Brantford Plant Controller

Job Location: Brantford

Brantford

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

About the Role:

At Ferrero, the Plant Controller plays a pivotal role within the Finance function, ensuring the accuracy of industrial cost calculations and monitoring the performance of production factors. The role uses Ferrero’s internal systems, including SAP and HFM, to support reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and capital investment.

The Finance – Plant Controlling function ensures the accuracy, transparency, and strategic use of financial data related to manufacturing operations, enabling data-driven decisions across local and global teams. It supports the preparation of budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, and investment evaluations to strengthen production efficiency and financial compliance.

This role serves as the key Finance partner within the Brantford Production Unit, translating operational performance into actionable financial insights. Reporting to the Area Industrial Controller Manager and working closely with the Plant Manager, the Plant Controller leads cost control, budgeting, capital project analysis, and monthly closings while embedding financial rigor into daily plant operations.

Main Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the preparation of the plant budget, including industrial cost standards (materials, labor, etc.).
• Analyze industrial costs, variances, and resource usage; prepare related reports.
• Support preparation and approval of capital project budgets and ROI evaluations.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly forecasts and Group submissions (Budget, SAF, etc.).
• Manage write-offs and obsolescence accrual processes.
• Oversee fixed asset management, including capitalization, stocktaking, and disposals.
• Ensure proper reporting into HFM and provide insights for multiple central functions.
• Maintain and update production models, technical codes, barcodes.
• Lead monthly closing activities and inventory reconciliation processes.
• Drive cost simulations, benchmarking, and efficiency improvement initiatives.

Who we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in cost control, budgeting, and financial analysis in an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production processes, standard costing, and SAP (including fixed asset management).
• Experience with capital project analysis, budgeting, and return on investment evaluations.
• Solid understanding of Ferrero’s financial systems, including HFM and Group Budgeting/Forecasting.
• Experience in managing or supervising a small team (direct and indirect reports).
• Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to improve processes and reduce costs.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

Ferrero Canada will accommodate the needs of applicants with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the HR Representative. Information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

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