Operations Controller (m/w/d)

Heraeus; Hanau; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay

Christmas bonus

Extended long-term care insurance

Public transport subsidy

Job summary

Heraeus Medevio invites applications for an Operations Controller role in Germany. You will contribute to monthly closings, rolling forecasts and budget planning within an international Finance team.

The ideal candidate has commercial training or a degree in finance/controlling, SAP experience, and strong Excel skills. Fluent German and English are required; the position offers attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Commercial vocational training with relevant professional experience in production controlling.
• Two years of relevant experience in production controlling, ideally in an internationally operating industrial company.
• Strong SAP experience and fluency in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to monthly and annual closings, rolling forecasts and budget planning.
• Use analyses to identify trends in business transactions and provide actionable insights.
• Turn analyses into recommendations that optimise manufacturing and business processes.
• Work with SAP daily and maintain large Excel databases.

Skills

SAP

Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Commercial vocational training

Degree in business or economics (Finance/Controlling)

Tools

SAP ERP

Excel

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Operations Controller (m/w/d)

Company: Heraeus

Operations Controller (m/w/d)

Permanent

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Help hearts beat with micro-particles? Work on solutions involving precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead. Whether production, research, sales or administration - we love being the invisible force behind innovation. We deliver world-class quality in the areas of Precious Metals, Healthcare, Semiconductor & Electronics and Industrials. As one of the top 10 family-owned companies in Germany, we employ around 15,100 employees in 40 countries.

Shape forward-looking controlling for medical technology

Would you like to do more with numbers than document results? At Heraeus Medevio, you’ll use your analyses to assess business transactions and identify trends in a fast-growing, dynamic medical technology environment. Your recommendations will help improve manufacturing and business processes. You’ll bring your forward-looking perspective to an international Finance team.

The following challenges await you:

As part of the Controlling team at Heraeus Medevio, you contribute to monthly and annual closings, rolling forecasts and budget planning.

In a fast-growing, dynamic medical technology environment, you use analyses and reports to assess business transactions, spot trends early and draw insights.

You turn your analyses into recommendations that help optimise manufacturing and business processes.

You work with SAP every day. You also create, process and maintain complex databases built in Excel.

As part of an international Finance team, you contribute your ideas and actively shape your professional development.

Your Profile

You have completed commercial vocational training and gained relevant professional experience or hold a degree in business or economics with a focus on Finance or Controlling, or an equivalent qualification.

• At least two years of relevant professional experience in production controlling - ideally in an internationally operating industrial company.

You enjoy working with SAP and figures, and are interested in complex issues.

Experience creating, maintaining and processing large Excel databases, or the willingness to develop these skills independently.

You identify patterns in figures and data and turn your findings into clear, actionable recommendations.

You show initiative, develop your own solutions and implement them consistently and independently.

You work reliably with a range of stakeholders and contribute your perspective to the team.

You handle short-notice requests calmly and reliably, even when workloads are high.

You are fluent in written and spoken German and English.

• Attractive compensation – strong base salary under the Chemical Industry collective agreement, annual one-off payments (holiday pay, Christmas bonus and future contribution), age‑related leave, and an extension of statutory long‑term care insurance through supplementary long‑term care insurance

Additional financial benefits – support for private pension provision, a life-phase account for paid leave (e.g. a sabbatical or earlier retirement), a public transport subsidy, and discounts at many online and retail shops

Structured working hours – 37.5 hours per week (full-time), time off in lieu for overtime, age-related leave, 30 days of annual leave and special leave for specific occasions

Health & wellbeing – occupational health services with comprehensive preventive check-ups, sports activities, social counselling and an in-house staff canteen serving freshly prepared meals every day