An owner-managed family business with around 600 employees and 35 years of success, market leader in orthomolecular nutritional medicine, is hiring a Senior Controller Value Stream (m/f/d) in Langenfeld. You will manage the commercial side of the value chain and act as sparring partner for purchasing, supply planning, production and logistics.
About the Company
Type: Owner-managed family business
Size: Around 600 employees
Market: Leader in orthomolecular nutritional medicine
History: A 35-year success story with ambitious plans for the future
Values & Career Opportunity
Vision: Better health
Culture: Team spirit, flexibility and customer focus lived every day
Role: Sparring partner for purchasing, supply planning, production and logistics
Impact: Link operational developments to their financial effect
Position Overview
As Senior Controller Value Stream, you take responsibility for the commercial management of the value chain. You analyse costs, performance and processes, create transparency on manufacturing costs, material costs, inventory and production and logistics costs, and support planning and forecasting. You analyse deviations and identify cost and efficiency potential with the specialist departments, create profitability analyses and support the commercial evaluation of investments and process changes. You also develop KPIs, reports and dashboards, join cross-functional projects and improve controlling processes and tools.
Why This Role Matters: Controlling inside a manufacturing value chain is more hands-on than classic finance. You sit close to production, purchasing and logistics, see how decisions move costs and shape the tools and KPIs the business uses. A family-owned market leader adds stability and short paths.
Key Responsibilities
Value Chain Controlling
- Manage commercial aspects of the value chain
- Be the sparring partner for purchasing, supply planning, production and logistics
- Analyse costs, performance and processes
Planning & Analysis
- Support planning and forecasting and analyse deviations
- Identify cost, efficiency and optimisation potential
- Create profitability analyses and evaluate investments and process changes
Reporting & Projects
- Develop KPIs, reports and dashboards
- Connect operational developments with financial impact
- Join cross-functional projects and improve controlling processes and tools
Qualifications & Requirements
Education & Experience
- Degree in economics or industrial engineering, or comparable
- Several years of controlling experience in a manufacturing company, ideally production, supply chain, purchasing or logistics controlling
Technical Skills
- Very good understanding of cost accounting, calculations, manufacturing costs and value chain economics
- Proficient in Excel; ideally ERP and BI or reporting tools such as Power BI
Personal Skills
- Analytical strength and independence
- Communication skills and enjoyment of working with specialist departments
About the Company
The company is an owner-managed family business with about 600 employees and the market leader in orthomolecular nutritional medicine. It lives team spirit, flexibility and customer focus and has built a 35-year success story. The posting does not name the company.
How to Apply: Apply through the company’s careers page. The posting lists no direct contact or salary.
Who Should Apply?
- Production Controllers: Ready for a senior value stream role
- Supply Chain Controllers: With manufacturing cost knowledge
- Industrial Engineers: Moving into controlling
- Power BI Users: Who build KPIs and dashboards
- Rhineland Controllers: Seeking a family-owned employer
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