Plant Controller: Cost Transparency & Strategic Finance

ENERCON; Turkey; On-site; TRY 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

ENERCON is seeking a Plant Controller for the Bergama Plant in İzmir. You will lead financial controlling, ensure transparent production costs, and support decision making for cost efficiency in a manufacturing setting.

You will partner with local plant management and Global Operations Controlling to deliver accurate reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, while driving cost transparency and productivity initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, Management Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in controlling, financial analysis, plant controlling, cost controlling, or similar finance role.
• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of production cost controlling, variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Good knowledge of SAP FI/CO.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications, especially Excel.
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
• Fluency in Turkish and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial controlling and reporting activities for the blade manufacturing plant.
• Ensure accurate and transparent production cost data, performance reporting, and margin visibility.
• Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports in line with local and global requirements.
• Monitor production costs, variances, material consumption, inventory movements, and KPIs.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking, and cost center review processes.
• Analyze production-related KPIs such as unit cost, productivity, efficiency, scrap rates, and cost center performance.
• Act as a finance business partner to plant management by providing financial insights, recommendations, and decision support.
• Collaborate with Global Operations Controlling and ensure alignment with global controlling guidelines.
• Ensure timely and accurate posting of production-related transactions in SAP.
• Cooperate with production, warehouse, procurement, logistics, and other functions to improve end-to-end cost transparency.
• Support internal and external audit requirements related to production financials.
• Participate in cost-saving, productivity, and operational efficiency projects.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

Cost controlling

Business partnering

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Turkish and English fluency

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Business Administration / Economics / Finance / Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP FI/CO

MS Excel

Power BI

Job description

ENERCON is seeking a Plant Controller for the Bergama Plant in İzmir. You will lead financial controlling, ensure transparent production costs, and support decision making for cost efficiency in a manufacturing setting.

You will partner with local plant management and Global Operations Controlling to deliver accurate reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, while driving cost transparency and productivity initiatives.