Finance Manager Supply Chain & Procurement

About the job

As a Finance Manager Supply Chain & Procurement, you will act as a strategic business partner to the Supply Chain and Procurement teams. Your role will involve driving financial planning, cost optimization, budgeting, and performance analysis across sourcing, logistics, inventory, and vendor management to ensure financial discipline, transparency, and value creation across the end-to-end supply chain. Key Responsibilities: - Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning for supply chain and procurement functions - Analyze cost drivers including raw materials, logistics, warehousing, and inventory holding - Provide actionable insights to improve cost efficiency and working capital - Identify opportunities for cost savings across procurement, logistics, and supply chain operations - Monitor and control procurement spend, ensuring alignment with budgets and targets - Partner with procurement to evaluate supplier pricing, contracts, and total cost of ownership (TCO) - Drive and track cost-saving initiatives, ensuring measurable financial impact - Collaborate closely with Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations teams to support decision-making - Provide financial guidance on sourcing strategies, vendor selection, and make-vs-buy decisions - Oversee inventory valuation, provisioning, and obsolescence analysis - Drive initiatives to optimize inventory levels and improve cash flow - Prepare monthly financial reports and variance analysis related to supply chain costs, including dashboards, to support data-driven actionable insights - Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, and company policies - Drive process improvements in procurement and supply chain finance operations - Support implementation and optimization of ERP and financial systems - Automate reporting and enhance data accuracy and visibility Qualifications Required: - Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (MBA/CA/CMA preferred) - 710 years of experience in finance, with exposure to supply chain or procurement finance - Experience in manufacturing, retail, FMCG, or logistics environments is highly preferred Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): - Cost savings and procurement efficiency - Budget adherence and forecast accuracy - Inventory optimization and working capital improvement - Timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting