Factory Controller

Nestlé S.A.; Nunspeet; On-site; EUR 83,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month salary

25 vacation days

Annual bonus

Corporate fitness

Urban Sports Club

Career development

Baby food support

Green mobility

Job summary

Nestlé Netherlands in Nunspeet is seeking a skilled Factory Controller to align financial insight with factory operations. You will partner with the Factory Manager and Leadership Team to drive cost performance, lead budgeting and forecasting, and ensure accurate reporting in line with Nestlé standards.

You will coach the finance team, manage CAPEX evaluations, and help shape both short-term results and long-term strategy across 10 production and packaging lines and 331 SKUs.

Qualifications

• Approx. 10–15 years of relevant Finance experience.
• Strong experience in factory costing and business controlling, preferably in manufacturing or FMCG.
• Advanced financial analysis skills and ability to work with large datasets.
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards, financial controls, budgeting and forecasting.
• Leadership and coaching experience, with proficiency in Excel and SAP S/4HANA, plus professional English fluency.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic finance partner to the Factory Manager and Leadership Team, delivering clear financial insights.
• drive factory cost performance by challenging assumptions, identifying and validating savings opportunities and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• lead the factory’s budgeting, forecasting and business-planning processes, creating transparency and accountability around financial targets.
• ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and period-end closing in line with Nestlé Accounting Standards.
• maintain strong governance and internal controls, ensure audit readiness and compliance with relevant requirements, and lead the financial evaluation of CAPEX projects and investment proposals.
• lead, coach and develop the factory finance team while improving financial understanding, processes, systems, reporting, data quality and digital capabilities across the factory.

Skills

Finance leadership

Costing

Forecasting

Data analysis

Excel

SAP S/4HANA

English fluency

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Excel

Job description

Factory Controller, this is your challenge

Behind every production decision in Nunspeet is a financial perspective that helps shape the factory’s future. With approximately 331 SKUs, more than 100 export markets and 10 production and packaging lines, this is an environment where sound financial leadership has a direct impact. As Factory Controller, you are the trusted finance co-pilot of the Factory Manager and Factory Leadership Team. You connect financial insight with operational reality, bring clarity to complex decisions and help the factory improve its performance today while making well-informed choices for the long term.

As Factory Controller you have the following responsibilities:

• Act as the strategic finance partner to the Factory Manager and Factory Leadership Team, providing clear financial insights and supporting day-to-day and long-term business decisions;
• drive factory cost performance by challenging assumptions, identifying and validating savings opportunities and supporting continuous improvement initiatives;
• lead the factory’s budgeting, forecasting and business-planning processes, creating transparency and accountability around financial targets;
• ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and period-end closing in line with Nestlé Accounting Standards;
• maintain strong governance and internal controls, ensure audit readiness and compliance with relevant requirements, and lead the financial evaluation of CAPEX projects and investment proposals;
• lead, coach and develop the factory finance team while improving financial understanding, processes, systems, reporting, data quality and digital capabilities across the factory.

As Factory Controller you report to the Factory Manager, and you are part of the Factory Leadership Team of Nestlé Netherlands in Nunspeet.

What we are looking for in our Factory Controller

• approximately 10 to 15 years of relevant Finance experience;
• strong experience in factory costing and business controlling, preferably in a complex manufacturing or FMCG environment;
• advanced financial analysis skills and the ability to work with large and complex datasets;
• strong knowledge of accounting standards, financial controls, compliance, budgeting and forecasting;
• leadership and coaching experience, combined with proficiency in Excel and SAP S/4HANA and professional fluency in English.

The job offers more than just a challenge

• A full-time role (40 hours per week) with excellent benefits: a 13th month and 25 vacation days;
• salary range from €7.400 and €9.250 depending on the candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience;
• annual performance bonus based on business and personal performance;
• stay in shape with our corporate fitness programme via "Bedrijfsfitness" and "Urban Sports Club";
• various career development opportunities, both in the Netherlands and internationally;
• free baby food for a full year after the birth of your little one, up to €500 per year per child;
• green mobility options: e‑bike lease or tax benefit when purchasing one.

Respect is at the heart of Nestlé's culture, of which room for differences is an important part. Differences between people who buy our products and in our workplace. We believe it is important that everyone feels welcome and safe at Nestlé, regardless of your gender, religion, cultural background, age, disability or who you love. We are convinced that diversity leads to more creativity and innovation and moves our organization forward. That is why we actively work to create a culture and leadership that offers equal opportunities for all!