SUCCESSFUL FOOD MANUFACTURER
- Our client is a successful, family-run medium-sized company in the food industry with its administrative headquarters in the greater Hamburg area. With approximately 130 employees, it generates revenue in the lower three-digit million-euro range
- The company operates in the business segments of domestic and international private-label production and branded products in the foodservice channel
- In line with the company’s growth strategy, a major project is planned to significantly expand capacity
- In addition, as part of the ongoing modernization of core processes, changes to the system environment (ERP, S&OP) are currently being planned
- In light of these anticipated developments, the shareholders have decided to expand the two-person executive management team to include a CFO
- We are seeking an experienced finance professional (m/f/d) with a background in mid-sized companies who enjoys shaping and developing teams
YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible leadership of the Finance (Accounting, Controlling, Treasury) and IT departments, as well as coordination of integrated corporate planning
- Commercial management of the business across all business areas and ensuring transparency of earnings and finances at all times
- Managing the company’s budgeting and planning process (including S&OP) and ensuring the functionality of the IT systems in use
- Establishing a finance business partnering model, tracking variances between target and actual figures, and, if necessary, initiating corrective measures
- Assessing the economic viability of investments and projects for all business units, particularly for Production & Engineering
- Ensuring proper annual and monthly financial statements and serving as the point of contact for auditors, tax advisors, banks, and government agencies
- Driving a future-oriented IT strategy and digital transformation
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES
- Assuming a true C-level role in an owner-managed medium-sized company, which offers a high degree of autonomy
- Shareholders are highly willing to invest to prepare the company for future growth
- An opportunity, supported by the shareholders, to modernize structures and processes and to play a key role in shaping transformation initiatives
- Work in an open corporate culture with an expanded executive team, where a spirit of optimism prevails
- Experience a corporate culture shaped by Hanseatic values
YOUR PROFILE
- Extensive professional and leadership experience in finance and business administration within the manufacturing industry; ideally, several years of experience in a family-run, medium-sized food company as an authorized signatory or managing director
- An analytically strong and entrepreneurially minded executive who can work strategically, operationally, and pragmatically
- A personality attuned to the needs of medium-sized businesses, confident and persuasive in internal and external interactions, articulate, and hands-on
- Strong business management knowledge, expertise in finance business partnering
- High level of proficiency in preparing annual and monthly financial statements (HGB)
- Strong IT skills and process experience in the implementation and further development of systems (ERP, S&OP, etc.)
- Degree in business administration (focus on finance/controlling) or comparable qualification; business-fluent English
We look forward to getting to know you
If your skills and experience align with this position, we look forward to receiving your detailed application materials. Norbert Richter will be happy to advise you by phone at +49 421 22 33 93 0.
Please send your application materials to bewerbung@incharge-management.com with
Reference: GF-GHH
Information on earliest start date/salary expectations
We will, of course, treat your application materials and personal data as strictly confidential. We will only forward them to our client after receiving your explicit approval.
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