Senior Plant Controller (f/m/div.)

Bosch Home Comfort Portugal; Aveiro; Ibrido; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Hybrid work system

Free parking lot

Canteen

Descrizione del lavoro

Bosch Home Comfort Portugal in Aveiro is seeking a plant controller to act as a financial partner to the plant management team. You will ensure transparency on financial performance, combine analytical expertise with hands-on coordination of key controlling processes, and deliver actionable insights for management decisions.

The role focuses on plant performance analysis, stock and inventory management, investment assessments, headcount and personnel costs, production costs, and product costing,

Competenze

• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a comparable field.
• Solid and proven professional experience in Plant Controlling, Manufacturing Finance, or a comparable controlling environment, ideally at senior level.
• Strong knowledge of product costing, inventory valuation, production costs, and CAPEX/investment analysis.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex financial data, identify key drivers and translate findings into actionable business insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial topics clearly to management and non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to independently drive critical plant processes such as the annual physical inventory.
• Structured, proactive, hands-on, and results-oriented, with a high level of ownership and attention to detail.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English, both written and spoken.

Mansioni

• Plant Performance: Ensure the timely delivery, in-depth analysis, and presentation of the Plant Performance Report (PPR), highlighting key financial KPIs and providing actionable insights to support management decision‑making.
• Stock & Inventory Management: Manage financial KPIs related to stocks and inventory, take responsibility for the permanent inventory management system, and coordinate the planning, execution, and reporting of the annual physical inventory as lead CTG coordinator.
• Investment Assessments: Evaluate, control, and perform financial assessments for plant-related investments and capital expenditures.
• Headcount & Personnel Costs: Track and report direct headcount and calculate personnel costs for direct labour, including the required headcount per production area.
• Production Costs: Monitor and analyse production costs, with a particular focus on material costs, identifying deviations and supporting cost transparency.
• Product Costing: Monitor and further develop cost structures for key plant products and devices, acting as the primary deputy for product costing within plant controlling.

Conoscenze

Plant Controlling

Manufacturing Finance

Analytical Skills

Communication

Coordination

Languages: Portuguese & English

Formazione

University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a comparable field

Descrizione del lavoro

Bosch Location: Aveiro

Division: Home Comfort

Work Mode: Hybrid

Field of work: Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, and Credit Control

Join as: Professional

Working time: Full-time

Contract Type: According to Arrangement

Compensation: According to agreement

Your tasks

You will play a key role in plant controlling, acting as a financial partner to the plant management team and ensuring transparency on the plant’s financial performance. You will combine strong analytical expertise with hands-on coordination of key controlling processes. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Plant Performance: Ensure the timely delivery, in-depth analysis, and presentation of the Plant Performance Report (PPR), highlighting key financial KPIs and providing actionable insights to support management decision‑making.
• Stock & Inventory Management: Manage financial KPIs related to stocks and inventory, take responsibility for the permanent inventory management system, and coordinate the planning, execution, and reporting of the annual physical inventory as lead CTG coordinator.
• Investment Assessments: Evaluate, control, and perform financial assessments for plant-related investments and capital expenditures.
• Headcount & Personnel Costs: Track and report direct headcount and calculate personnel costs for direct labour, including the required headcount per production area.
• Production Costs: Monitor and analyse production costs, with a particular focus on material costs, identifying deviations and supporting cost transparency.
• Product Costing: Monitor and further develop cost structures for key plant products and devices, acting as the primary deputy for product costing within plant controlling.

Your profile

• Education: University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a comparable field.
• Experience: Solid and proven professional experience in Plant Controlling, Manufacturing Finance, or a comparable controlling environment, ideally at senior level.
• Controlling Expertise: Strong knowledge of product costing, inventory valuation, production costs, and CAPEX/investment analysis.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex financial data, identify key drivers and translate findings into actionable business insights.
• Communication: Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial topics clearly to management and non‑financial stakeholders.
• Coordination: Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to independently drive critical plant processes such as the annual physical inventory.
• Working Style: Structured, proactive, hands-on, and results‑oriented, with a high level of ownership and attention to detail.
• Languages: Fluency in Portuguese and English, both written and spoken.

Contact & additional information

• Flexible work conditions
• Hybrid work system
• Exchange with colleagues around the world
• Health insurance and medical office on site (general surgeon, psychology, physiotherapy, general clinic)
• Training opportunities (p.e., technical training, foreign languages training) & certifications
• Opportunities for career progression and continuous professional development
• Access to great discounts in partnerships and Bosch products
• Sports and health related activities
• Flexible benefits platform
• Free parking lot
• Canteen

Location benefits

• Free Parking
• Supported employee car park on site, free bicycle parking in the courtyard, secure bicycle parking space for rent, e‑bike charging stations
• Health Insurance
• Flexible and mobile working
• Flexitime and modern working time models ranging from part-time to job sharing, home office and incorporated window days off
• Wide range of health and sports activities
• Training opportunities & Certifications
• Exchange with colleagues around the world
• Company doctor on site
• Occupational health care and counselling by internal medical staff, free vaccinations, attractive health insurance, psychosocial and therapeutic counselling, personal health care, workshops and lectures on the subject of health, company pension scheme from the 3rd year at Bosch
• Discounts for employees
• Discounted purchasing conditions with us and our partner companies, subsidised cultural and leisure events
• Catering facilities on site
• Healthy and tasty meals at subsidised prices in our company restaurant and cafeteria, free coffee in our coffee kitchens

Company values and culture

Welcome to Aveiro

Aveiro, the city of sweet egg pastries and beautiful canal and sea sceneries, is the location of Bosch Home Comfort in Portugal. Joining more than 1500 associates in manufacturing and research and development of water heating solutions. We have the global competence center for water heaters development in our site and an R&D engineering center where we develop new and innovative solutions for our products. Working for global projects and gathering two Bosch divisions, in Aveiro also develop software solutions for our Mobility Aftermarket division.

Welcome to Bosch

The Bosch Group has more than 400 000 employees around the world, present in 60 countries, and we are proud to impact people’s lives and to work towards a more sustainable future.

In the city of Aveiro, Bosch has one of its biggest production sites for Bosch Home Comfort division, as well as a Research and Development Center for new and improved heating solutions for the residential segment. With more than 1400 employees, focused on innovation, sustainability and collaboration, Bosch Aveiro joins together experts in diverse areas, from mechanical engineering to connectivity and software solutions, as well as industrialization and quality.

At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our promise to our associates is rock‑solid: we grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other. Join in and feel the difference in mindsets, cultures, generations, identities and perspectives. Everyone should bring their authenticity and work together respectfully. Bosch is an employer that values diversity and equal opportunities. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and we can provide reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process and in the performance of professional activity. By including everyone and ensuring equal opportunities we unleash our full potential.

Bosch is an employer that values diversity and equal opportunities.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and we can provide reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process and in the performance of professional activity.

By including everyone and ensuring equal opportunities we unleash our full potential.