Position Summary
Production Controller (m/w/d) at GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, full‑time, permanent, located in Oelde, Westfalen. In this role you will support the production site with over 600 employees by driving effective cost and performance management.
Responsibilities and Tasks
- Financial controlling for the production site, including cost accounting and profitability analysis.
- Provide commercial support to production leadership through the creation of insightful analyses, regular performance reviews and translation of key metrics into understandable drivers.
- Participate in monthly, quarterly and annual financial closing and oversee rolling forecast and planning processes within production controlling.
- Execute cost center planning, plan‑actual analysis, product cost calculation, inventory valuation and economic feasibility studies.
- Continuously develop and improve controlling and planning tools.
- Actively contribute to optimization projects.
Qualifications
- Completed university degree in economics or industrial engineering with a focus on controlling, or a commercial apprenticeship with corresponding additional qualification.
- Several years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in special machine building.
- Deep knowledge of cost accounting and product cost calculation.
- Excellent proficiency with SAP R/3 or S/4 (FI, CO, PP, MM), MS Office (Excel, Power Query, PowerPoint) and ideally BI solutions.
- Strong written and spoken language skills in German and English.
- Team player with confident and empathetic communication, high ambition for design excellence.
- Analytical‑conceptual thinking combined with a critical, advisory approach.
- Structured, independent and pragmatic problem‑solving style.
Benefits
- Competitive salary according to the Metalworker and Electrical Industry (MEI) collective agreement.
- Permanent employment contract with 30 vacation days per year.
- Flexible working arrangements: mobile working up to two days per week.
- Modern benefits: bike leasing via JobRad, high‑quality IT equipment, company pension plan.
- Company cafeteria offering a variety of high‑quality meals.
- Comprehensive professional development and structured onboarding.
- Job security in a globally successful, innovative company.
Equal Opportunity Statement
GEA fosters equal opportunity and does not discriminate based on gender, nationality, religion, disability or other legally protected characteristics. Applications are considered irrespective of age, gender, race, colour, religion, worldview, national origin, genetic traits, disability, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. Individuals with disabilities are welcomed and will be given special consideration where they have equal suitability and qualification.
Gender Neutrality Notice
For ease of readability, the job advertisement does not use gender‑specific distinctions. Nonetheless, it is directed at all people, regardless of gender and even individuals without a gender entry.