Job Description

About the job

Are you eager to take a new opportunity?

Are you looking for a challenging and dynamic environment where to build your professional career?

We are looking for a Product Investment Controlling to join our headquarters at Sant’Agata Bolognese (BO), reporting directly to the
Head of Product Controlling

You will be responsible to support the Model Lines and the Functions in performing financial planning, budgeting activities and to monitor gaps vs. results of the R&D costs.

You will support the strategy team and the Model Lines through the company-defined financial frame increasing the financial sensitivity of the counterparts with respect to the key KPIs.

Your main activities will be:

• Supporting the first benchmarking estimation before the first milestone with an active role in the costs confirmation (plausibilization both for R&D and Product Investment);
• 10 years and 5 years business planning and budgeting process: analysis of business needs, costs and profits evaluation in order to define projects/activities sustainability;
• Implementing new methodologies for Tooling analysis;
• Negotiation and fine tuning within business areas according to the Company sustainability;
• Documents preparation for Comitato di Direzione / Product Strategy Team & Group Meetings;
• Providing to R&D functions, model lines, and the Board support to the decision-making processes with financial and economic analysis;
• Support to areas for business case preparation, financial analysis preparation to support Board decision-making process.

You have joint responsibility with functions (depending on assigned areas) for the following processes:

• Product development (R&D Costs & Tooling) for each model line incl. Strategy
• Benchmarking processes (e.g. First Product Technical Description evaluation before the first milestone)

About you

• University Degree in Engineering or Economics
• At least 6 years’ experience in roles as a Buyer, VA-VE, or Cost Engineering
• English knowledge, German will be considered a plus
• Engineering Analysis
• Analysis and problem solving
• Negotiation skills
• Precise and careful
• Time and costs management
• Presentation to management with capability to steer the different area requests and drive the discussion
• Communication with different stakeholders to create common understanding of target objectives
• Ability to ground the recommended solution to achieve the target

What we offer

• Flexible working
• Holistic Well-Being program
• Parenthood program
• Specific job posting for internal employees
• Access to qualified Learning paths
• Development programs

If you are interested in taking a new professional opportunity, please submit your application by March 9th.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which is why applications will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, parenthood, pregnancy or any other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from anyone who feels they fit the profile we are looking for and who wants to contribute to create an increasingly inclusive culture in a diverse ecosystem.