About us: Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions. ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.
Responsibilities:
Analyze Procurement spend data and costs to ensure understanding of monthly results.
Analyze variances utilizing key financial metrics, identify areas that require attention, communicate actionable information & drive change measure for the benefit of the wider org.
Lead reporting, analysis, and commentary for the monthly business reports for procurement submission to LT.
Manage development of comprehensive financial dashboards for procurement and improve analytics capabilities and reporting solutions (Microsoft power tools etc).
Monitor reporting data quality and ensure financial reporting tools are providing the key metrics required for business steering.
Drive simplification and productivity improvements around reporting processes with a key focus on improving automation and business analytics capabilities to enable focus on highest value areas and project manage new tool/resource adoption.
Provide support for various ad-hoc financial analyses and Controlling projects.
Requirements:
Minimum Bachelor degree required (in relevant field).
Full ability to work and communicate in English.
Demonstrable multi year management reporting and analytical interpretation skills.
Project Management & Business Process Improvement Experience.
Excellent analytical skills & drive to improve insight capability.
You have deep international project management experience with larger and interdisciplinary teams.
You are a motivated and motivating team player with strong communication and presentation skills in English.
You are highly creative and interested in establishing new approaches to create value and establish new solutions to business related questions.