Purchase Cost Controller

Who are we?

PWO group is a global company in the mobility industry, that takes the lead in shaping the environmentally friendly mobility of the future through innovations and is entirely independent of combustion engines. With our expertise in climate friendly light weight construction, we are technology leaders and combine economic efficiency with sustainability. We develop and produce sophisticated metal components and complex subsystems at the frontiers of what is technologically possible.

Our corporate strategy is summed up by the slogan PEOPLE. PLANET. PROGRESS.

Job title: Purchase Cost Controller

Location: Čačak, Kragujevac Serbia

Your responsibilities encompass:

• Support the vice president of procurement with implementation of a global procurement controlling
• Control, analyze and monitor purchase related KPIs and ensure transparency in targets and results
• Act as an interface between purchase and the controlling department
• Optimize purchase costs due to detailed material price planning and forecasting
• Prepare procurement budgets, forecasts and market assumptions
• Cooperate with the lead buyers and purchase managers of all PWO sides and ensure cost transparency within the procurement of PWO Group
• Support the buyers in price negotiations through detailed data-driven arguments
• Support decision making processes through regular reports, well-founded analyses as well as recommending measures
• Identify potentials for optimization
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Qualifications and Requirements

• University degree in economics or engineering field
• At least 2-3 years’ working-experience as controller in a manufacturing company, ideally in the automotive industry
• Profound understanding of commercial cost structures combined with a strong knowledge about technical processes in metal forming area 
• Excellent level of numeracy
• High level of detail orientation combined with a high degree of analytical thinking
• Structured and independent way of working
• Assertiveness, good communication skills and willingness to take over responsibility
• Highly motivated with a proactive attitude and excellent teamworking skills
• Good knowledge of MS Office and SAP and ideally additionally Power-BI
• Fluency in English (written and oral)
• Ideally first international experience 

What we offer:

• 25+ days of annual leave
• Work in an international team
• A competitive financial package