Director, Operations Finance

Position Summary We are searching for a strategic, hands-on, and intellectually curious finance leader to build a world-class Operations Finance function and play a key role in fueling Suja’s rapid growth. The Director, Operations Finance will serve as the senior finance business partner to supply chain and operations leadership, owning the financial performance of our vertically integrated supply chain, from procurement and manufacturing through logistics and distribution. This leader will build and develop the Operations Finance team; own product costing, COGS from an actuals and forecasting perspective, and inventory; drive gross margin expansion and cost productivity; guide capital and supply chain investment decisions; and deliver clear insights and recommendations to the CFO, CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors. This position reports to the VP, Finance. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Serve as the senior finance business partner to the operations and supply chain leadership team, shaping supply chain strategy through financial insight and acting as a trusted advisor on cost, capacity, and investment decisions Lead the annual operations and supply chain annual operating plan, including the COGS build, conversion cost, freight and logistics, and inventory plans; own the annual standard cost roll and costing methodology Leverage cost per unit and whole dollar price/volume/mix key drivers variance analysis methodology to explain business performance vs expectations Establish raw materials input standard costs using last price paid, gross and net yield methodology, help forecast Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and explain actuals vs expectations Establish Direct and Indirect Labor, Variable and Fixed Overhead, and Depreciation standards by department/master router by utilizing Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) and similar throughput KPIs Leverage these standards to help Operations forecast future cost and regularly review performance vs expectations Establish freight standards by SKU and customer utilizing mode, base lane rate/surcharge, and utilization methodology and explain actuals vs expectations Own the monthly rolling COGS Standards and Variance forecast, translating production plans and S&OP outputs into volume, mix, and cost projections (materials, packaging, labor, overhead, yield, and freight); reconcile forecast to actuals, identify risks and opportunities, and communicate margin impacts Own end-to-end product costing, including bill of materials and routing accuracy, standard vs. actual cost analysis, and purchase price, material usage, yield, and labor and overhead variances; translate variances into root causes and corrective actions Drive gross margin expansion by building and governing a structured cost savings and productivity pipeline (procurement, manufacturing efficiency, yield and waste reduction, network optimization), and validate realized savings against targets Partner with Procurement on raw material, ingredient, and packaging cost strategy, including commodity outlooks, supplier negotiations, contracting approaches, and should-cost analysis Identify, quantify, and mitigate supply chain financial risks, including commodity and packaging price volatility, supplier and co-manufacturer concentration, tariffs, and supply disruptions, and develop contingency and scenario plans with operations leadership Provide financial leadership over inventory, including inventory levels, days on hand, excess and obsolete (E&O) and shrink reserves, write-offs, and working capital optimization in partnership with Planning and Accounting Lead financial evaluation and governance of capital expenditures and supply chain investments, including ROI/NPV/payback analysis, capex tracking, and post-investment reviews Own freight, warehousing, and distribution cost analytics, including cost-to-serve analysis by channel, customer, and SKU, and support SKU rationalization and new product costing Presen…

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