Soda Stream is the world’s #1 sparkling water brand and a leader in 46 markets in the production of home sparkling water makers. Soda Stream is part of the world’s largest complementary beverage and convenient foods provider, Pepsi Co, whose products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. From our Netherlands Logistics Centre in Tilburg (NLC), we refill and distribute gas cylinders, package Soda Stream products, and distribute them according to forecasts in European markets.
Want to change the way the world drinks? We are actively recruiting an Assistant Business Controller.
What’s in it for you?
Soda Stream has a multicultural, diverse, inclusive, bubbly and super creative working environment full of great vibes where we encourage personal growth. In Soda Stream every bubble counts and every employee has the opportunity to sparkle, excel and make a real impact on the business.
What are you going to do?
As an Assistant Business Controller, you will play a key role in supporting the Business Controller with essential financial activities. Your responsibilities will include overseeing stock control, conducting cost analysis, and assisting with financial reporting across multiple production sites. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure accuracy in financial processes and reporting, while actively contributing to financial planning and analysis. Additionally, you will be instrumental in driving improvements in business intelligence tools and supporting continuous process enhancements.
You will be responsible for:

• Manage financial stock control, including standard costing, actual cost analysis, and monthly material cost analytics.
• Conduct and analyze weekly/monthly stock updates, Work in Progress (WIP), and quarterly/annual stock counts.
• Assist with financial planning and analysis, including forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for the German production site.
• Prepare monthly KPI reporting and provide financial business partnering to improve performance and strategic support.
• Drive continuous improvement of BI tools and systems, including creating dashboards and performing ad-hoc analytics.

Requirements:

To strengthen our dynamic team in the Netherlands, we are looking for employees with similar characteristics as our unique products. Sparkling of energy, original and bold. Active participants (in our projects) who make a difference and think outside the box. Someone who chooses change, who dares to take calculated risks, and who will always get the best out of themselves.

• Bachelor level in education in a matching field.
• High IT affinity - Experience with Power Query and Power pivot is required. Previous systems implementation experience preferred.
• Experience with Oracle, Netsuite, IBM Controller and TM1 is highly desirable.
• Highly analytical with an ability to use business intelligence in order to generate impactful insight.
• Curious to learn with strong initiative and drive to problem solving.
• You are an excellent communicator – skilled in translating financial and complex analysis in a simple and effective manner, to a non-technical audience at different levels.
• Calm under pressure and thriving in a fast moving constantly changing environment.
• Excellent English language skills, Dutch is a plus,

Since you will be working in our site in Tilburg, NL, If you are not Dutch, a valid work permit/ VISA is required for the interview process. Relocation is not offered for this position.
Our offer:

• Dutch employment contract, starting with a year contract, with the intention to extend to fixed contract.
• Competitive salary, depending on education and experience.
• Company bonus scheme.
• 25 vacation days (and the possibility to buy 10 days more/based on your working week).
• Mobile phone/Laptop
• Pension scheme.
• Travel allowance (fully covered up to 30 km home-work distance).
• Other fringe benefits such as a free Soda Stream device and free-of-charge exchange of CO2 cylinders and discounts for Soda Stream products.
• Soda Stream celebrations & events: Summer & Christmas parties, Easter presents, King’s Day activities, etc.
• A warm, family-like, and international working environment with colleagues from 30 different countries based in our facility in Tilburg.

Soda Stream is a growing company and there are plenty of opportunities to grow with us. We offer you a fun, versatile and vibrant work environment in which you can adequately challenge and develop yourself. In addition, you will work in a fresh and open team, with lots of freedom and responsibilities in your work.
Are you interested? Please send us your resume.
Please add a personal description to your resume, we like to know more about you and not only your work history :)
If you have any questions, please let us know!
Inquiries regarding this vacancy are not appreciated

Country:
The Netherlands