Costing and inventory director
- Boucherville, QC, Canada
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- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role.
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Join Olymel - Innovation, Quality, and Sustainable Growth!
At Olymel, we believe in innovation, quality, and sustainable growth. We are looking for an Costing and Inventory Director to join our dynamic team. If you are motivated by the challenge of developing effective strategies, improving internal processes, and fostering a high-performance and collaborative work environment, this opportunity is for you!
Why choose Olymel?
Career Growth: Develop your skills and progress in an environment that values personal and professional development.
Corporate Culture: Be part of a close-knit, collaborative team where every contribution is valued.
Innovation: Participate in innovative projects that have a real impact on the organization.
The Role, Your Impact:
Reporting to the Senior Director, Financial Performance, you will contribute to the following challenges:
15-month temporary assignment
· Support your team in monitoring manufacturing costs, inventory valuation, and strategic discussions with internal stakeholders.
· Work closely with finance and operations teams to ensure alignment of objectives, priorities, and overall business performance.
· Analyze production costs, performance variances, and inventory trends to identify improvement opportunities and recommend concrete actions.
· Challenge financial and operational assumptions, model performance improvement scenarios, and contribute to forecasting activities.
· Drive innovation, process simplification, and standardization initiatives while preparing strategic analyses for senior leadership.
What You Bring to the Role:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. CPA designation is considered an asset.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role. Strong understanding of cost management, profitability, and operational performance. Experience managing teams and developing talent. Previous experience in a complex manufacturing, industrial, or agri-food environment.
- Skills: Strong leadership capabilities, excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills. Results-oriented mindset with the ability to influence, challenge the status quo, and lead change in a dynamic environment.
Here's everything Olymel has to offer:
- A competitive annual salary, to be discussed based on your experience
- A truly family-like work environment
- Personalized support for your training and skills development
- An attractive certification program
- A service recognition program
- A comprehensive compensation package and a range of competitive benefits
- Attractive corporate discounts
- A company committed to sustainable development, that creates and markets quality products, promotes animal welfare, responsible sourcing, reduces its environmental impact, and gives back to the communities where it operates through various programs, including “Ensemble on redonne”.
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More about this job
Responsibilities
The Costing and Inventory Director at Olymel will monitor production costs and inventory valuation, and work with finance and operations teams on performance. The role analyzes cost variances and trends, models improvement scenarios and leads process standardization projects.
Requirements
Candidates need a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business administration, plus at least 5 years in a similar role. Strong cost management, leadership, analytical and presentation skills are required, and manufacturing or agri-food experience is an advantage.
Skills
- Cost management
- Inventory valuation
- Variance analysis
- Profitability analysis
- Financial forecasting
- Scenario modelling
- Operational performance analysis
- Process improvement
- Standardization
- Team leadership
- Talent development
- Strategic analysis
- Presentation
- Communication
- Change management
- Manufacturing cost accounting
- Agri-food operations
- Stakeholder management
Benefits
- Personalized training and skills development support
- Certification program
- Service recognition program
- Comprehensive compensation package and competitive benefits
- Corporate discounts
Categories
- Manufacturing
- Finance & Accounting
- Food & Beverage
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- costing
- inventory valuation
- cost accounting
- manufacturing costs
- inventory management
- variance analysis
- financial performance
- forecasting
- profitability analysis
- agri-food
- meat processing
- manufacturing finance
- process standardization
- team leadership
- CPA
- Olymel
Seniority
Senior
Perks
- Employee discount
- Paid training
Fields of study
- Accounting
- Finance
- Business Administration