Production Controller - Product Costing & Calculation

Experts Group International; Pforzheim; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Experts Group International is seeking a skilled Production Controller to provide reliable numbers for production and management. You will drive product costing, target/actual analyses, and support resource planning, using CRP, MRP and OEE metrics.

The role emphasizes standard costs, machine hour rates and overhead surcharges, with ROI analyses and continuous cost optimization. The ideal candidate has a business/industrial engineering background, strong numerical skills, and proficiency with MS

Qualifications

• Must hold a degree in business administration, finance, controlling or industrial engineering.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with a solution-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Costing and target/actual analyses to support machine utilization and resource planning (CRP, MRP, OEE).
• Determine and maintain standard costs, machine hour rates and overhead surcharges.
• Perform make-or-buy calculations and ROI analyses.
• Analyze production output, profitability and cost structures; identify optimization potential.
• Evaluate inventory, WIP and material efficiency.
• Conduct process analyses to reduce idle time and improve energy efficiency.
• Support investment controlling, efficiency projects and profitability analyses.

Skills

Numerical analysis

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Team player

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Industrial Engineering

Tools

MS Excel

ERP systems

BI systems

Job description

Our client is a global development and production partner for medical technology companies, with sites in Europe, China and the USA. They manufacture implants, instruments and components, and they are growing in a future-proof industry.

Your role

Calculation is the core of this job. You are the person production and management rely on for reliable numbers.

• Product costing and target/actual analyses to support machine utilization and resource planning (CRP, MRP, OEE)
• Determine and maintain standard costs, machine hour rates and overhead surcharges
• Calculations for make-or-buy decisions and ROI analyses
• Analyze production output, profitability and cost structures, and identify optimization potential
• Evaluate inventory, WIP and material efficiency
• Process analyses to identify idle time and improve energy efficiency
• Support investment controlling, efficiency projects and profitability analyses

Your profile

• Degree in business administration, finance, controlling or industrial engineering
• Several years of experience as a production controller or in costing within an industrial company
• Strong numerical and analytical skills and a solution-oriented approach
• Confident in MS Office, especially Excel, plus ERP and BI systems
• Team player with initiative and strategic thinking