The Company
A leading global consumer goods organisation focused on delivering high-quality home care solutions. The team works across finance, procurement, and supply chain to ensure cost efficiency, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.
Role Overview
As a Materials Controller, you will be the finance lead for material cost performance across Europe. This role partners closely with Procurement and Supply Chain to manage inflation, land savings, and provide insights that protect and grow gross margin. You will own the monthly material cost cycle, from actuals to forecast, and turn data into clear actions that support decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
-Own monthly closing and performance review for material costs, ensuring accurate actuals and clear variance analysis.
-Lead material cost forecasting for Europe, aligning assumptions with Procurement, Supply Chain, and FP&A.
-Validate procurement savings and interventions, ensuring accurate reflection in plans and forecasts.
-Provide financial analysis for sourcing decisions, tenders, and supplier changes.
-Monitor material inflation, FX, and other cost drivers, translating impacts into P&L and gross margin.
-Partner with markets to align on material cost impacts and transfer prices.
-Support global and regional forums with clear insights on risks and opportunities.
-Simplify and improve tools, templates, and reporting for material cost tracking.
Requirements
-Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Business.
-3–6 years’ experience in Finance roles within FMCG or manufacturing.
-Strong analytical skills and experience with large data sets.
-Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities.
-Clear communication and stakeholder management skills.
-Collaborative team player with an inclusive mindset.
-Fluent English; Dutch is a plus.
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Since 2012, SIRE Life Sciences is the most innovative and engaged consultancy company for the life sciences industries.
SIRE Life Sciences is proud of its ability to adapt to changing trends while always maintaining the highest level of quality for both our clients and our candidates.
Our team of knowledgeable professionals provides customized staffing services to clients and candidates, including secondment, direct hire, temporary-to-hire, temporary staffing, brokering, Statement of Work and we approach each type with the same degree of professional assessment. Our refined and collaborative style is unmatched in the staffing industry. We’re able to see beyond the surface to create matches that result in successful careers for our candidates and valuable talent for our clients.
Effective employment solutions need to put the right person in the relevant place every time, using advanced systems to streamline costs and time-frames for clients.