Senior Operations/COGS Controller DACH (m/f/d), Haar

As a world leading food company DANONE stands for international success. Around 104.000 employees work on all five continents in the four business areas Fresh Dairy Products, Early Life Nutrition, Waters and Advanced Medical Nutrition on one corporate mission: “Bringing health through food to as many people as possible.”

Missions

You love strong brands - we love strong personalities! Become part of Danone and our team with the successful brands Volvic, Aptamil, Activia, Actimel, Alpro und many more.

• Lead the performance animation for all Material costs (Milk, Raws & Packs, Import of Finished Goods…) generated in the DACH area
• Lead and engage your team members (Milk & Material Controllers) helping them in their own professional development
• Coordinate forecast process, identifying and tracking Risk & Opportunities and co-leading initiatives for DACH Sales unit and Ochsenfurt Supply point
• Ensure completeness, accuracy and timely delivery of financial reporting towards both local (CBU) and central (European Finance) stakeholders
• In-depth Analysis of performance and variances to support strategic discussions and business decisions
• Supporting business cases of DACH Sales unit from Material costs perspective and follow-up reformulation projects with IPRO and C&P teams.

Profile

• Successfully completed studies, preferably in business administration with specialization in finance
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in finance/controlling
• Experience people manager with strong communication, negotiating and presentation skills
• Entrepreneurial thinking, challenging mind set and process improvement/optimization mentality
• High flexibility, learning capacity, agility and resilience
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel), SAP, Tagetik and Power BI is a plus
• Fluent language skills in English, German is a plus