Raymond Group - Manager - Business & Supply Chain Finance

- Lead the long range Strategic and financial planning, Portfolio & Building Blocks development process for the organization.

- Prepare detailed Annual Budget & Rolling forecast (bottom up approach) based on effective stakeholder collaboration & inputs. Validate Assumptions for a robust Business planning process.

- Lead the Monthly management reporting process, updating reporting decks for presentation to the management on the business performance [monthly/Quarterly Board presentations]. Working Closely with Finance team and cross functional teams to prepare Quick estimate and understand control numbers on every 1st day of the month [Critical deadline].

- Closely work with FP&A team to track P&L ,BS , Cash flow actual performance vs budget vs forecast and understand deviation with reasons [Analyzing, investigating and explaining key movements and trends in major P&L lines to the management and providing explanation for the variances between budget and actuals].

- Drive analytics towards channel wise SKU wise /Category /Sub category /Brand /Variant /Product group wise Sales / COGS and Gross margin . Prepare Gross margin variance analysis and understand key reasons for variance.

- Close Partnering with Trade spends & Marketing team to drive profitable NPD launches , Effective Trade and Marketing investment .

- As a Finance leader for Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) Finance , drive Financial analytics for the Integrated Supply Chain ( Manufacturing, Sourcing and Primary Distribution ) , monitoring monthly SC P&L and Inventory against Budgets and latest forecasts. Closely working with SC&M team towards annual SC budget and latest forecasts and driving/monitoring SC performance towards Budgets and latest forecast.

- Proactive engagement with Sourcing team towards Buying matrix decision including Purchase price trend analysis for Finished goods and RM/PMs. Close coordination with CMs to mitigate Business risk, drive optimal Inventory at CMs & evaluate Sourcing Mix and options including alternate CMs to drive purchasing efficiency.

- Close coordination with Manufacturing team to drive cost optimization and production efficiency/effectiveness with proper controls on wastage , yield and optimal inventory levels.

- Proactively engaging with the Logistics , Demand Planning and Sourcing team towards a robust S&OP process. Continuously evaluating the Primary distribution network & driving the process efficiencies in areas of Primary distribution.

- Proactive engagement with External Stakeholders - Contract Manufacturers, RM/PM suppliers , Logistics partners for better external insights and drive process efficiency/effectiveness. Drive the process for Competitive benchmarking against Industry partners & drive insights for a profitable growth.

- Proactively engage with SCM team towards Supply Chain cost saving projects. Lead the financial and business analysis driving cost improvement and cost avoidance initiatives.

- Closely work with the Business stakeholders to drive the Gross Margins and Opex optimization for the Business, identify and execute opportunities for EBITDA improvement on a consistent basis.

- Involve in corporate projects, prepare business case studies and presentations to Senior Management.