Distribution Center Controller

Job Description

Do you want to join H&M Group? If you have a genuine passion for growing business and see yourself in a role contributing to added customer value and strong brands - join us and take part in setting how we work to deliver an outstanding offer for our customers.

**Job Description**:
On this journey we´re all collaborating to create the best customer offer for our customers and as a Distribution Center Controller you will be responsible for maximizing efficiency and profitability, you support all departments and the management team with all controlling aspects to achieve the goals for our facilities in Peru and Ecuador.

**Key responsibilities including areas such as**:
Creates and monitors budgets for the distribution centers.
Reviews, evaluates and compares monthly actual-to-budget figures for all logistic cost centers
Creates, monitors, and evaluates staff planning on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis with particular emphasis on actual-to-budgeted ratios
Prepares weekly financial & performance reports for the distributions centers
Authorizes and negotiates all vendor contracts in partnership with appropriate Logistics team manager pertaining to logistic cost centers
Identifies cost savings opportunities
Identifies operational efficiency opportunities
Works with all levels of the logistics team on issues including budgeting, assessment of cost reduction recommendations and comparison of actuals to plan
Provides management with various reports on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis
Responsible for creating, approving and monitoring the budget for the logistics functions in Peru and Ecuador.

**Qualifications**:
**And as a person we believe you have the following qualities**:
We see that you have a strong business mindset, communicate well and you are comfortable in making decisions. You have the ability to work strategically, by planning ahead and foresee opportunities and improvements. As a person you are probably analytical, methodical and conscientious.

You enjoy teamwork and effectively collaborates with a group of diverse people in order to achieve set goals and targets.

**Besides your personality we see that you have**:
Bachelor's Degree in the fields of Accounting, Business or management related field preferred.
Supply Chain or Operations Management a plus.
3+ years experience in logistics, accounting and finance
Experienced working with Microsoft Office Suite.
2-3 years of budgeting experience, including P&L, forecasting, etc.
Must have up-to-date knowledge and understanding of accounting and finance practices
Ability to look at business need and cost consciousness
Excellent people and communication skills
Ability to work independently and in a high pressure, multi-personality, fast-paced, deadline oriented environment
Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload.
Ability to protect confidential information
Excellent organizational skills
Fluent written and spoken English.