Controlling Planning & Reporting Analyst (Temporary)

Company profile

Do you have experience in commercial finance and/or Supply Chain Finance and familiar with S&OP?

We are looking for a Controlling Planning & Reporting Analyst for a FMCG organisation. The goals of this assignment is to support financial decision taking in the S&OP process. You will act as a business partner to optimize inventory levels while balancing cost / cash and service level.

Are you available to start mid of August until the end of april 2027 for 38 hours per week? Let's get in contact!

Job profile

Your responsibilities:

• Financially supports scenario analysis and valorization decision making in the S&OP processes;
• Create E2E insight of the decisions taken in the S&OP process, as they are often based on valorization and variable cost insights, to understand impact on GtM Profitability / Capacity Result and Inventory levels;
• Bring the S&OP process from volume to value. Provide the financial departments (commercial controllers / factory controllers) the data sets to be used for the financial outlook;
• Support with automation projects & tools by combining financial & planning team insights;
• Pro-actively seeking for opportunities to optimize & simplify current way of working;
• Drive capacity utilization during S&OP meetings by sharing financial insights;
• Monthly reporting & data consolidation for the Global S&OP meeting;
• Backup for the 2nd S&OP controller in the team (In case of leaves);
• Ability to challenge and support the Planning team;
• Rollout production volume upload method (WoW) for Financial forecasting & ensure the process runs smoothly each month;
• Monthly / Quarterly review of supply volume set reflected in Demand supply balancing meeting decks (S&OP meetings) and reconcile back to HFM;
• Ensure one set of volumes used by central planning team and other planning hubs;
• Devise & align methodology for Raw milk sales volume to be included in financial forecasting tool.

Requirements

We are looking for someone with:

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience;
• Experience in Commercial Finance and/or Supply Chain Finance;
• S&OP experience required;
• Experience in working in multi-functional groups and Matrix organization;
• Strong analytical and scenario modelling skills;
• Experience assessing financial impact of supply chain decisions;
• Strong stakeholder management skills in a matrix organization;
• Experience working closely with Planning and Supply Chain teams;
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, SAP and the other systems preferred;
• Experience with Adaptive, HFM and/or Power BI is a plus;
• Fluent in English, Dutch is a plus.

Offer

This is a temporary role starting asap until end of april 2027 for 38 hours per week. Hybrid working, 2 days in the office (monday and wednesday) and 3 days from home. For this role we offer you a temporary contract via Independent Recruiters Flex with salary between € 5000 - € 6000 gross per month based on 38 hours per week. ZZP is not possible.

How we'll proceed. Within four working days we will let you know if you qualify for the position. We will schedule an introductory interview, either digitally or in-person. During this interview we will inform you as fully as possible about the vacancy, the company and the following steps in the procedure. After consulting with you, we will introduce you to our client and then continue to guide you through the application process. The Independent Recruiters Group has a large team of specialized recruiters. Each recruiter has a strong focus on their own area of expertise. This makes them the ideal sparring partner for both the candidate and the client.