Industrial Controller (Parental Leave Substitution)
We are looking for an Industrial Controller to join our Finance team for a parental leave substitution. Reporting to the HCo CFO Italy and working under the supervision of the Area CFO, in this role you will act as a business partner for the Industrial Manager and the Supply Chain Manager, supporting the definition of budget objectives for the Regions and ensuring a solid performance management approach across the operations community.
By working closely with Local Plant Controllers, Local Supply Chain Controllers and Group Industrial & Supply Controlling, you will contribute to the understanding of gaps between actual results and targets (Budget/Forecast), promoting improvement actions and encouraging the sharing of best practices within the Region.
In this position, you will support the planning processes, contributing to Budget and Forecast cycles in close coordination with Country and Group Operations Controlling, ensuring alignment and consistency across the Region. Working closely with Local Operations Controllers and Group stakeholders, you will help consolidate and analyze actual results versus targets, providing clear insights into performance and underlying business drivers.
You will contribute to monthly industrial closing activities, including industrial cost calculation, stock valuation and variance analysis, ensuring data accuracy in SAP and reconciliation through Excel. In parallel, you will manage reporting activities by extracting and analyzing data from SAP and preparing weekly and monthly reports to support Industrial and Supply Chain decision-making.
You will monitor key cost areas such as supply chain costs versus target, obsolescence and destruction costs, and support stock evaluation analyses at Region level, ensuring alignment with Group standards. You will also contribute to the preparation of materials for the Stock Committee and support the interpretation of operational performance trends.
In addition, you will support innovation and strategic initiatives, including cost simulation for new products and contribution to business cases, as well as financial analysis of CAPEX investments and monitoring of related activities. Throughout the role, you will collaborate closely with Country and Group stakeholders to ensure a consistent and effective performance management approach.
You hold a master’s degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics or a related field, and you bring previous experience in industrial controlling, financial planning or performance management within structured and complex environments.
You are comfortable working with ERP systems, particularly SAP (including S/4HANA), and you have strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, as well as familiarity with planning and reporting tools such as BI solutions or consolidation platforms.
You combine strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a business-oriented mindset, and you are able to translate data into clear insights and practical recommendations. You communicate effectively and feel at ease working in international contexts, with fluency in English.
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Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.
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