H.B. Fuller is a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemicals across all industries throughout the world. While our products are virtually invisible, they play a vital role in ensuring the quality of modern life and we are committed to connecting what matters to solve some of the world's biggest adhesion challenges.
We at H.B. Fuller embrace a shared set of beliefs and competencies that direct the way we operate and express our fundamental principles about how we will achieve success. We strive to hire talent that demonstrates our beliefs and our competencies.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Transition and Continuous Improvement Manager will report to the Global Finance Services Costa Rica. The primary responsibilities of this role are to support work and transitions from other H.B. Fuller locations and entities to the CR Global Finance Services center. Mid and long term this role will proactively drive improved, standard, best practice finance processes, requiring elimination of defects and enhancing quality while achieving and maintaining optimal levels of process and service performance.
Using advanced analytical and benchmarking skills, this resource will proactively manage change and transitions as well as will identify trends that indicate service improvement opportunities.
Exhibiting strong leadership and managerial skills, the Transition and Continuous Improvement Manager will coordinate efforts across multiple organizations and processes to eradicate inefficiencies and successfully implement improvement opportunities, focused on Global Finance Services strategic goals and objectives.
PRIMARY DUTIES
- Assist Costa Rica Global Finance Services leadership to effectively manage transition, integration and harmonization activities. This includes reorganization between companies, locations, departments and/or Mergers and Acquisitions.
- Support transformation and drive the process of change management
- Identify, evaluate and document Finance Services processes and services. Capture ideas for improving processes or implementing new tools
- Identify and establish necessary metrics / KPIs for continued tracking and monitoring service, process and project success
- Work collaboratively within Finance Services functions to identify best practices
- Leverage best practices and workforce optimization tools / practices to make existing processes more efficient. Actively lead others in problem-solving and root cause analysis
- Serve as project leader for identified improvement projects. Coach and support other project team members, as needed. Create hand-off and monitoring strategy for each project
- Utilize Project Management best practices to effectively manage projects securing steering committee support, regular team updates and identification of team responsibilities
- Strong cross-functional strategic leadership, communication, and teamwork skills. Ability to translate strategy into actionable information in small or large groups in a clear, concise, and professional manner. Ability to influence upwards
- Work collaboratively with cross functional and other location/process leaders and teams to secure needed project resources, to achieve the goals of projects and process improvements
- Develop and manage the process for evaluating potential projects to assist Finance Services leadership with prioritization of resources and available timelines
- Manage the development, maintenance and publication of process and tool documentation. Maintain master database of improvement projects. Oversee the conduct of improvement projects in flight. Manage the periodic status reporting of process improvement initiatives. Take steps to keep projects on track
- Closely linked to the process improvement, root cause analysis and problem-solving work is a leadership role within the Finance Services team to drive a Quality Culture and support HBF Quality initiatives. This can include training, activity/performance metrics and other activities to reinforce a zero defect Quality Performance System
EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED
- Initially the position does not have direct reports, however it is anticipated that this role will provide leadership and best practice for a network of other transition/project managers and continuous improvement resources.
- Specific projects will involve management / supervision of internal and external resources
- The leader will need to demonstrate strong collaborative leadership across processes, projects and geographies to lead others in a complex matrix environment
BUDGETARY/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
- There will be specific budgets set for transition activities and project resources. Overseeing the business case and costs will often be the responsibility of this manager.
Minimum Requirements
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, MBA or equivalent professional qualification
- 7+ years of experience in accounts payables, accounting, reporting, transaction pr