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Plant Controller

PPG Industries, Inc
Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/19/2026

As our Plant Controller, you will be part of the Operations Finance Team, supporting Aerospace Transparencies operations as a member of the Huntsville plant leadership team. You will contribute to and lead performance improvement plans within the facility. Using detailed and insightful analytics, you will identify opportunities to enhance productivity and reduce costs. You will collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment, engagement, and progress toward clearly defined project goals and deliverables.

You will report to the Aerospace Operations Finance Manager based at the company headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We ask that you work onsite at our plant in Huntsville, AL, according to our hybrid schedule with annual travel to our Pittsburgh headquarters. Additionally, you will have direct supervisory responsibility for one team member, Operations Finance Analyst, Huntsville, who is based at the Pittsburgh headquarters.

PPG offers excellent Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; matching 401k retirement savings; and Paid Vacation, Holiday pay.

Main Responsibilities:

BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND DECISION SUPPORT (Local Partner)

  • Participate in plant meetings to provide insight on results, collect information and challenge performance
  • Lead plant projects to control costs of production
  • Focus on and improving productivity through analytics and cross functional projects including scrap, productivity, capacity use and addressing bottle necks
  • Push relevant information and analytics to guide local decision-making
  • Provide variance analysis and full understanding of plant level results and explaining results and variances to Operations leadership and Business Unit Finance

PLANNING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

  • Partner with the Operations plant team and the Operations Finance Analyst in the plant wide budget process coordinating all departments and promoting productivity and cost savings plans and targets
  • Partner with the Operations Finance Analyst and Operations plant team in developing short and long-term reliable estimates of the level of expenses to be incurred by the plant related to expected volumes
  • Complete month end closing activities such as preparation or approval of journal entries, review of account balances and explanation and presentation of results

PLANT INVESTMENT

  • Partner with plant leadership to develop and execute a strategic roadmap for capital spending, ensuring critical projects are completed on time, on budget and are embedded in plans
  • Conduct post-completion analysis of critical investments (capital or otherwise) to ensure main deliverables, both financial and operational, are met

INVENTORY CONTROL AND PRODUCT COSTING

  • Work with demand and supply teams to ensure visibility and optimize inventory health in raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
  • Support Plant Operations team as the on-site liaison to optimize inventory
  • Ensure inventory accuracy and improve areas around excess and obsolete inventory and scrap
  • Work with the Operations Finance Analyst to ensure that product cost reflects plant operations at a product level

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting
  • 6 years of experience
  • Prior manufacturing financial support experience required
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Travel at least annually to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PPG headquarter location

Jak pracujemy: W PPG czymy zespoy, aby przyspieszy wspoprac i rozwoj kariery, pracujc stacjonarnie od poniedziaku do czwartku oraz z moliwoci pracy zdalnej w ramach flexible Fridays". Harmonogramy pracy mog si roni w zalenoci od lokalizacji.

O nas:
PPG: CHRONIMY I UPIKSZAMY WIAT

Dziki przywodztwu w dziedzinie innowacji, zrownowaonego rozwoju i kolorystyki, PPG pomaga klientom z brany przemysowej, transportowej, dobr konsumpcyjnych oraz budowlanej i posprzedaowej udoskonala wicej powierzchni na wicej sposobow ni jakakolwiek inna firma. Aby dowiedzie si wicej, odwied nas na stronie www.ppg.com i led @PPG na X.
The PPG Way 2030
Jestemy mistrzami w obsudze klienta

Proaktywni. Odwani. Godni zaufania. Wszystko, co robimy, zaczyna si od naszych
klientow. Suchamy, dziaamy szybko i nie przestajemy, dopoki nie rozwiemy ich
najwikszych wyzwa. Kiedy nasi klienci odnosz sukces, wszyscy roniemy.
Dziaamy wiadomie i szybko
Zwinni. Oparci na danych. Upowanieni do dziaania. Podejmujemy przemylane
ryzyko, aby wyprzedza konkurencj. Pracujemy szybko i proaktywnie, wykorzystujc
wysokiej jakoci dane do opracowywania rozwiza, ktore tworz warto.
Osigamy doskonao operacyjn
Produktywni. Wspopracujcy. Odpowiedzialni. Niezalenie od naszej roli identyfikujemy
problemy, bierzemy odpowiedzialno i zawsze dostarczamy rozwizania. Jestemy
zarowno proaktywni, jak i reagujcy, aby napdza cige doskonalenie i osiga wyniki.
Wspieramy naszych pracownikow pierwszej linii - twarze PPG dla naszych klientow.
Konkurujemy, by zwycia
Skoncentrowani na przyszoci. Zdeterminowani. Ambitni. Z pasj rozwijamy nasz
dziaalno i odnosimy sukcesy wraz z naszymi klientami. Dostarczamy wyniki, wdraamy nowe
technologie i wykorzystujemy zwinno oraz szybko jako nasze atuty.
Jestemy dumni z bycia czci PPG
Silni. Zjednoczeni. Peni pasji. Pracujemy bezpiecznie, dziaamy uczciwie i cenimy
ronorodno naszych perspektyw. witujemy osignicia i jestemy dumni z
pozytywnego wpywu, jaki wspolnie wywieramy, chronic i upikszajc wiat.
W PPG korzystamy ze sztucznej inteligencji w procesie rekrutacji, aby uczyni go bardziej efektywnym. Narzdzia AI nie podejmuj decyzji dotyczcych zatrudnienia. Wicej informacji mona znale na stronie https://careers.ppg.com/pl/pl/candidate-resources.
PPG zapewnia rowne szanse wszystkim kandydatom i pracownikom. Oferujemy moliwo rozwoju i budowania kariery w rodowisku, ktore zapewnia satysfakcjonujce miejsce pracy dla pracownikow, tworzy atmosfer cigego uczenia si oraz akceptuje pomysy i ronorodno innych. Wszyscy kwalifikujcy si kandydaci bd brani pod uwag przy zatrudnieniu bez wzgldu na pe, ci, ras, kolor skory, wyznanie, religi, pochodzenie narodowe, wiek, status niepenosprawnoci, stan cywilny, status weterana, orientacj seksualn, tosamo pciow lub jej wyraanie.
Jeli potrzebujesz dostosowania z powodu niepenosprawnoci, wylij wiadomo email na adres recruiting@ppg.com.
Zakresy wynagrodze i wiadczenia w PPG mog si roni w zalenoci od lokalizacji, co pozwala nam na konkurencyjne wynagradzanie pracownikow na ronych rynkach geograficznych. PPG uwzgldnia wiele czynnikow przy podejmowaniu decyzji dotyczcych wynagrodzenia, w tym midzy innymi umiejtnoci, dowiadczenie i szkolenia, kwalifikacje i wyksztacenie, licencje i certyfikaty oraz inne potrzeby organizacyjne. Mog mie zastosowanie rownie inne zachty.
Nasze programy wiadcze pracowniczych s zaprojektowane tak, aby wspiera zdrowie i dobre samopoczucie naszych pracownikow. Wszelkie ubezpieczenia i wiadczenia bd zgodne z warunkami obowizujcych planow oraz powizanych dokumentow regulujcych te plany. Szczegoy dotyczce wiadcze zostan omowione z Tob przez rekrutera podczas procesu zatrudnienia.
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PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com. Pay Transparency poster: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf
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