financial performance and projections with an eye on better understanding operational financial levers, while adeptly challenging financial outlooks.
Budgeting and Forecasting Support the preparation of the Global annual operating plan (AOP) and monthly/quarterly forecasts. Prepare periodic scenario and sensitivity analyses with financial models. Work collaboratively across Finance functions to perform analysis and forecasts. Strategic Plan Manage portions of, and institutes standard processes relating to, the multi-year planning process and annual detailed budgeting process.
Maintain lockstep relationship with various Global project team members. Diligently coordinate and embed findings, themes, conclusions, and results driven by project teams into broader business results. Performs other related duties as required or requested. What You'll Need: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Finance or Accounting from fully accredited four year institution is required. MBA and CPA a plus 5+ years in Corporate or Operational FP&A roles with experience at the Manager level. Knowledge of One Stream, BPC, SAP, and Tableau preferred.
Strong financial planning and analysis background. Consistently demonstrate ability to uncover impactful financial insights. Self-motivated, naturally curious, and provides a proactive approach in ambiguous environments. Operates with an enterprise mentality. Takes pride in producing accurate and precise financial summaries and schedules. Strong written and verbal communication abilities. Polished presentation ability. Experience interacting with Executive Management teams. Ability to influence leadership as well as processes without direct responsibility. Ability to prioritize, plan, organize and meet tight, evolving deadlines.
Where You'll Work: This is a hybrid based role that will report out of our Corporate Headquarters located in Downers Grove, IL. What You Can Expect: Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 10,000 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet!
We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe! We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry.
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Solutions and Climate & Sustainable Technologies. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach for over 60 years, our team of approximately 24,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what's possible.
Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under " DOV. " Additional information is available at . Position Summary The Director FP&A, Dover Digital and IT is a key member of Dover Digital’s leadership team. Reporting to VP Finance, Dover Digital, this position will be the Finance Business Partner for our Dover Digital
and IT & Security organizations responsible to establish cost control strategies, implement reporting & process initiatives and headcount planning. The focus will be on driving the business partnering function with an emphasis on enhanced performance and process rationalization & improvement; providing high quality and actionable management information; and analytical tools, and key performance metrics as well as continuous improvement of our month end and financial planning processes.
The ability to collaborate across all functional areas of the business constructively and efficiently, within a fast-paced, environment is critical. This role has runway to future growth opportunities across
Dover. The Director leads a team of two and this highly collaborative role interacts with many stakeholders across Dover among which the Corporate CDO, Dover Digital & IT leadership team, IIC leadership, VP & Corporate Controller, Segment and Opco Leadership, to name a few.
We are seeking an individual with a solid record of contributions leading to improved financial performance, heightened productivity, and enhanced internal controls with a background in technology and software development finance. The role will require a high level of learning agility and the ability to work effectively across diverse business areas and corporate functions. It will require the ability to navigate in a complex matrixed organization, operate with a high degree of autonomy and influence decisions with greater impact.
Specific Responsibilities Serve as a trusted, strategic finance business partner who adds value for our stakeholders by providing accurate, timely, and actionable financial guidance. Provide forward looking financial leadership, analysis, and reporting to the leadership team of Dover Digital. Develop and implement robust procedures that create accurate, timely, and relevant financial statements, measurements, forecasts, plans, and business analysis.
Manage communications with and between Dover Digital, Corporate & Segment teams, operating companies, and the IT and Digital leadership teams. Focus on continuous improvement, clear communication skills and development of the team. Additional responsibilities include: · Deliver high-quality, collaboratively built financial forecasts, annual plans and operational analyses for the IT and Digital teams · Provide decision support to the CDO, business leaders and finance team by conducting financial analysis to drive optimal decision making · Lead the annual financial budget and strategic planning process, ensuring the plan aligns with overall company goals.
Responsible for refreshing expectations and explaining changes in trends by way of the monthly forecast process. · Oversee month end close process, including reporting package, key financial metrics and performance indicators · Lead monthly and quarterly forecast process, providing periodic updates to the leadership team, the VP of Finance and other stakeholders · Analyze the performance to plan/forecast and trends; recommend appropriate actions to ensure financial targets are met · Evaluate strategies and goals of the business in order to effectively monitor progress against them · Implement continuous process improvements to rationalize finance business processes, improve financial forecast quality, enable team members to spend more time on higher value tasks and enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions · Lead and plan cross-functional initiatives (IT, Sourcing, Accounting and Business stakeholders) such as significant software licenses purchases and renewals, vendor RFP, etc.
· Lead a team of 2 FP&A professionals, providing coaching and technical support to direct reports and act as a thought leader for team Background Requirements · Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Finance or Accounting; MBA or CPA strongly preferred · At least 10 years of finance experience, preferably within IT and Software development · At least five years of global strategic FP&A experience, preferably at the manager or director level · Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate across global organizations · Experience with off-shored shared-services organizations is beneficial · Expert-user of Excel and the Microsoft Office suite; experience with Power BI is beneficial · Experience managing a small team · Experience with consolidation software/tools Personal Characteristics · Highest standards of accuracy and precision · Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills · Ability to think creatively, highly driven, results-oriented and self-motivated · Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to interact and influence at all organizational levels · Able to develop outstanding business relationships and provide functional leadership, even in the absence of a direct reporting relationship · Disciplined work ethic, detail oriented and well organized · Demonstrated success and the ability to work across functions, business units and cultures seamlessly in a complex, global organization · Intellectually curious – seeks to understand how things work and how they can be improved · A demonstrated commitment to integrity and the highest ethical standards.
Dover supports work from home flexibility Work Arrangement : Hybrid Salary Range : - We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position’s responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, a candidate’s education/training, the position’s location, and the key skills needed for the position.
Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, interaction, interactionual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law. Job Function : Finance
