Performance Management Lead - Columbus, NE
This is a full-time, exempt level position in the CoE for Operations Performance Management.

The Performance Management Lead should be the subject matter expert of all financial aspects of operations, including operating costs and capital expenditures. The performance management lead should take a leadership role in improving the plant’s cost position. This colleague is a critical link between the operations and commercial/finance teams, is important stakeholder and owner of the financial plan, and a key member of the operations leadership team. The responsibilities of the performance management lead include:

• Leading the preparation of the annual financial plan for operating the plant, business or region
  • Engage with plant and CoE colleagues on setting benchmarks for operating cost. Coordinate CoE input for financial plan
  • Train, coordinate and assist operations teams on the planning process
  • Aid in developing and implementing plant’s capital strategy

• Leading plant cost analysis efforts and variance review process, with a view towards driving actions and value creation, and contributing to updated forecasts in alignment with finance teams
  • Take a lead role in leveraging performance management tools for review & response process
  • Analyze performance gaps and highlight areas of opportunity by mining PI data, Maximo data, accounting reports, and power BI reports
  • Work with accounting to explain cost anomalies
  • Promote accountability of financial and operational KPIs among plant/regional leadership via coaching and follow-up

• Assisting CoEs where needed by taking part in AFE preparation and lookbacks to understand financial justification of capital expenditures

• Leadership role in Performance Excellence initiatives, such as Zero Loss, Focused Improvement and Losses-to-Action

• Where necessary, perform, assist or coordinate month end close including inventory, load, and usage reconciliation
  • Document month end close procedures
  • Engage with accounting and plant on streamlining month end close procedures to aid in accuracy and timeliness of results

• Plant safety leadership
  • Promote a positive safety attitude in all interactions
  • Perform all duties in compliance with ADM’s core values

The successful candidate will exhibit the following characteristics and skills:

• Have an understanding of operational accounting best practices and ability to navigate ADM’s systems and processes, leveraging experience, internal network and ability to learn

• Solid foundation in basic IT toolkit and productivity/BI software, and ability to adapt and provide needed information quickly and in a clear manner

• Understand fundamentals of plant operations, including process flow, cost structure and basic energy and material balance
  • Understand purpose of each unit operation as well as its financial impact
  • Understand high level operating KPIs such as OEE, yield, energy/chemical utilization, and Cost of Poor Quality

• Understand fundamentals of plant cost position
  • Understand drivers for fixed and variable costs, how to plan and analyze, able to grasp principles of benchmarking and optimization
  • Ability to understand diverse cost drivers such as depreciation, pricing, inflation, operational efficiency, allocations and absorption

• Ability to communicate externally, both written and verbally, on plant/regional performance and improvement efforts
  • Should be comfortable preparing and presenting consolidated information to an audience
  • Must be able to communicate effectively across multiple functions and levels.

Job Qualifications:

• 4 year university degree in engineering or accountancy preferred
• 5+ years in operations accounting or process operations, with preferred exposure to both.
• Plant-specific process knowledge preferred, or sufficient ability to learn quickly.
• Plant-specific operations accounting and financial process familiarity preferred
• Candidate that doesn’t come ready with both technical and financial capabilities needs ability and desire to grow these areas
• Requires ability to collaborate, influence, lead, and execute.
• Must be able to communicate at all levels, and be comfortable engaging with colleagues across varied functions and levels

ADM is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability and veteran status.

This position offers a complete benefit package, including 401K/ESOP, pension, health, life and dental insurance.

ADM requires the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a background check.

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ADM unlocks the power of nature to enrich the quality of life. We're a premier global human and animal nutrition company, delivering solutions today with an eye to the future. We're blazing new trails in health and well-being as our scientists develop groundbreaking products to support healthier living. We're a cutting-edge innovator leading the way to a new future of plant-based consumer and industrial solutions to replace petroleum-based products. We're an unmatched agricultural supply chain manager and processor, providing food security by connecting local needs with global capabilities. And we're a leader in sustainability, scaling across entire value chains to help decarbonize our industry and safeguard our planet. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional and sustainability challenges of today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.adm.com.

ADM is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability and veterans status.

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