Director Finance, Supply Chain - Fresh

Job Type:

Regular

People are at the heart of our success. Our culture encourages collaboration, transparency, and accountability in order to generate value and achieve sustainable results. Being part of the team means committing to an environment where everyone’s impact truly matters.

At Agropur, each role aims to generate value and have a tangible impact on collective performance.

The Director Finance Supply Chain Fresh, provides financial leadership and business partnership to Fresh Supply Chain, Logistics and Distribution teams. As the function evolves within a matrix organization, the role strengthens financial visibility, performance discipline, and decision-making by connecting operational drivers to financial outcomes across key supply chain cost pools, including distribution, logistics, warehousing, and inventory. The Director supports transformation initiatives, cost-to-serve visibility, internal controls, and operational performance improvement while helping teams identify risks, opportunities, and value creation levers.

Context to maximize your impact:

• Recognition of years of service for vacation calculation;
• Flexible group insurance plan including telemedicine services;
• Employee assistance program;
• Opportunities to invest in yourself (career development, etc.);
• Annual bonus;
• Pension plan with company contributions;
• Salary scale 007: $118 000 to $147 500 (Base salary will be determined based on your academic background, experience, training, and skills related to the position.)

Where you will drive value:

• Partners with Fresh Supply Chain, Logistics and Distribution teams to help leaders understand financial results, strengthen decision-making, and optimize operational performance.
• Oversees expense analysis and reporting for transportation, distribution, warehousing, and inventory, ensuring costs are explained by operational drivers.
• Leads and strengthens inventory governance by establishing financial visibility, controls, data integrity, valuation discipline, and clear ownership of inventory-related processes, in close partnership with Supply Chain and operational teams.
• Leads the design and deployment of a consistent performance framework across logistics and distribution, including cost-to-serve analysis, to improve visibility on operational profitability, customer/channel economics, and performance drivers.
• Develops and standardizes tools, reporting, and performance indicators to improve financial visibility and monitoring of supply chain operating expenses, including identifying financial opportunities, risks, and performance improvement levers.
• Establishes the operating budgets for the sectors under their responsibility and monitors them in partnership with the Supply Chain teams.
• Provides financial support on strategic projects, transformation initiatives, and ad hoc business requests.
• Ensures the application of internal controls within Supply Chain finance processes and oversees the development and follow-up of remediation plans to address control gaps and strengthen compliance.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Responsible for employee relations including work direction of employees, hiring, training, performance reviews, administering policies and procedures, disciplinary action, and compensation recommendations.
• Directs implementation of departmental objectives, goals and policies.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures and guidelines.

What will enable you to have an impact:

Education Required

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.

Experience Required

• Minimum seven (7) years of relevant experience required.
• Bilingual in French and English, spoken and written, required.

Certification/Licensure Required

• CPA professional accounting designation preferred.

Skills Required

• Solid financial acumen with the ability to connect operational drivers to financial performance and business outcomes.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to synthesize complex operational and financial information into clear insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and build alignment in an evolving matrix organization across Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Effective business partnering, communication, and storytelling skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and support decision-making at different levels of the organization.
• Proven leadership capability to engage, develop, and mobilize teams through transformation and change.
• High level of planning, prioritization, and execution discipline, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and financial modelling; knowledge of Power Query, Power BI, SAP and reporting/analytics tools considered an asset.

A role aligned with what creates the greatest collective impact.

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Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position. 

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