Plant Controller

We make life more comfortable. Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future. Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries. Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: https://leggett.com/history   Precision Hydraulic Cylinders   Precision Hydraulic Cylinders is committed to providing comprehensive design, service, and support to OEM’s during all phases of development, testing, and production to ensure smooth integration and superior product performance.   As leading providers of a wide variety of hydraulic cylinders, we operate within a global marketplace. Offering all our OEM clients a customized solution, we pride ourselves on being able to tailor what we do to meet the changing needs of our clients. Whether you need a change in volume or a tighter deadline, we will always do our utmost to get the job done to the highest possible standard.   Learn more about Precision Hydraulic Cylinders: https://phc-global.com/ This role can sit either in Beulaville, NC or Wilmington, NC Position Summary The Plant Controller – Manufacturing Finance is a key finance leader responsible for ensuring the integrity of the Company’s manufacturing cost model while serving as the financial business partner to plant operations. This role owns the financial governance of manufacturing master data—including bills of material, routings, labor standards, machine rates, and overhead structures—to ensure product costs accurately reflect how products are manufactured. This position partners closely with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Sales, and IT to improve costing accuracy, profitability, and operational decision-making. The role also supports financial reporting, internal controls, and accounting activities. The successful candidate combines strong manufacturing finance expertise with technical curiosity, operational understanding, and a passion for improving systems and business processes. Why This Role? This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on plant profitability while developing into a broader finance leadership role. The successful candidate will work closely with Operations leadership and senior finance management, gaining exposure to both manufacturing finance and corporate controllership responsibilities with a clear path for future advancement.   Primary Responsibilities Manufacturing Costing & Data Governance · Own the integrity and accuracy of the Company’s manufacturing cost model. · Ensure bills of material, routings, labor standards, work centers, machine rates, overhead rates, and standard costs accurately reflect manufacturing operations. · Lead standard cost development, annual cost rolls, and ongoing cost maintenance. · Establish governance processes to ensure engineering and manufacturing changes are appropriately reflected within the ERP system. · Perform routine audits of manufacturing master data and drive corrective actions. · Develop processes that improve the long-term accuracy and sustainability of product costing.   Manufacturing Analytics & Profitability · Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor, material, overhead, purchase price, and production variances. · Identify profitability improvement opportunities through detailed cost and margin analysis. · Develop KPIs and dashboards supporting labor productivity, scrap, material utilization, and operational