finance manager, supply chain, fmcg, central europe, austria, manufacturing
Sector: FMCG
Mandate to hire a finance leader for the manufacturing and supply chain operations of the Austrian affiliate, incorporating two manufacturing facilities and a distribution network. Country sales at the time were €300m. The SC Finance leader was tasked with creating an unified finance team to support both plants as well as logistics and procurement. In addition a key challenge was to improve how the finance team engaged with and supported the Head of Operations and all Operations department managers.