Plant Controller at LOreal

As the Plant Controller, you will be a key financial partner for the Plant, driving its economic performance. Reporting to the Plant Director, you will influence strategic decisions and ensure the site operates with best-in-class financial controls and efficiency.

Here’s what you’ll be working on:

• Drive Financial Performance: Prepare and manage the Plant’s budget and trends, leading monthly closings and providing insightful analysis on production volumes, conversion costs, and savings.
• Forecast with Accuracy: Deliver precise P&L projections (including absorption, functional expenses, material variances, and efficiency variances) and highlight financial risks and opportunities to guide future Plant performance.
• Steer Strategic Investments: Lead the preparation of capital investment proposals, performing robust Return-on-Investment (ROI) analysis to support capacity expansion and innovation
• Champion Operational Excellence: Act as the finance lead for implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) / Lean manufacturing principles. Get involved as part of the cross-functional Focused Improvement (FI) team. Perform loss tree analysis and quantify the impact of improved equipment productivity (OEE).
• Influence the team to take decisions which will result in strong plant financial performance. Highlight and quantify financial opportunities (e.g., related to sub-optimal allocation of resources / sources of waste), prepare recommendations for improvement and drive to have these recommendations implemented.
• Ensure Compliance and Control: Serve as the main contact for internal and external audits, championing a strong internal control environment and driving process improvements based on recommendations made by Global Internal Audit.

We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with a strong business-support mindset. You enjoy partnering with operational teams and using your financial expertise to drive tangible business results.

You are a great fit if you have:

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Economics, or Business Management.
• Minimum 5 years of pos-qualification experience.
• Prior business support experience is essential.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment is an added advantage.
• Ability to think strategically and drive the right actions for the longer-term benefit of the business.
• Excellent Financial Acumen, Business Partnership, Data Analysis & Insights.