Business Controller Logistics

Looking for a finance role with real business impact? As Business Controller Logistics, you'll work closely with logistics and finance teams, shape key decisions, and help drive efficiency and performance across a dynamic and fast-moving supply chain.

About the Job

Our Primary Logistics organization focuses on all the logistic activities from Supply Point to our Sales Units. Within our scope we manage all activities around Transport, Warehousing, Documentation, Control Towers, Projects. We are active in 3 categories; Dairy, Plant based and Specialized Nutrition.

For our finance department we are looking for a Business Controller Logistics, who together with the Senior Business Controller Logistics, your future manager, will be responsible for driving financial performance and providing business partnering support for our Dairy and Plant-Based logistics operations.

What you need to do:

Manage, under the wing of a senior business controller, a few specific logistic control topics (e.g. warehouse, write-off or transport)

Drive month-end closing, forecasting and annual planning activities for your scope.

Animation of result with Business Teams

Drive cost efficiency and productivity discussions and monitor savings initiatives

Managing full Planning and Control cycle for your scope (Month close, Rolling Forecast and Standard Costing)

Identify risks and opportunities and translate them into actionable recommendations

What you will gain:

Exposure to an end-to-end logistics network across multiple categories and countries

Opportunity to work closely with senior logistics and finance leaders

Ownership of key financial processes and business-critical decisions

A dynamic environment with opportunities to drive productivity, automation and continuous improvement initiatives

Meet your future manager! Your manager will be Loudy Tuba, Senior Business Controller Logistics. Learn more about him: Loudy Alfathan Tuba | LinkedIn

It’s an exciting time to join Danone. You’ll build meaningful relationships and networks working with large, dynamic brands. And the best part? You’ll be supported to grow an impactful career that you can be proud of. Together, we’ll build a healthier world.

All Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension and great discounts on health insurance and Danone products. We understand the importance of flexibility and offer 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and a hybrid working environment, where you can work either from home or from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk.

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you. One Planet. One Health – BY YOU.

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