Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs more than 30,000 employees in over 50 countries. Reported sales in 2019 were $7.1 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.

• Manage sales budgeting, forecasting, projections and variances
• Analyze sales trend by customer, product/solution, market, etc
• Assist in building out Annual Operating Plan for Sales by project and communicating key variances and drivers
• Assist in monthly commission process including the preparation of individual statements for commission based employees KSO and customers rebates agreements
• Work closely with Sales & Operations team to understand risks and opportunities between Sales projections, targets, etc
• Determine standard costs for manufactured Items and Buy&Sell items
• Monitor changes in processes or methods to calculate effects on overall costs
• Investigate variances with actual costs
• Ensure inventory obsolescence is properly calculated and recommend actions for optimization
• Forecast and analyze costs of processes, labor and inventory
• Suggest cost-reducing or profitable solutions
• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
• Gather and analyze financial data
• Conduct audits on financial processes and transactions
• Prepare detailed reports, both periodically and ad-hoc

• A degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or comparable education
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in financial role
• Fluency in English is essential
• Experience of working in industry
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Proficiently using computers and related software
• Good business sense, strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Leadership skills

General competencies:

•  Learns continuously
• Adapt productively
• Motivated to take new challenges
• Team oriented and supportive
• Good organization and attention to detail
• Very good Google Suite and MS Office skills
• Very good spreadsheet modeling and analysis
• Knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle, Hyperion, BI, QlikSense)

Who we are! - Our Story:

Each of us, Every day! Eight Values. One Team!

We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work at Avery Dennison. With us, teams are balanced and diverse. Because each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.  

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. You are interested in knowing more about our Diversity & Inclusion approach? Please go to averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

At Avery Dennison we do what we love, and we love what we do - Just click here, and get us to know even better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)