Manager Netherlands Finance - Operational Controlling B&I

Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team. Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better. Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for an Operations Controller to join us at our location in Hardenberg, Netherlands. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

About the Role

In the challenging position of Operations Controller, you will be a part of a high-quality Business Unit team located in several countries and will report to the Western Europe operational controller. The Operations Controller is responsible for monitoring the performance of the production and logistic departments in Hardenberg (Nederland).

What You'll Do

• Financial business partner and challenger for the site managers and logistic managers.
• Month end closing activities production related, including forecast
• Actively support big projects related to production from controlling perspective
• Prepare and analyze direct and indirect cost reports and discuss these reports with the responsible business partners and Multi plant leaders.
• Monitor and analyze operational KPI's.
• Monitor and maintain incoming freight and external freight tariffs.
• Prepare annual direct/indirect cost budget and cost allocation file.
• Prepare capital expenditure projects and monitor the execution.
• Capex management
• Monitor monthly cost price runs and informs sales regarding cost price changes.
• Manage master data creation for new material for costing.
• Monitor and analyze cost price relevant master data
• Contribute to SOX internal control Contribute to local or regional improvement projects
• Support global harmonizing processes within operational controlling.

What You'll Bring

• A Master’s degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
• 5-7+ years’ experience in controlling or similar role
• Experience in the production environment.
• Dutch native speaker - Fluency in English.
• Analytical skills with an interest in the detail.
• Strong organizing and problem-solving skills.
• Continuously striving for improvements.
• Strong customer-centric focus.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work across cultures and functions.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Excel knowledge is mandatory
• Knowledge of SAP R/3, and SAP BO is a plus.

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.

If you have questions or want to know more about the position, please contact Teppo Laakso, Manager Global Talent Acquisition via teppo.laakso@orbia.com. To apply, e-mail your cover letter and English CV to Teppo.laakso@orbia.com.