Plant Controller: Cost & Budget Optimization Lead

Henkel Corporation; Çankaya; On-site; TRY 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Henkel Corporation, a leading chemicals and consumer goods company, invites applications for a Plant Controller to drive financial performance in manufacturing. You will manage cost control, budget planning and financial analysis for plant activities, while partnering with cross-functional teams to optimize production costs and drive continuous improvement.

The role includes maintaining cost systems, evaluating monthly cost development, and supporting investments with rigorous financial insight

Qualifications

• Experience in cost controlling for manufacturing operations.
• Ability to plan and control plant budgets.
• Strong analytical skills for cost and variance tracking.

Responsibilities

• Measuring, controlling and analyzing costs, related with production & plant activities
• Analyzing production activities for setting up control systems (cost items, product cost structure, cost centers, cost allocation, etc...)
• Planning and controlling plant budget according to the Henkel standards in cooperation with the unit managers
• Coordinating block cost allocations to the plant
• Maintaining SAP system for budget and allocations to products
• Evaluating monthly cost development plan regarding cost center and cost element
• Controlling current costs of production, comparing costs of products and product groups, comparing moving average costs with standard costs, closing monthly production costs
• Calculating the production losses/yield and full variance check
• Providing financial support to Engineering teams in tracking, evaluating and capitalizing investments.
• Supporting management with Cost of Goods (COG) projects and preparing daily and weekly production reports.

Skills

Cost control

Budget planning

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Production cost analysis

Tools

SAP

Job description

Henkel Corporation, a leading chemicals and consumer goods company, invites applications for a Plant Controller to drive financial performance in manufacturing. You will manage cost control, budget planning and financial analysis for plant activities, while partnering with cross-functional teams to optimize production costs and drive continuous improvement.

The role includes maintaining cost systems, evaluating monthly cost development, and supporting investments with rigorous financial insight