Job Description

Company : Usines CLAAS France S.A.S.
Location : Woippy
Start Date : 01/12/2026
Professional Level : Professionals
Key Area : Head of PU Controlling SU BA - Controlling PU Balers

Usines CLAAS France (UCF), which specialises in the design and production of round and square balers, was founded in 1958 by brothers Reinhold and Helmut Claas.
UCF, which encompasses departments such as Research and Development, Purchasing, Production, Logistics, Human Resources, Finance and Quality Assurance, ships its products all over the world.
Wherever you are in the world, if you see a CLAAS baler, you can be sure it comes from Metz!

For our Woippy site, where CLAAS balers are manufactured, we are currently looking for a PU Controller – Balers.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President Global Finance Tractors & Implements, you will be responsible for:

• Lead a small controlling team.
• Support PU management as critical counterpart in economic questions and decisions (Business analysis and definition of operational measures, strategic product controlling).
• Break down strategic top-down PU targets & derive measures for mid-term target achievement.
• Active PU Balers product portfolio management from economic perspective.
• Target price setting and evaluation of counter measures.
• Responsibility for Product Cost Controlling of projects and serial products.
• Derive & review business cases and economic project targets (for PU Balers projects) reflecting top-down targets.
• Define and evaluate operational countermeasures in case of deviations.
• Provide PU-input for drawing up mid-term financial planning, individual plans and budgets (operational planning), financial forecasting and risk management.
• PU CapEX controlling.
• Evaluate management reporting and cost accounting data.
• Interface responsibility to Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Q-controlling.

Your profile :

• With a completed degree in finance / business administration and/or industrial engineering, a demonstrated experience in controlling and/or a team leader position.
• Your excellent communication skills, analytical thinking as well as pro-active, self-driven work attitude and motivation set you apart.
• You enjoy taking new challenges, driving change and solutions, taking ownership as well as making decisions.
• You are experienced in working in an interdisciplinary and intercultural environment.
• You are fluent in French and English, German is a plus.
• You have good knowledge of the relevant SAP modules and MS Office.
• You are willingness to travel.

The position must be held for at least four years and may also be considered as an assignment abroad

Your application should be done in English.

The position will become available at the end of the year.

We look forward to your application.

Your contact from our CLAAS Recruiting Team

Camille Finance

Usines CLAAS France S.A.S.

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