Senior Procurement Controller (m/w/d)

Senior Procurement Controller (f/m/d)

Location: Nuremberg or Berlin

We are looking for a Senior Procurement Controller (f/m/d) to join our team at Innomotics.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering & Executive Advisory – Serve as the primary financial advisor to the EVP Procurement, providing forward‑looking analysis, scenario modelling, and commercially sound recommendations.
• Prepare and present high‑quality executive‑level materials for EVP Procurement leadership reviews, CFO briefings, and Board‑level reporting.
• Challenge and validate business cases for sourcing decisions, supplier consolidation, and major procurement initiatives with a rigorous financial lens.
• Actively participate in EVP Procurement leadership meetings, translating strategic procurement ambitions into measurable financial targets and milestones.
• Support negotiations with financial modelling of contract structures, volume commitments, pricing escalation mechanisms, and risk‑sharing arrangements.
• Lead ad‑hoc strategic analyses including total cost of ownership (TCO), should‑cost modelling, and supplier profitability assessments.
• Own and continuously evolve the Group's procurement savings methodology, ensuring clear definitions and consistent application across Direct and Indirect spend categories.
• Independently validate and challenge claimed savings from Category Managers using robust financial techniques (Price‑Volume analysis, like‑for‑like comparisons, baseline reviews).
• Ensure full integration of validated procurement savings into the P&L, budget, and rolling forecast with clear audit trails.
• Drive the development of a comprehensive procurement KPI framework and ensure implementation across all Divisions.
• Produce the monthly Procurement Performance Dashboard for the EVP Procurement and CFO with actionable commentary and exception flagging.
• Lead the annual savings target‑setting process in alignment with Group FP&A and business strategy.
• Lead the end‑to‑end procurement budgeting process as the finance owner, consolidating input from all category teams & divisional procurement controller and aligning with Group financial planning cycles.
• Translate market intelligence (commodity indices, FX movements, supplier capacity trends) into quantified financial risk and opportunity assessments.
• Drive variance analysis between actuals, forecast, and budget with rigorous root‑cause identification and clear escalation of material deviations.
• Collaborate with Treasury on commodity hedging strategies and assess their P&L impact within the procurement context.
• Embed scenario planning and sensitivity analysis as a standard tool in procurement financial reviews.
• Active support for procurement digitalisation and functional excellence with commercial input and gate‑keeping for productivity and spend definition to achieve best‑in‑class spend analytics and data intelligence.
• Serve as the procurement finance owner during internal and external audits, ensuring full documentation and traceability of savings claims and procurement decisions.
• Monitor and report on supplier payment terms compliance, working capital impact of procurement decisions, and alignment with Group cash flow targets.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS requirements relating to procurement (e.g., IFRS 16 lease accounting, inventory valuation, long‑term supply agreements).
• Act as the finance workstream lead in procurement transformation programmes (e.g., digitisation, global category rollouts, operating model redesign).
• Support M&A transactions as the procurement finance expert: conduct procurement due diligence, quantify synergy potential, and lead savings tracking post‑close.
• Drive automation and process improvement initiatives within FP&A and Procurement Controlling, leveraging ERP enhancements and digital tools in collaboration with Functional Excellence team.
• Mentor and develop junior controllers within the FP&A team, building procurement finance capability across the organisation.
• Act as a centre of excellence for procurement finance best practices across regional and divisional finance teams.

Key Interfaces

• Reports to: Head of Controlling.
• Commercial partner to EVP Procurement, CFO and the team of procurement controllers in the Divisions.

Qualifications

Education

• Master's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable field (MBA is an advantage).
• Continuous professional development in procurement, supply chain finance, or advanced analytics is highly valued.

Professional Experience

• 4‑8+ years of experience in Procurement Controlling, FP&A, or Procurement Finance, with a minimum of 5 years in a corporate or group‑level finance role.
• Proven track record as a business partner to senior procurement leadership (VP/EVP Procurement level) in a complex, multinational environment.
• Deep expertise in procurement savings methodology, spend analytics, and procurement KPI design.
• Demonstrated experience leading financial workstreams in procurement transformation or M&A integration projects.
• Hands‑on experience with SAP (MM/FI/CO modules).
• Strong experience with BI tools and advanced Excel / financial modelling capabilities.
• Experience working in industries with significant procurement complexity (e.g., automotive, FMCG, industrial manufacturing, retail, pharma).

Technical Skills

• Expert‑level financial modelling and scenario analysis.
• Advanced spend analytics and data visualisation (Power BI, Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud).
• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA preferred) and procurement platforms.
• Working knowledge of commodity markets, hedging instruments, and FX exposure management.
• Familiarity with automation tools (RPA, Power Automate) and modern data stack concepts.

Leadership & Personal Competencies

• Exceptional analytical rigour combined with the ability to synthesise complexity into clear, actionable executive narratives.
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills.
• High degree of initiative and intellectual curiosity; proactively identifies problems and drives solutions.
• Resilient and adaptable under pressure with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong team player.
• Sound commercial judgment and an entrepreneurial mindset beyond the traditional controller role.
• Uncompromising integrity and discretion in handling sensitive commercial and financial information.

Languages

• English: Full professional proficiency – mandatory (all corporate reporting and executive communication).
• German: Professional proficiency optional.

Benefits

• Compensation according to the applicable collective agreements of the metal and electrical industry.
• 30 days of vacation per calendar year.
• Flexible working models.
• Pension benefits.
• Development opportunities.
• Health‑care offerings.
• Childcare subsidy.
• Employer subsidy for "Deutschland‑ticket".
• Canteens with lower prices for employees.
• Access to a benefits portal with attractive employee offers.

Innomotics is an equal‑opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.