Finance Manager, Supply Chain

At a Glance Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager, Supply Chain to join the Audio Video Division in Minnesota. This role is a key member of the AVD Operations Finance team and serves as a strategic finance partner to Supply Chain, Sourcing, Transportation, Warehousing, and Operations leadership. This role provides financial leadership for material productivity, tariffs, transportation spend, warehousing costs, intercompany pricing, inventory management, cycle count compliance, and cross-functional operational projects. The position develops actionable insights, financial models, and business cases that improve profitability, working capital, operational performance, and decision quality. Salary Range: The expected salary range for this position is $130,000 to $150,000 annually. DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES • Partner with Sourcing and Supply Chain leadership to identify, validate, and track material productivity initiatives and measurable savings targets. • Support supplier negotiations, value engineering, sourcing optimization, and cost reduction programs through financial analysis, margin evaluation, and business case development. • Monitor and analyze purchase price variance (PPV), material cost trends, supplier-related cost drivers, and project savings; clearly communicate risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. • Lead financial analysis of tariff exposure, tariff rate changes, duty impacts, and related budget or forecast assumptions; partner with Supply Chain, Sourcing, and Finance leadership to quantify risks, opportunities, and mitigation actions. • Provide finance support for transportation and freight performance, including carrier cost trends, mode optimization, freight recovery, service-level tradeoffs, and productivity initiatives. • Analyze warehousing and distribution cost drivers, including space utilization, labor productivity, storage costs, handling costs, and network decisions that impact cost-to-serve. • Lead financial analysis related to inventory levels, inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, reserve requirements, and working capital performance. • Partner with Operations and Supply Chain teams to optimize inventory investment while supporting customer service and operational requirements. • Maintain and support strong internal controls related to inventory, including compliance with cycle count and physical inventory policies across AVD sites. • Analyze cycle count results, identify recurring variances or process gaps, and partner with site teams to implement corrective actions. • Support internal and external inventory audits, including count procedures, reconciliations, valuation support, audit schedules, and timely remediation of findings. • Support the development, maintenance, and analysis of intercompany pricing structures in coordination with Finance, Operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders. • Serve as finance lead for strategic Operations and Supply Chain projects, translating operational assumptions into financial impacts, risks, and recommendations. • Lead scenario planning and post-implementation reviews to confirm that project assumptions and expected benefits are achieved. • Support budgets, forecasts, long-range planning, and monthly reporting related to material productivity, tariffs, transportation, warehousing, inventory, sourcing activities, and operational projects. • Ensure accurate Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reporting within assigned areas of responsibility. • Use SAP and other reporting tools to improve visibility, standardize reporting, automate recurring analysis, and drive continuous process improvement. • Act as a strategic thought partner who constructively challenges assumptions, balances multiple priorities, and influences decisions without direct authority. • Demonstrate alignment with the company core values: Integrity, Customer Responsiveness, Innovation, Passionate Contribution & Empowerment, and Continuous Improvement. • Effectively manage, develop, and motivate direct and indirect reports. • Responsible for all aspects of performance management including interviewing, hiring, training, performance evaluations, and recognition. • Provide effective, constructive, and appropriate feedback and leadership to direct reports to foster a positive team environment; ensure the personal and professional development of direct reports. • Initiate and assist with the creation, development, and implementation of processes and procedures. • Consistently support compliance by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and the Company’s policies and procedures. • Understand workplace hazards and take steps to proactively prevent and report hazards or injuries in the workplace. Cooperate in safety programs, initiatives, and investigations. • Demonstrate our core values of Customers, People, Integrity, Teamwork, Continuous Learning & Improvement, and Empowerment & Accountability. Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required • Strong business partnership skills and the ability to communicate financial insights to Finance, Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Operations leaders. • Strong understanding of supply chain finance, inventory accounting, standard costing, material productivity, PPV, tariffs, transportation, warehousing, and working capital. • Advanced analytical and financial modeling capability, with strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. • Ability to lead multiple projects, manage competing priorities, and deliver accurate work in a deadline-driven environment. • Demonstrated critical thinking, sound judgment, attention to detail, and a continuous improvement mindset. • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and lead work independently in a matrixed organization. • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. • Proven ability to manage people; train and motivate employees, as well as delegate effectively. • Must be able to function in a deadline oriented environment. • Proven ability to make sound decisions to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using judgment that is consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulation or government law. • Excellent project management, planning, and organizational skills with the ability to effectively manage several projects at one time while providing high attention to details and excellent follow-through skills. • Must possess high degree of professionalism and ability to handle confidential information. Minimum Education and Experience Required • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field. • Seven or more years of progressive experience in Operations Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Cost Accounting, or FP&A. • Experience supporting inventory management, sourcing, transportation, warehousing, tariff analysis, and cross functional project work. Preferred Qualifications • Experience with SAP. • MBA, CMA, CPA, or other relevant advanced certification. WORKING CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL DEMANDS • While performing the duties of this job, the individual in this role is regularly required, for most of the working day, to sit and make coordinated movements of the fingers for use of a keyboard. • Ability to lift up to 20 pounds. • General office environment. • May require regular ground travel to other company facilities. • Long-distance or air travel as needed – not to exceed 20% travel.