Group Industrial Controller

Job Location: Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

You will be responsible of the controlling of the Industrial perimeter ensuring financial reliability, consistency and consolidation. You will consolidate Actual, Budget and Rolling Forecast for the full perimeter of the industrial costs, perform variances analysis and highlight key insights/ actions supporting line manufacturing program.
You will support the Group Industrial & Supply Chain (I&SC) Controlling on Industrial controlling guidelines’ definition and Budget, Rolling Forecast (Risk&Opportunities) and Actual consolidation for senior leaders preparation, strongly interact with Area I&SC Controlling to cascade and retrieve inputs locally ensuring a consistent approach and proper adoption of Group standards and guidelines and ensure alignment with other Finance Departments.
You will work in partnership with the Group Industrial Manager to support decision making and prioritization highlighting main financial impacts and detecting potential industrial cost dynamics.

Main Responsibilities:

You will support Group Industrial Manager to define Guidelines and targets among the Area/Plant and ensure the proper cascading, actively supporting the Group Industrial & Supply Chain Controlling over the planning process (Guidelines, Strategic Plans, Budget, Rolling Forecast) discussing with Area/ local entities Budget target and results.
You will analyze and support decision making about Planning/Budget targets analyzing investments and financial results and identifying improvement areas suggesting corrective actions.
You will provide synthesis at Group level for Actual, Rolling Forecast, Planning & Budget processes of the P&L impact for the Industrial perimeter and guarantee the coherence with Group Reporting System (HFM).
You will consolidate and challenge the monthly Rolling Forecast (Risks & Opportunities) prepared by Area Controllers with the active support of the Local Controllers for the full I&SC Perimeter supporting senior leaders preparation (Operations Board, CEO Meetings).
You will be responsible for the control of G&A costs of the Industrial central functions (upload budget and forecast in planning tool, analysis Actual with each Cost Center Owner, HFM upload).
Additionally, you will consolidate Cost Deployment of Transformation costs, to support the Value stream mapping analysis at Group level and the benchmarking among Plant.
You will ensure proper oversight of the controlling model and analysis of Industrial Labor cost (i.e. impact on hourly rates; Direct/Indirect, Overheads), Energy (including impact on sustainability), Destructions and Other Operating Costs.
You will need to liaise with Area Industrial & Supply Chain Controllers to ensure continuous alignment on Target and main KPI’s evolution, ensuring coherence with Managerial and Statutory Industrial result (Full Industrial costs and Capex).
You will also coordinate the Area Industrial & Supply Chain controllers in the preparation of all planning scenarios in coherence with the Actual results, supporting the reconciliation between the Group Reporting system (HFM) and the accounting system (SAP).
Finally, you will support the Preparation of Technical Investment Committee & Group Investment Committee (GIC) for Industrial Initiatives.

Who we are looking for:

You will have education background (Bachelor or Master Degree) in Administration & Control or Engineering.
You will bring 10 to 15 years of experience in a related role, of which at least 7 years of full Industrial controlling experience. You will bring a strong finance background and ability to work in a flexible environment and on multiple fronts, and a consolidated experience gained in multinational contexts, preferably in the industrial manufacturing sector.
You will show good knowledge of accounting principles, strong knowledge of Industrial accounting, variance analysis, Business case evaluation and cost deployment (lean manufacturing).

You will show high level of commitment and motivation, proactivity and a results-oriented attitude, passion and a mindset open to innovation. You have great team work skills.

As a controller, you will need to have strategic thinking and ability to provide financial insights for decision making and a solid business partner approach.

You will communicate fluently in English.
Additionally, we require strong computer skills (in particular excel, SAP - SAP CO is mandatory), Oracle/HFM and Power BI, Power Point)

Mobility: business trips might be required (less than 5% of the time, globally).

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Requisition ID 64668 Job function Amministrazione, Finanza e Controllo di Gestione Country Luxembourg City Luxembourg

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