Enterprise Process Improvement Manager

Company: CF Industries
Location: Deerfield
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.

Function:
Finance & Accounting

Job Summary:

The Enterprise Process Improvement Manager will support the Shared Services Leader developing and implementing an enterprise wide process management system. As a member of the Shared Services Leadership Team, the Manager will collaborate with various stakeholders to lead and facilitate initiatives and document progress to goals. This role will also lead teams with representatives from multiple departments in order to achieve enhancements in processes and procedures, internal controls, including major system implementations and other process improvement opportunities. This would include leading and supporting teams with membership from HR, IT, Procurement, Supply Chain, Accounting, Legal, Tax, and other areas.

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities

• Provides direction to individuals regarding their roles and responsibilities to help meet the overall Company objectives, along with the role the department has in fulfilling corporate goals
• Responsible for Shared Services master data management, including policy compliance and quality controls.
• Implement a corporate wide P2P process and system strategy
• Coordinate short and long term strategic planning
• Coach and teach continuous improvement methodologies and imbed data based thinking into others.
• Analyzing data and process to develop customer, quality and organizational metrics.
• Benchmark externally to identify and standardize best practices
• Lead and/or directly influence cross-business strategic initiatives, projects, improvement opportunities and similar high impact projects
• Manages projects / resources as assigned
• Ensures that resources are aligned with project goals
• Promotes the Shared Services group by developing strong relationships between department members and other CF departments through a high degree of communication across management
• Support the Development and implementation of a continuous improvement management system and ensure that all elements, such as standardized processes, problem solving and governance are in place to drive sustainable results.
  
  Financial Services
  
  • Supports audits across the enterprise
  • Manages 3rd Party Supplier Relationships
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining process documentation
  • Responsible for ensuring adherence to control procedures
  • Analyze and evaluate business processes and recommend actions to streamline processes and improve operational efficiencies
  • Partner with various functions across the organization including HR, Procurement, Treasury, Sales, Supply Chain and Tax to ensure compliance of the Shared Services function
    
    Other Areas
    
    Provides assistance to Senior Management throughout the Company on various projects, as required
    
    Develop greater analyses skills across the organization
    
    Initiates, researches and documents improvements to current methods and procedures
    
    Internal Controls:
    
    • Establishes and implements processes and procedures to meet departmental internal controls requirements.
    • Ensures that established processes/procedures are followed as designed.
    • Works across the organization to identify deficiencies in existing processes/procedures and supports the design and implementation of new processes/procedures.
    • Develops and implements corrective actions with regard to department internal controls as necessary.
      
      Successful incumbents will have:
      
      • Bachelor's degree required, business, accounting or engineering
      • Minimum 10 years project management, continuous improvement, data analysis and/or shared services.
      • Proficient in process mapping.
      • Experience working in a highly controlled environment
      • Excellent analytic and problem solving skills
      • Strong interpersonal and communication skills; functions well independently, and as a team member
      • Deep commitment to continuous improvement
        Excellent organizational skills, ability and willingness to take on new responsibilities, meet deadlines and produce quality results
      • Lean and or Six Sigma Black Belt certification, preferred.
      • Knowledge of SAP preferred
        
        Position Scope/Contribution:
        
        This position interfaces with all personnel across the company. The individual must have an understanding of the business environment and its impact on the financial statements of the Company.
        
        What We Offer:
        
        You'll enjoy competitive compensation, consisting of base pay plus an incentive program available to all full-time employees, and a comprehensive benefits package including high-quality healthcare options, a well-being incentive program, 401k, pension, life and disability insurance, generous time off (with time off to volunteer) and much more! Additionally, we offer several Flexible Work Arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.
        
        You will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work, and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and gain a sense of fulfillment knowing that you're working with purpose, to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably.
        
        • CF Industries is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
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