R&D Center Management - Budget Specialist

Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş.; Fatih; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş. is seeking an experienced budget planning professional to lead R&D budgeting for Truck and Bus teams in Turkey.

You will consolidate project scopes, timelines, and labor/material costs, ensuring timely planning and clear communication with internal partners and international teams. Ideal candidates will have a BSc in business, finance, or engineering, strong accounting/controlling knowledge, and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of accounting and controlling processes.
• Experience with project budgeting and financial planning.

Responsibilities

• Budget planning for R&D Truck Teams/Departments in Turkey, consolidating scope and timelines.
• Monitor labor and material costs for planning periods and maintain deadlines with partners.
• Support L4 teams with budget planning and ensure transparency with Germany and Turkey.
• Prepare monthly invoices and communicate details with Customers and Accounting.
• Create risk management plans for budget variations and regulatory changes.
• Manage service level agreements and track purchase orders across regions.

Skills

Budget planning

R&D budgeting

SAP

Controlling

English (Fluent)

Education

B.Sc. in business, finance or engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

We as Mercedes-Benz Türk develop and produce Trucks & Buses in our factories based in Istanbul & Aksaray in order to shape the future of sustainable transportation.

We are an important part of the production and R&D network of Daimler Truck AG.

Everything we do, contributes to a cleaner, safer, more efficient and distinctive future. We start with listening, build to solve, lead with the long view and progress together!

Are you ready to be part of our global team to keep the world moving?

Why you matter in this role

When you join our Engineering team, you’re not just designing trucks —you’re shaping the way people live, move, and connect. Think about it: from delivering essential goods to local communities, to ensuring medical supplies reach hospitals on time, to supporting the massive supply chains that keep our world running - our work touches millions of lives every single day.

From the very first sketch to the moment our trucks hit the streets, your ideas will help making transportation more sustainable, safer, and more accessible for generations to come.

And this is where you make us! If you’re curious, collaborative, and eager to grow, this is your chance to create solutions that move not only people - but the world - forward.

What You Can Expect:

• Responsibility for budget planning of R&D Truck Teams/Departments located in Turkey with the perspective of checking available capacity in those teams by consolidating project scopes and timeline.
• Providing all R&D budget targets for R&D teams including labor costs and material costs for planning periods (1.EA, 2.EA) and monitoring them by securing the deadlines for internal and external partners.
• Supporting R&D L4s in operational level regarding team budget planning and issuing purchase and arranging budget transparency to related L4s in Germany and Turkey for increasing planning quality of Headcount and Expenditure.
• Preparing monthly invoices by oberserving strict deadlines and communicating all contentwise detail with both Customers and Accounting.
• Creating the risk management plan in case of budget variations, economical changes, regulation and decision changes from authorities and top management.
• Full responsibility for service level agreements with regard tocompliance to regulations and tracking purchase order and service level agreements of defined teams, which are signed with other regions in Daimler Truck AG, e.g. FUSO (Japan), DICV (India), DTNA (USA), CTT (France).
• Contributing to R&D Center Incentive planning and reporting to Ministry of Industry and Technology by delivering budget situation.

That’s Why You Are a Match:

• Completed B.Sc. in business administration, finance or engineering.
• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting, controlling, development systems and processes
• Hands-on knowledge in controlling tools e.g. SAP systems
• Experience on project management and technical expertise in company internal processes
• Fluent language skills in English. German would be an advantage.
• Advanced coordination,organizationand communicationskills
• Flexible, self-initiative, motivated and distinct ability to work in a team
• Move the world forward: Every 7 of 10 of trucks and 4 of 10 buses produced in Turkiye carry our signature.
• Shape the future of mobility: Guided by the star, we are driving innovation with groundbreaking electric vehicle projects. Your ideas today can change how he world moves tomorrow.
• Global Impact, local roots: With 100,000 colleagues across 40+ locations, we embody a truly multinational culture - exporting know-how and impact worldwide in Daimler Truck.
• Drive sustainability with purpose: For us, sustainability isn’t a trend - it’s a responsibility, fully aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
• Grow without boundaries: Cross-functional, cross-location, and international rotations - here, borders don’t limit your career. Your growth has no boundaries.
• Learn & Evolve: Take advantage of continuous learning, mentoring, and development programs designed to support your growth at every step.
• Thrive beyond work: With 20+ active hobby and sports clubs and sponsorship of national teams, we celebrate life both on and off the field. To join us:

At Mercedes-Benz Türk, we support diversity and advocate an equitable and inclusive corporate culture. Guided by our principle that ‘jobs have no gender’, we are building a workplace together where everyone feels they belong through our diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. We base our strategy on fairness and equal opportunity, and we evaluate all applications in line with the principle of equality - regardless of age, culture, belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, parenthood, or disability status.

So, if you don’t meet all the requirements, we encourage you to go ahead and apply - your unique skills and story might be exactly what we’re looking for.