PLM Controller (f/m/d), Advanced Therapies

Siemens Healthineers AG; Forchheim; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mobile work 60% within Germany

Mobile work abroad up to 30 days

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers AG in Forchheim seeks a PLM Controller (f/m/d) to shape automation, digitization, and AI within the AT FI PLM team. You will monitor developments, define use cases, and implement digital finance solutions across global R&D interfaces.

You will lead planning, forecasting, and reporting, consolidating data from global locations and driving robust multi-year cost planning. Strong international collaboration and expertise in finance systems are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in economics, industrial engineering, business informatics, or a comparable field.
• Extensive planning and reporting experience, ideally at Siemens Healthineers.
• Experience as a Finance Business Partner and advising executives on business issues.
• Experience collaborating with international teams in a global environment.
• Interest in AI and digital transformation; knowledge of databases is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Automation, Digitalization, and AI as Productivity Drivers.
• Lead in developing digital finance solutions—from identifying use cases through design to implementation.
• Planning, Forecasting, and Reporting for AT R&D.
• Consolidating actual, forecast, and budget data from AT’s global R&D locations and reporting on this data.
• Developing cross-location R&D financial reporting for informed management decisions.
• Modeling and maintaining a robust multi-year plan for AT R&D costs.
• R&D Controlling for specific products and projects; support managers with business issues.
• Target costing and design-to-cost measures; develop robust financial product plans.
• Liaising regarding allocations from units outside SHS AT with partners.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Structured thinking

Team player

English & German

Education

Economics degree

Industrial engineering degree

Business informatics degree

Tools

MS Office

SAP

PAM

Valsight

Job description

Job Requirements

Do you want to help create the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry.

Job Requirements

Do you want to help create the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sounds interesting?

Then come and join our global team as PLM Controller (f/m/d).

Choose the best place for your work – Within the scope of this position, it is possible, in consultation with your manager, to work mobile (within Germany) up to an average volume of 60% of the respective working hours.

Even more flexibility? Mobile working from abroad is possible for up to 30 days a year under certain conditions and in selected countries.

Job Location: Siemensstraße 1, 91301 Forchheim.

Your Tasks And Responsibilities

• Automation, Digitalization, and AI as Productivity Drivers
• You will play a key role in shaping automation, digitalization, and artificial intelligence within the AT FI PLM team, monitor technological developments, and identify resulting opportunities. To this end, you will engage in dialogue with peers within the SHS Finance Community.
• You will take a leading role in developing innovative digital finance solutions—from identifying use cases through design to implementation. This is based on the analysis and optimization of processes within AT FI PLM and at interfaces.
• Planning, Forecasting, and Reporting for AT R&D
• You will be responsible for consolidating actual, forecast, and budget data from AT’s global R&D locations and for reporting on this data. You will continuously optimize processes, structures, tools, and data flows with the goal of achieving a higher degree of transparency and digitization.
• You will further define and develop cross-location R&D financial reporting, thereby ensuring a sound basis for decision-making for management and business units.
• You are responsible for modeling, further developing, and maintaining a robust multi-year plan for AT R&D costs.
• R&D Controlling
• You will be responsible for R&D controlling for specific products and projects and will support the relevant managers with business-related issues. As part of the planning and forecasting processes, you will analyze and validate targets.
• In addition to preparing well-founded forecasts and budgets, your focus will be on target costing and design-to-cost measures, as well as the creation and further development of robust financial product plans.
• You will assume responsibility for controlling and liaising regarding allocations from units outside of SHS AT, working closely with the respective partners.

To find out more about the specific business, have a look at https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/products-services

Your Qualifications And Experience

• You have successfully completed a degree in economics, industrial engineering, business informatics, or a comparable field.
• You have many years of experience in planning and reporting—ideally at Siemens Healthineers—and possess in-depth knowledge of operational and business management contexts as well as relevant value streams.
• You have experience as a Finance Business Partner and in advising subject matter experts and executives on business issues and decision-making processes.
• You have successfully collaborated with international teams and stakeholders in a global environment.
• You are interested in modern technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, and have experience in the field of digital transformation. Knowledge of databases is a plus.
• Experience in developing financial product plans is desirable.
• You have very good knowledge of MS Office, SAP, and other relevant IT systems. Ideally, you have already worked with PAM and Valsight.

Your Attributes And Skills

• You are known for your analytical, structured, and forward-thinking approach, as well as your high standards for quality and reliability. You always keep priorities and goals in mind.
• You stand out for your ability to work both independently and as part of a team, as well as your strong communication, facilitation, and assertiveness skills. In an international environment, you are able to reconcile differing interests and successfully drive change. Your business-level proficiency in English and German supports you in this.
• Continuous learning is second nature to you. You actively introduce new technologies, methods, and ideas to your team and the organization.
• You are characterized by curiosity, a willingness to embrace change, and a commitment to continuously improving structures, processes, and tools.

Depending on the experience and qualifications background of the applicant, task enrichment into the area above the general pay scale is possible.

Our Global Team

Siemens Healthineers is a leading global medical technology company. 74,000 dedicated colleagues in over 70 countries are driven to shape the future of healthcare. An estimated 5 million patients across the globe benefit every day from our innovative technologies and services in the areas of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging, laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine, as well as digital health and enterprise services.

Our Culture

Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. That's why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.

Check our Careers Site at https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/de/careers

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