Your tasks
- Manage and coordinate all controlling activities for the plant
- Translate plant controlling strategy into action plans and ensure implementation
- Contribute to strategic and operative planning of the plant/operations unit (e.g. with respect to investments, capacity and headcount planning)
- Ensure the achievement of controlling targets according to internal and external customer expectations
- Initiate and control investments for controlling equipment (e.g. training materials, external trainings, etc.)
- Interface to segment, BU or division functions in order to gather local controlling requirements and demands and other feedback
- Participate in and/or steer global or local controlling related and cross-functional projects
- Conduct employee dialogues, personnel development and coaching
- Prepare, review and manage the budget and forecast of controlling cost centers
- Implement and conduct activities according to the budget established
- Ensure that the financial goals are met
- Develop and implement action plans to meet the plant's operational targets, strategic goals and customer/market requirements
- Ensure production controlling according to standards (production order controlling, production parameters like scrap and utilization, shift model review, support of standard costs calculation, support of plant variation analysis, support of cost center controlling all areas)
- Ensure investment controlling (valid for local investments e.g. infrastructure) according to standards (preparation of financial analysis supporting investment and eCRs, management of plant invest budget)
- Ensure personnel controlling according to standards (evaluation of staffing utilization, shift model analysis (variations) as input for production planning, fix HC planning and allocation, ePRs)
- Ensure logistics controlling if needed (according to plant size) according to standards (inventory analysis and reporting - WOC, special freights, ICO business like transfer price calculation, equalization)
- Support monthly closing and report monthly according to standards
- Prepare standard reports to plant and business management
- Prepare and review monthly results (e.g. P&L)
- Prepare budget and forecasts based on production volumes
- Analyze variations/operational and non-operational effects
- Ensure supervision of plant key performance data and business processes
- Implement KPI methodology and plant scorecard tool in the plant
- Perform regular KPI-reviews
- ensure the availability of qualified employees for the controlling function in cooperation with plant HR
- Initiate and control the continuous qualification of controlling employees in cooperation with plant HR
- Ensure local implementation of central controlling standards
- Provide feedback and input for further development of standards regarding controlling processes (e.g. accounting process, monthly/yearly closing, methods, IT tools, etc.) to segment, BU or divisional functions
**Profile**:
- Education, Certification:_
university degree, preferably in business administration, accounting, finance, controlling or related discipline (depending on plant size)
Required Knowledge:
Finance and controlling management (policies, systems and processes)
Cost and financial accounting
Finance and controlling IT systems (e.g. SAP R/3, S/4, etc.)
Quality management (including quality policies, systems and processes)
Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques as well as total cost management
Lean production/CBS principles, methods and tools
Management skills, tools and techniques (e.g. balanced scorecard, benchmarking)
Human relations skills (team skills, conflict management, open-mindedness, networking, moderation and negotiation)
Project management skills, tools and techniques
Fluent in English
**Offer**:
Required Experience:
- Professional experience in various finance and controlling functions
- cross-functional experience e.g. in production, supply chain, quality or CBS preferred
- initial experience in rubber and plastic production processes
- Experience in leadership position, preferably in operational units with functional and disciplinary responsibility for other individuals
- Experience in working with international teams on production topics and understanding of foreign cultures
About us
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2021, Continental generated sales of €33.8 billion and currently employs more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and markets. On October 8, 2021, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary. The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway