Senior Director (m/f/d) Controlling Operations

• Drive financial transparency and business performance across Operations: Supply Chain and Technology

• Lead Supply Chain and Manufacturing Controlling, including inventory, cost, and productivity analysis as well as finance transformation and process improvement initiatives, including SAP and analytical solutions

• Support strategic business decisions through financial modeling, investment evaluations, and business cases

• Lead R&D Controlling, including project cost analysis, product portfolio analysis, cost center controlling

• Drive margin improvement, cost optimization, and working capital management initiatives

• Ensure effective governance, compliance, risk management, and internal controls

• Develop and coach finance talent and strengthen business partnering capabilities across the organization

• Deliver results for the business segment with full people management responsibility and succession planning accountability
• Contributing to the global SAP S/4 HANA implementation project

Your profile

• Proven leadership experience in Finance and Controlling within an industrial or manufacturing environment

• Strong Finance Business Partnering experience supporting senior leadership teams

• Knowledge of production processes is a must, preferred in a Finance/Controlling role in manufacturing industry whereby it is elementary to understand supply chain processes and operational performance metrics

• Solid track record in budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and cost optimization

• Experience driving business growth, margin improvement, and working capital initiatives
• Advanced SAP (ECC/S4HANA) and Power BI knowledge

• Excellent communicator in German and English and relationship-builder at senior levels
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Leadership responsability:

• Performance Management – driving accountability and results through feedback and coaching
• Intent-Based Leadership – empowering teams to fully engage and deliver their best
• Cultural Diversity – building strong, collaborative, and diverse global teams
• Strategic Agility & Vision – anticipating trends and aligning business priorities
• Innovative Thinking – fostering fresh ideas and continuous improvement. Agentic AI and automation are on your agenda.
• Business Results Orientation – understanding customers, markets, and competition

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We offer:

• Long-term prospects: A secure job in a fast-growing, international company with exciting development opportunities and interesting and varied tasks in a future-oriented environment

• Valuable support: Great team spirit, elaborate onboarding and a wide range of training opportunities in our own academy at the Bellheim site as well as an Employee Assistance Program (Lyra)

• Tangible added value: Flexible working hours, annual vacation on behalf of the respective country regulations

• Visible benefits: Attractive salary, company pension plan and other benefits

• Attractive extras: Corporate benefits, company and team events,

Ready to join? Apply now and start your journey with us!

If you’re a visionary leader who thrives on building, leading, and delivering results at scale — we’d love to hear from you.

Please send us your application with a possible start date via our career page. If you have any questions, please contact Veronika Wieland-Kolumban by phone +49 (8283) 999216 .