POSITION SUMMARY & JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Manufacturing Finance Controller will be responsible for managing financial processes related to manufacturing operations, including cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. This role will work closely with manufacturing and senior management to optimize financial performance, improve cost efficiencies, and ensure the alignment of financial strategies with business objectives.

Key Areas

• Consolidate, Track, Report and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts etc.) considering goals and financial standing. Build relationships with relevant stakeholders across the business, and externally as required, to assist in facilitating data collection and analysis
• Provide detailed data analysis on Plant KPIs relating to DMLR, OE Efficiency, Scrap and Waste reports etc.
• Preparation of COPQ report
• Provide creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance
• Project Financial Evaluations (Expansion + Tyre development), Process Review, analysis and Bench marking.
• Conduct business studies on past, future and comparative performance and develop forecast models
• Identify trends and recommend actions based on sound analysis
• Lead from the front through collaborating with team across BSAPIC & India to drive and implement change and achieve results
• Monthly review of the manufacturing expenses, Analysing the variances.
• Capex Review and Post capex evaluation
• Physical Verification of the fixed assets
• To harmonize the plant practices
• Partner with internal stakeholders to develop and analyze section-wise cost per kg, enabling better operational and cost visibility.
• Ensure close alignment between Plant, Procurement, and Costing teams for accurate raw material–level Bills of Materials (BOM).
• Analyze under‑ and over‑absorption variances driven by cycle time differences; work with plant teams to improve the accuracy and reliability of cycle time data.
• Support Plant Team and Finance teams in reviewing inventory across plants under various categories, including assessing inventory usability, inter‑plant transfer opportunities, and optimizing overall inventory utilization.

Transversal Responsibility 

• All business decisions and actions must serve and be in line with the Group’s Essence, E8 corporate commitment, principles & values, TRACE, and our way to serve the community
• Partnering with Business & Functional Leaders to champion, communicate, inculcate, drive, promote and live Bridgestone’s Essence, E8 and TRACE principles & values
• Fostering and promoting diversity i.e. gender-, generational, cultural, nationality-diversity in all aspects

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Overall Experience of 10+ years in tyre industry-Mfg department
• BE(+CMA/MBA-optional)
• Demonstrated aptitude for analytical and conceptual problem solving
• A sense of urgency and an urge to create an impact and make a difference
• Impactful communication skills with an ability to articulate messages to a variety of audiences
• Good knowledge on managing Tools in Finance will be an advantage
• Proficient in presentation, reporting, spreadsheets, MS Office

Bridgestone’s Global Leadership Capabilities

• Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision: Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction.
• Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others: Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence.
• Promote and enhance company culture: Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs.
• Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity.
• Boss (Customer) focused – serves the customers having the end user in mind: Makes BOSS (end users) and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive relationships with BOSS; leverages BOSS intimacy in the development of new products, services and competitive advantage.
• Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence: Recognizes one’s personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits. Understands emotions and their effects.
• Intellectually curious in support of learning agility: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.
• Embraces and leads change and innovation: Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization.
• Identifies and develops organisational talent: Attracts high calibre diverse talent, leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on‐going development and collaboration.

Local contract terms only