COGS Financial Steering (m/f), Lyon

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At Bayer you have the opportunity to be part of a culture where we value the passion of our employees to innovate and give them the power to change.

Key Tasks

• Provide to Discovery Global Supply Chain Management the appropriate information in a timely manner to steer the business, by ensuring the availability of COGS Variances Warehousing & Distribution costs information
• Master world-wide COGS consistency and transparency, using MS D365/Datalake, by analyzing monthly results for the Discovery COGS compared to budget, forecast and previous year.
• Warning the supply chain regions controllers and countries in case of issues or errors on Discovery COGS Variances and Warehousing& Distribution costs
• Coordination and follow up on issues solving and corrections if needed
• Propose and follow-up of action plans for Products and Supply costs improvements and Inventory management
• Responsible for COGS estimates calculation for innovation projects and new products.
• Ensure the calculation of Business Cases in order to support the Supply Chain and Marketing Business choices
• Organize/ contribute to the Discovery Budget and Forecast process for Cost of Goods traded and subcontracted, by supporting defining rules
• Train and support Discovery Business/Supply Chain Region teams to improve their financial skills and sensitivity regarding COGS and variances.

Qualifications

• Master degree in Finance, Engineer degree
• At least 10 years experience in industrial costing /controlling
• Fluent in English,
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, pro active, ability to work within a complex multicultural environment
• Has worked in international roles before
• Excellent analytical skills as well as ability to solve problems and to simplify complex tasks
• Affinity to Controlling systems, ERP’s, Datalake/ Datawarehouse