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　　Based in Mount Prospect, IL, Mizkan America is a subsidiary of theMizkan Group, a global, family-owned company that has been BringingFlavor to Life for more 220 years. As one of the leading makers ofvinegars, condiments and sauces in the United States, Mizkan Americamaintains 12 manufacturing facilities that serve the retail,foodservice, specialty-Asian and food-ingredient trade channels. We arecommitted to continuously challenging the status quo and delivering onlythe finest products for our customers. Our leadership seeks out,embraces and implements ideas for improvement from all of its employees.Transparency and accountability are two key factors that drive ourcompanys overall management approach.

　　We are looking for people who are seeking to deliver their best so thatwe can deliver ours. Above all, were dedicated to maximizing thepotential of our greatest assetsour team members. Thats reflected in ourongoing commitment to recruit, develop, reward and retain our talented,multicultural workforce. We hope to see you as part of our teams futuresuccess!

　　Job Description Summary

　　Shape the Finance support to the Industrial / Operation community

　　Contribute to definition of the industrial strategy of Mizkan America

　　Work closely with VP Finance / VP Operations / plant controllers toalign goals, define priorities and decide on action plans

　　Lead the operations budget and forecast processes as well as monthly P&L/ KPI reporting

　　Be a key contributor to harmonize costing tracking at plants andrecording into our reporting system

　　Standardize and simplify processes across the plants. Share bestpractices

　　Control and improve working capital at plants (suppliers and stocks)

　　Develop and train plant controllers

　　Initiate actions in the areas of cost reduction, saving and optimizationof resources

　　Manage fixed asset accountant for all Capex budget items, includingproject submission, approvals and actual tracking of CIP/capitalization

　　Essential Duties and Responsibilities

　　Planning:

　　Manages and organizes all planning processes (Strategic Plan,Operational Plan, Budget, Forecast) across total factory network andensures that these processes are running smoothly

　　Carries out necessary multifunctional coordination within the frameworkof these processes

　　Performs analyses or arranges for analyses to be performed that arenecessary to understand the financial position of the factoriesthroughout the fiscal year

　　Participates in planning and preparation, in the selection /prioritization of objectives for the operations controlling team

　　Participates in the selection and prioritization of action plans in thefactories

　　Ensures plans, budgets and forecasts have been developed properly

　　Controls the conversion costing and updating of standard cost pricesbased on the budget

　　Ensures that controls are in place to ensure consistency between plans,budgets, forecasts and the reconciliation of them on an actual andforecast basis

　　Consolidates plans, budgets and forecasts and has them validated at thetotal system level

　　Communicates the results of plans, budgets and forecasts to all involvedstakeholders

　　Optimisation of Capital and Assets:

　　Organizes and supervises an active management of the main components ofworking capital requirements (stocks, suppliers): setting objectives,developing, prioritizing and monitoring action plans

　　Supervises the smooth running of the financial management of operationalinvestments (development and management of various consolidated assettrack reporting systems, developing and validating investment projects,monitoring projects in progress (particularly with regard tofinancials), feedback and post mortem analysis of financial performance

　　Prepare capital project requests for executive management approval

　　Participates in the various stages of the process for the management ofoperational investments in accordance with Mizkan rules

　　Analysis and Interpretation:

　　Ensures that the requirements for the management and analysis ofoperational staff are taken into account and adequately handled

　　Conducts benchmarks on the economic performance of factories againstindustry benchmarks

　　Proposes ideas to improve performance within their team andmultifunctional operations Leadership Team

　　Challenges proposals by operational staff

　　Ensures that the economic impact, within the factories, of variousoperational levers is rigorously measured

　　Supervises the performance of ad-hoc analyses, particularly from amethodological point of view

　　Controls the quality of extracting info