The Company
A Global leading international dairy company with a cooperative heritage spanning over 150 years. The company processes milk into a diverse range of dairy products and ingredients, offering consumers high-quality options such as milk, yogurt, condensed milk, dairy-based beverages, cheese, butter, quark, and cream.
Role Description
As a Commercial Controller, you will act as a strategic financial partner to the Sales team, supporting commercial decisions and driving performance. You will play a key role in steering financial insights, managing risks, and contributing to the long-term success of the product portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Acting as a sparring partner to the Commercial team by analysing, interpreting, and advising on financial results.
- Leading month-end close activities for your product group.
- Supporting the development and execution of sales and account plans for Cheese.
- Driving long-term strategies to up-trade customers, reduce volatility, and build sustainable partnerships.
- Monitoring and advising on commodity price risk management (WCCM), including hedging strategies and linked contracts.
- Preparing dashboards and insights for WCCM trade meetings.
- Providing financial analysis that supports customer segmentation (e.g., A/B classifications, T2T engagement).
- Working closely with the commercial lead to define and steer on leading indicators of performance and strategic execution.
Requirement
- Comfort working in a volatile, performance-driven environment with strong cost and risk awareness.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to collaborate with Supply Chain, Planning, R&D, and Commercial teams.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in business controlling or finance.
- Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; SAP and Power BI experience is a plus.
- Accountable, analytical, and eager to drive business impact.
- English required; Dutch is a plus.
Other Information
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