Business Partner Production Controlling (m/f/d)

Field of Work:Finance & Accounting
Location:Berlin Einbeck
Legal Entity:KWS Berlin GmbH
Contract Type: Regular
Is Full Time: Yes
Job ID: 16394

If youve ever wished the numbers could tell you exactly where to focus next this role is designed to make that happen.

As our new Business Partner Production Controlling (m/f/d)at KWS Berlin GmbH you are the financial co-pilot for our local production siteturning numbers into clear actionable guidance for daily operations. You bring real-time insights cost transparency and performance support that help teams focus on what matters most and continuously improve efficiency.

By combining a solid understanding of production processes with strong financial expertise you ensure decisions are fact-based and aligned with our strategic close partnership with production supply chain and finance colleagueslocally and globallyyou help drive accountability impact and measurable results.

This is a permanent full-time position.

Your new place of work is at our Berlin-based entity or at our HQ in Einbeck.

Your responsibilities:

Business Partnering & Financial Advisory

• Act as a trusted financial advisor and sparring partner for production and maintenance
  teams
• Support the Team Lead Business Partners Finance & Controlling in steering and decision-making process

Cost Controlling & Analysis

• Collect and analyze production costs develop and maintain standard costs
• Conduct variance analyses (plan vs. actual vs. standard) and identify cost-saving
  opportunities
• Track material usage scrap and production waste

Planning & Forecasting

• Support budgeting and forecasting processes including COGM calculations and detailed production planning
• Assist in operational forecasting and cost modelling

Closing & Reporting

• Material Ledger maintenance and costing
• Prepare WIP bookings and calculate COGS by crop for quarterly closings
• Contribute to KPI reporting and plant performance dashboards

Inventory Management

• Support inventory management and ensure accurate reporting
• Support the stakeholders in the inventory devaluation calculation write offs and scrap values

Collaboration & Governance

• Collaborate with international production controlling colleagues to ensure alignment and governance
• Participate in productivity and savings initiatives CapEx evaluations and make-or-buy analyses

System & Process Support

• Support standard cost reviews and cost roll-ups
• Ensure compliance with controlling standards and contribute to continuous process improvement

Your profile:

• Masters degree in economics business administration agribusiness or comparable
• Several years of experience in production or plant controlling ideally in an international environment
• Proficiency in SAP (CO ML CO-PA) and Excel; experience with BI tools is a plus
• Good analytical skills and hands-on approach to operational controlling
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in cross-functional and international teams
• Empathy and intercultural competence
• Structured self-motivated and self-organized
• Goal-driven
• Committed and proactive team player
• Excellent command of English; Russian and/or Ukrainian language skills are an asset

Our offer:

• As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness reliability foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere.
• True to our motto Make yourself grow we support employees professional and personal development.
• We offer excellent work equipment (e.g. ergonomic workstations several monitors air conditioning high-end technical equipment the newest laboratory equipment) a fully-fledged subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location.
• We offer a company pension scheme capital formation benefits Christmas and holiday bonuses special prices for company shares childcare allowance and a job bike.

We look forward to receiving your online application via our application system SuccessFactors! Please use the Apply function in the online advertisement.

About KWS

KWS is one of the worlds leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around 1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet corn cereals vegetables oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants resistance to diseases pests and abiotic stress. To that end the company invested more than 300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: Follow us on LinkedIn at

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