Production Controller / Senior Operations Controller (m/f/d)

About the job

SPT Roth AG – Lyss Location

The SPT Group is an internationally active, medium-sized corporate group with more than 1,000 employees and locations in Switzerland and Asia.

For our production site in Lyss, we are looking for an experienced individual as Production Controller / Senior Operations Controller (m/f/d). You will report directly to the Head of Corporate Finance and work closely with the local management team. As a financial sparring partner, you combine sound analyses with a profound understanding of our operational production processes and derive concrete recommendations for action.

Your Tasks

• Responsibility for production and cost controlling including manufacturing costs, calculations, variance analyses and relevant production KPIs
• Analysis of operational production processes and derivation of concrete measures to improve costs, productivity and profitability
• R&D controlling, in particular financial support and evaluation of self-developed and manufactured production equipment
• Financial management of project business including project controlling and post-calculations
• Monitoring and analysis of inventories and stock development as well as derivation of optimisation measures
• Conducting make-or-buy, investment and profitability analyses along the value chain, especially in connection with in-house tool and plant construction
• Responsibility for budget, forecast and management reporting as well as sparring partner for the local management in operational and strategic decisions
• Establishment of a multi-level contribution margin accounting and ongoing monitoring of product margins/contribution margins
• Further development of controlling processes and instruments as well as ensuring high data quality

 Your Profile

• Degree or comparable education with a focus on controlling, finance, business administration or industrial engineering
• Several years of experience in production/factory controlling of a manufacturing industrial company
• Sound knowledge in cost accounting, product calculation as well as project and investment controlling
• Strong understanding of operational production processes and value chains as well as the ability to translate financial and operational analyses into concrete recommendations for action
• Entrepreneurial thinking, pronounced hands-on mentality and an independent, structured way of working
• Good communication and presentation skills as well as enjoyment in collaborating with production, R&D and management
• Very good Excel and ERP skills; experience with proALPHA is an advantage but not a requirement
• Very good German and good English skills

What to Expect from Us:

• A versatile controlling role with responsibility for production, R&D, inventories and project business
• Direct reporting line to the Head of Corporate Finance and close cooperation with the local management
• An active role as a business partner with direct influence on operational and economic decisions
• High scope for design in an internationally active, medium-sized industrial company with short decision-making paths
• Assumption of 60% of the pension fund, various other benefits

Ready for the next step? Then we look forward to receiving your application via our online tool: CVdropper™

Your Contact Person

Simone Roth

+41 32 387 80 89