Division Procurement Controller — Stäubli

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You not only want to analyze figures, but also derive concrete decisions from them? For our newly created position, we are looking for a Senior Division Procurement Controller/Business Partner who makes the financial performance of our procurement transparent, critically scrutinized and continuously developed together with Procurement, Finance and Operations. In this role, you combine your financial and controlling expertise with a deep understanding of purchasing and industrial value creation. They create transparency about savings, material costs, PPV, COGS, margins, cash and working capital and translate these into clear recommendations for action for management. You will accompany our global procurement activities in Europe, North America, China and India and make a direct contribution to the profitability, cash flow and competitiveness of the division. Their tasks

• Establishment, control and further development of global procurement controlling, which will include the definition and harmonization of a globally uniform KPI methodology, dashboard and management reporting.
• Control and validation of savings, cost avoidance, PPV and other procurement performance indicators.
• Developing a transparent savings pipeline from initiative to implementation to actual impact on results.
• Analysis of the global material cost development by product group, supplier, region and product; also identification of cost, risk and optimization potential including derivation of concrete measures.
• Support in budget, forecast and strategic planning processes for material costs, acting as a sparring partner for global procurement, finance and operations.
• Identification of financial potential in the areas of Payment Terms, DPO, MOQ, Incoterms and Total Cost of Ownership.
• Support for location, supplier and sourcing comparisons.
• Identification and financial evaluation of supplier, cost and supply chain risks, as well as supporting strategic decisions to optimize our global supplier footprint.
• Completed studies in finance, controlling, business administration, industrial engineering or a comparable field of study
• Several years of relevant professional experience in procurement controlling, supply chain finance, operations controlling, material cost controlling or finance business partnering, ideally in an international industrial company
• Very good understanding of the relationships between procurement, material costs, COGS, gross margin, cash and working capital
• Good understanding of industrial value creation, such as BOM structures, material costs, standard costs and manufacturing costs
• Excel skills, ideally including Power Query and Pivot
• Experience with Power BI, Qlik or comparable BI solutions
• Good SAP knowledge, especially in MM and FI/CO; CO-PA knowledge is an advantage
• Negotiable German and English

What to expect

• A newly created global key role with a high degree of creative freedom
• Direct collaboration with Divison Operations Controlling and Head of Global Procurement
• International responsibility with focus on Europe, North America, China and India
• The opportunity to significantly shape global procurement performance management
• Visible impact on profitability, cash, working capital and competitiveness
• A role in which your analyses flow directly into strategic and operational decisions

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