Plant Controller, Susegana

Electrolux Group

Electrolux Group is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. We reinvent taste, care, and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under our group of leading appliance brands, including Electrolux, AEG, and Frigidaire, we sell household products in around 120 markets every year. In 2023 Electrolux Group had sales of SEK 134 billion and employed 45,000 people around the world.

About the job:

Plant Controller is a key member of the plant management team. In this role you will provide financial analysis so that the industrial plant can make appropriate financial decisions, especially regarding cost reduction and investments. You will have a solid knowledge in cost accounting, ensuring that plant costs are minimized and present accurate month-end closes. You will work closely with the Electrolux financial community for various financial analysis as well as support external auditors.

What you will do:

As a Plant Controller, you will analyze, coordinate, and forecast complex financial, economic, and other data to provide accurate and timely information and recommendations to senior management for medium- and long-term strategic and operational decisions. You will also coordinate activities related to budgets, forecasts, costs, and other financial matters, including control and data reporting for a country/plant.

Reporting to: operationally to Plant Manager, functionally to BA EA Manufacturing controller

In detail, you will:

1. Act as a financial business partner to the plant manager and the factory management team, providing financial leadership for key business decisions.
2. Be part of the BA EA manufacturing controlling community and act as an integral team member focused on delivering accurate analysis, reports, and recommendations from the plant.
3. Handle budgeting, forecasting, and follow-up on all relevant factory costs and KPIs, in line with group standards.
4. Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and yearly closing processes.
5. Ensure that practices and policies are enforced by informing and educating the organization about financial procedures, as well as evaluating and improving policies.
6. Provide official reporting according to the Electrolux Accounting Manual.
7. Perform product cost calculations (including standard costing and transfer pricing).
8. Proactively analyze data and trends, highlighting potential deviations and opportunities to improve results.
9. Provide functional and operational leadership to the controlling department, which includes 3 people.
10. Manage external and internal audits.
11. Control costs and expenditures in the following areas:
12. Variable costs (Direct Material, Direct Labour, variable factory overhead)
13. Fixed costs (e.g., maintenance, staff, indirect labour, indirect material)
14. Capital expenditures, including the preparation and follow-up of investment requests.

Qualifications & Requirements:

1. University degree in business administration/ economics or similar
2. Solid experience in controlling or similar financial areas, preferably in an industrial environment
3. Good understanding of manufacturing processes is preferred
4. Good communication skills and ability to explain and report in a transparent way
5. High resilience
6. Ability to interact with different functions and levels of the company
7. Good knowledge of IT tools (MS Office, MRP systems, SAP finance)
8. Good leadership skills with ability to motivate and develop the team
9. Strong time management skills
10. Excellent analytical skills
11. Fluent English and Italian

Where you will be:

You’ll be based in an international work environment in the central office for Purchasing in Europe in Susegana (TV), only 1 hour distance from Venice.

Benefits highlights:

1. Flexible work hours/hybrid work environment
2. Discounts on our award-winning Electrolux products and services
3. Family friendly benefits
4. Insurance policy plan
5. Extensive learning opportunities and flexible career path

As part of Electrolux, we will continuously invest in you and your development. There are no barriers to where your career could take you.

For more information go to: www.electroluxgroup.com.