Manufacturing Finance Manager, L'Oréal Consumer Products Division (CPD)

As Manufacturing Finance Manager for CPD Operations Europe, you will be a key financial partner driving the economic performance of our manufacturing sites. Reporting directly to the CFO of CPD Europe Operations, you will provide strategic insights and ensure financial excellence across our European plant network. Strategic Financial Steering: You will pilot the economic analysis of our industrial sites, monitoring margins, costs, and productivity, and lead regular business reviews with plant and supply chain management. Performance Reporting & Analysis: You will guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of monthly and weekly reporting, delivering clear explanations of results and variances to senior management. Team Leadership & Coordination: You will coordinate and animate the network of plant finance controllers, fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and driving collective improvement without direct line management. Budget & Forecasting: You will play a crucial role in period-end closings, forecasting exercises, and the annual budget process by challenging assumptions and consolidating financial scenarios. Your profile We are seeking a results-oriented finance professional with a strategic mindset and a strong ability to influence. • Proven experience in a senior finance or controlling role, preferably within an industrial or FMCG environment. • Expertise in managing budgets, forecasts, and P&L, with a sharp eye for financial performance. • Strong analytical skills to translate complex data into actionable business insights and support decision-making. • A solid understanding of operational processes to act as a true business partner to our plant managers. • The ability to coordinate and lead cross-functional teams and build strong relationships across the finance community and with operational leaders. Who We Are L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet. Our daring Operations team of thousands of exceptional minds don’t just work on complex challenges; They help create sustainable and inclusive beauty alongside our partners by crafting, innovating, sourcing, producing, and delivering millions of products and services that touch every corner of the globe. The Consumer Products Division is on a mission to democratize beauty at its best. That means celebrating the diverse beauty of humanity and engaging the maximum number of people worldwide while elevating the mass beauty market with premium innovations. Our aspirational brands are at the forefront, inspiring and capturing consumer desires across regions and beauty categories. We have powerful, industry-leading brands like L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup, and more. We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.