Pack & Plastic Water and Operations Controller

Bij Danone speelt deze functie een sleutelrol in het sturen van de financiële prestaties en de nauwkeurigheid van forecasts voor twee strategische procurementcategorieën: Plastic Waters en Plastic EDP/SN. Als primaire finance contactpersoon voor deze domeinen combineert de rol sterk eigenaarschap over forecasting en analyse van actuals met hands-on business partnering in een zeer volatiele, commodity-gedreven omgeving.

About the job

About the Job

1. End-to-End Forecast Ownership & Business Partnering

The role leads the full forecast process for Plastic Waters and Plastic EDP/SN, ensuring high-quality inputs, timely delivery, and clear financial narratives. As a trusted sparring partner to buyers, the controller gathers and challenges data, builds robust analyses, and translates complexity into actionable insights—particularly around the split between upstream impacts (commodity and oil-linked drivers) and conversion costs (energy, labor). Acting as a proactive business partner to buyers will be key in a volatile market context.

A strong focus is placed on sustainability and DIJ (Danone Impact Journey), with plastics being a key contributor to sustainability performance, making cost transparency and assumptions critical.

2. Monthly Actuals Analysis & Performance Reviews

The role is responsible for the monthly analysis of actuals versus forecast, ensuring deviations are well understood and explained. It leads monthly closing meetings with buyers and enriches discussions with deeper insights on coverage, DPO, productivity, and cost drivers, reinforcing performance discipline, transparency, and value-adding insights beyond price variances.

3. Digitalization & Process Enhancement

As part of a transforming controlling function within C&P, the role actively supports and contributes to digitalization initiatives, including Power BI reporting, automation of processes, and IA-based solutions. The objective is to increase efficiency, reliability, and insight generation across forecasting and performance management.

What Defines Success in the Role:

• Forecasts that are robust, well-owned, and trusted by procurement teams
• Actuals analysis that enables faster, better decision-making
• Strong buyer partnerships in a volatile plastics and oil-linked environment
• Tangible progress in digitalization, automation, and sustainability tracking

About you

To succeed in this role you:

• Bring solid multinational experience and strong material controlling expertise.
• Are analytical, proactive, structured, and detail-oriented, with excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills. This role offers constant challenges and growth opportunities for individuals who adapt quickly, learn continuously, and are eager to evolve professionally.

Mandatory requirements:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related fields.
• Advanced level of English
• Strong foundation in numerical analysis, financial data management, and administrative control.
• Proficiency in digital tools (PBI / AI is a plus) for analysis and tracking.

What will make you stand out:

• Ability to analyze financial information and translate it into clear, actionable insights.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail to ensure solid administrative control and discipline.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams (including procurement).
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
• Growth agility: curiosity, openness to learning, and willingness to take on new challenges.
• Sense of responsibility to operate in dynamic and changing environments.

About Danone

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you.

We’re proud to be a B-Corp certified company. That means we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

We Offer

It’s an exciting time to join Danone. You’ll build meaningful relationships and networks working with large, dynamic brands. And the best part? You’ll be supported to grow an impactful career that you can be proud of.