Plant Controller - IRCA Group : Job Details

Plant Controller - Affton, Missouri

The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam.

Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees.

Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled one-stop shop approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple”

The Plant Controller is an integral part of the accounting team, reporting directly to the Sr Finance Director. The position has a strong focus on inventory management with direct responsibility for item costing and all related inventory activities. The role will provide accurate plant financial and statistical data in order for management to make timely and informed decisions concerning financial performance of the business.

• Inventory responsibilities such as proper control and valuation of inventory.
• This includes individual item cost reported from production, and maintaining statistics regarding variances to modeled cost.
• Coordinate and challenge various managers in all areas of inventory management including inventory levels, aged inventories, research of problems as necessary, inventory consolidations and other inventory issues that become necessary.
• Communicate actual and model cost to the commercial team for pricing as requested. Perform month end inventory closing cycle with related accounting and reporting.
• Maintain integrity of entire inventory system by becoming quickly proficient in the Infor M3 ERP system.
• Monthly operations reporting preparation due 5 business days following month end. These reports contain Plant production statistics, Trend analysis, Plant cost statistics, Labor statistics, Variance analysis, and overall site performance statistics.
• Management and reporting of capital project spend.
• Profit Improvement Program – responsible for administrating the program in conjunction with various department managers.
• Review Plant expenses monthly and be proactive in cost control.
• Preparation of forecasts and annual plant budget.
• Special projects as directed by the Sr Finance Director which will include all facets of the accounting function.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited institution, with a minimum of 5+ years of experience.
• Ability to get along with diverse personalities while being tactful and mature.
• Ability to establish credibility and be decisive (particularly with other managers).
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Being able to lead and motivate staff while maintaining an environment conducive to working. Good business acumen.
• Performance measurement (consolidation and evaluation), control and risk management, and information management.
• Strong IT skills, particularly Excel and Accounting systems.

Why Join Us:

Irca Group offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program.