Material Controller Specialist

Yazaki Europe Limited; Ovar; Remote; EUR 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Continuous learning opportunities

Job summary

Yazaki North America, Inc. is seeking a Material Controlling Specialist at our plant in Portugal to support profitability and operational excellence through cost analysis, savings tracking, and data-driven decision-making.

You will ensure accurate reporting and high-quality purchasing data to aid Sales, Purchasing, Controlling, and other stakeholders. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, and reporting on material savings, price accuracy, and process optimization while collaborating

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in Economics, Business Administration or Accounting.
• Background in costing and/or controlling activities.
• Strong motivation and ability to develop practical/innovative approaches.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to profit improvement and data quality in the purchasing database.
• Provide dashboards linking Sales, Plant, Finished Goods, Components and Suppliers.
• Support Sales and Purchasing with data-driven analysis and trend insights.
• Provide budget, forecast and actuals for material saving and market impact.
• Support vertical integration activities.
• Ensure data accuracy, deadlines and credible reporting.
• Propose process optimizations and useful toolsets.
• Collaborate with Sales, Cost Engineering, Controlling, Purchasing, Logistics, IT.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Advanced English

Excel proficiency

Willingness to travel

Education

University degree in Economics, Business Administration or Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Job Function:CFO_Finance & Controlling
Job Discipline:
Job Family:Controlling

Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. Join a family-owned company committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of its business, contributing to society, and inspiring trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for aMaterial Controller Specialist in our plant in [[location]].

The Material Controlling Specialist supports business profitability and operational excellence through material cost analysis, savings tracking, and data-driven decision-making. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate reporting, maintaining high-quality purchasing and pricing data, and providing meaningful insights to support Sales, Purchasing, Controlling, and other key stakeholders

Responsabilities

Material Controlling

• Contribute to profit improvement, saving measures and data quality improvement of purchasing database
• Provide dashboards of component details enabiling data link of Sales_Project_Plant_Finished Goods_Components_Suppliers
• Support Sales and Purchasing with the decision-making by proactively providing meaningful analysis and exploiting trends.

Reporting

• Provide budget, forecast and actual of material saving and market impact to Divisions and Plants
• Support Vertical Integration actvities
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, deadlines, reporting credibitliy and reliable communication

Process and Tool Optimization

• Ensure component price accuracy across different systems to minimize price variance
• Proactively propose business processes optimization, useful toolsets and insightful reports
• Collaborate with other functions, i.e. Sales, Cost Engineering, Controlling, Purchasing, Logistics, Plants and IT mainly

Requirements

• University degree in Economics, Business Administration or/and Accounting;
• Background in Costing and/or Controlling activities;
• High personal motivation and the ability to develop practical or innovative alternative approaches to meet objectives;
• Advanced English language skills;
• Strong communication skills to different levels on the organization;
• Proficient user in Microsoft Office, mainly Excel;
• Willingness to travel (about 10%);

What do we have to offer?

At Yazaki, we provide a range of benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth, including flexible working arrangements and opportunities for continuous learning.

At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.

At Yazaki, we arecommitted to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone which extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.