Sales Controller

GENERAL

• Guarantees full compliance with the Group Controlling guideline and financial policies. 

• Ensures timely distribution of financial information to budget holders through reports system access and regular meetings. 

• Promotes efficiency in Controlling by automating recurring reports and data processes (e.g. Power Query macros Python) freeing up time for analysis and insight sharing. 

• Supports a true bottom-up planning process and drives high forecasting accuracy across business plans revised estimates and long-term forecasts. 

• Builds trust-based relationships with budget holders acting as a facilitator that shares insights highlights risks/opportunities and develops business cases for new projects. 

REPORTING & ANALYSIS (MONTH END CLOSING)

• Designs builds and maintains automated reporting solutions and dashboards (e.g. Power BI Power Query VBA/macros or Python scripts) to streamline recurring monthly closing and sales reports. 

• Ensures master data quality and prepares the monthly sales statistic including volume price and product mix impact by channel. 

• Manages the Value Chain Trade Spend and DP Margin control and supports Sales in ROI and price control by channel. 

• Analyzes key KPIs and customer/channel exposure suggesting improvements. 

• Monitors sales incentives and OnP P&L/investment analysis understanding and explaining variances vs. plan. 

• Proactively identifies opportunities to digitalize and automate manual finance processes partnering with IT/Data teams to implement scalable data-driven solutions. 

PLANNING AND FORECASTING

• Leads Planning File Input and KAM alignment across all planning cycles aggregating individual plans into the total plan. 

• Supports Business Plan/Revised Estimate data collection and entry ensuring timing and inputs are met during the budget process. 

• Responsible for Volume- and Inventory Planning aligning with Operations. 

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

• Acts as a contact and sparring partner for Sales and Operations challenging assumptions and sharing insights. 

• Benchmarks the cost of sales activities and their impact on volume/pricing. 

• Prepares scenarios simulations and ad hoc what if calculations (e.g. price increases) to model business impact. 

• Supports budget reallocations and adherence; prepares product launch proposals with KAMs down to the basic/advanced exposure rate and owns Value Chain alignment with Sales. 

Qualifications :

• 3 years of Experience in Controlling ideally with hands-on experience automating financial reports and dashboards.

• Intermediate or Advanced English (verbal and written).

• Highly analytical skilled in profitability analysis. 

• Strong data analytics mindset with proven ability to build automated reports dashboards and models (Power Query Power BI VBA/macros Python or similar) to reduce manual work and increase time for insight generation. 

• Good communication and presentation skills. Capable of communicating precisely and effectively with internal stakeholders up to GM level. 

• A structured and well-organized individual. 

• Must be self-motivated self-directed and be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced team environment.  

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time