Job Title: Global Controller, Sales & Purchasing

Job Location: Southfield, MI

What we offer: 

Veoneer Safety Systems is the world leader in Automotive Electronic Safety Systems. Veoneer’s scalable, best-in-class restraint control systems are mitigating the effects of a car crash. To date, we have delivered more than 1 billion devices to car manufacturers globally.

Veoneer Safety Systems has an international and collaborative team of 2,700 employees in 10 countries. We empower our people and are dedicated to their professional development and growth.

Veoneer Safety Systems – Saving Lives Every Day. 

What you'll do:

Provide the Sales & Purchasing functions with global controlling expertise and support business development activities (e.g. thru business insight, analysis and reports), together with relevant training to ensure a world class Global Purchasing and Sales Organizations. The global controllers provide in depth analysis and understanding of the material margin (sales – purchasing) data, results and forecast, organizing follow ups and drive the organization towards the defined measurements & KPI’s in a consistent way aligned with corporate standards.

Material Margin:

• Sales team provides value through growing and increasing the top line revenues.
• Purchasing provides value to the company through a competitive supply base optimized for technology, quality, delivery & cost.

The Global Controller acts as a Data Steward of global Sales and Purchasing systems for Commercial Actions, Direct Material Sourcing and Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing systems, Contract Vaults, Purchasing BI area/systems, Purchasing VNET (intranet) as well as central team sites & Purchasing Master Data. Manages the Global interaction between all functional Purchasing controlling regional activities.

• Track and report the Commercial actions, such as APRs, Claims, Repricing and VE/VA.
• Prepare and implement the work connected to the Purchasing definitions stated in the Purchasing Control Manual (PCM)
  • Support, Ensure Purchasing definitions are communicated and well understood within and outside the Purchasing community.
  • Facilitate and assure correct reporting according to PCM.
• Prepare, analyze and support Purchasing reporting
• Drive the Purchasing Forecast process
• Ensure data integrity and drive data quality improvements in support systems. Implement the global Purchasing IT Strategy. Manage Purchasing Master Data and Contracts.
• Analysis of closure results and forecast
• Provide purchasing support and analysis to other corporate functions
• Prepare & support reporting and organize follow up meetings
  • Commodity and local Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing and project Purchasing
• Prepare and organize Purchasing Forecast process and reporting follow up meetings
• Proxy to the Director, Sourcing Controlling, Business Office
• Manage the Global Conflict Mineral database, tracking and, reporting.
• Function Governance Support, Forums such as, Forecast & Capacity Assurance
• Business, Processes and Support Systems development
• Purchasing group IT systems access approval and support
• Manage Sourcing Board, Monthly Reporting and tracking
• Drive process improvement and value add Purchasing activities

All and any other tasks as assigned by direct manager.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• 5-10 years of relevant experience in sales, purchasing and/or business controlling
• Experience working in multinational companies
• Ability to work towards deadlines
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Power BI and PowerPoint
• Experience in OBIEE, and HRM is an advantage, as well as an interest in systems and IT.

This role may require travel 10% - 20% of the time.