At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.
Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live a culture of inclusion, respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.
Your Tasks
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Business partnering with CPO, Procurement Department (Directs Raw & Pack materials), Supply Chain and Global Supply Chain / Manufacturing Controlling
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Role has strong visibility to CSO and Corporate Controlling/CFO
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Handling a spend of 1,4 bn EUR, you will play major role in material cost steering with an impact on Intercompany Pricing of our Production Centers.
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Own and drive planning, forecasting, benchmarking and reporting processes for the material costs and material price variance for all internal Production Centers.
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Understand and analyze feedstock market intelligence to comment, explain and challenge the actual and forecasted material price development.
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Closely follow up, understand and steer sustainability agenda and its impacts on material prices (EUDR, Emissions Scope 3.1, sustainable raw materials, etc.)
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Indicative KPIs to be monitored: Feedstock prices, Material Price Variances, Macro economic indicators (GDP, Inflation, Interest Rates, Energy, Purchasing Index, etc.), Accounts Payable/Payment Terms/DPO
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Drive and contribute to the digital roadmap towards enhanced automated reporting, planning and forecasting. Background experience with Power BI and Predictive analytics is a plus.
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Drive knowledge upskilling training sessions to ensure compliance and allow best practice sharing across Productions Centers.
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Strongly collaborate with Production Centers to build knowledge and community development.
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Collaborate with leadership to foster a culture of continuous learning, guiding team development initiatives that enhance skills, performance, and collaboration across diverse departments
Your Profile
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A degree in engineering, business informatics or business administration, ideally with major in supply chain, finance or controlling
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Several years of relevant experience in controlling (Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply chain)
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Relevant experience in Market Intelligence
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Strong methodological skills (e.g. supply chain processes and business case calculation)
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High conceptual and analytical competence, proactivity and creativity in solutions with strong IT and data management skills
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Strong project management experience and skills, project team lead experience will be helpful
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Distinct skills in communication & presentation
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Assertive and convincing in a role with high exposure, resilient under pressure with multi-tasking and time pressures
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Solid knowledge of MS Office and good user knowledge of BI/SAP, knowledge of Power Bi would be desirable but not necessary, however the individual should be willing to learn
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International working experience
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Fluent written and spoken English
Additional information
We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of race, gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae, salary expectations, relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.
Hamburg/Germany is the primary location for this position. Therefore, we recommend residence in Hamburg.
Our company agreement allows basically up to 40% of the working time in a flexible work location in Germany. The exact arrangement of this agreement in the relevant team will be explained in a personal conversation.
If you have any questions, please contact our recruiter Nadine Lohmann every Tuesday between 11 and 12 am via the telephone number +494049092870.
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