Expert Receivables & Credit Management (m/f/d) – BU Professional

Parental leave replacement | Fixed-term contract for 1 year with the option of permanent employment | Part-time (approx. 30 hours/week)

Would you like to actively shape your role and drive impact in a dynamic, international environment? In a family-owned company operating across Europe that offers a wide range of interesting tasks and challenges? Do you share our corporate values of respect, commitment and sustainability?

Then WEPA could be the right place for you. We look forward to receiving your application.

Expert Receivables & Credit Management (m/f/d) – BU Professional

As an Expert in Receivables & Credit Management (m/f/d) in the BU Professional , you will play a key role in further professionalizing end-to-end receivables and credit management. You will ensure high transparency and data quality in managing customer receivables while actively reducing financial risks such as overdue balances, bad debt exposure and DSO. You will contribute directly to strengthening WEPA’s cash flow performance and financial stability.

Your Tasks:

You take ownership of the receivables portfolio, ensuring timely cash collection, optimized credit limits and minimized overdue balances.

You act as a business partner for Sales, Customer Service and Key Account Management, proactively providing insights on overdue receivables, credit exposure and risk development.

You provide transparent reporting to Management and proactively recommend data-driven countermeasures to mitigate financial risks.

You ensure compliance with internal receivables and credit management policies and actively contribute to their further development, including policies, guidelines and strategies.

You maintain and monitor credit limits, ensuring accuracy and consistency of all relevant data in JDE.

You collaborate closely with Group Functions (e.g. Treasury, Accounting) to support reporting, analysis, process optimization and customer account reconciliation.

You identify, prioritize and drive process improvements across BU Professional, particularly in collection processes, cash allocation and dispute management.

You manage and optimize the interaction with credit insurance partners to ensure alignment, coverage transparency and risk mitigation.

You contribute to improving key financial KPIs such as DSO, overdue balances and bad debt exposure.

You enhance transparency and data quality in receivables reporting.

You support cash flow optimization and proactive financial risk management.

Your Profile:

Qualification:

deally, you have completed a commercial apprenticeship or hold a degree in Business Administration or a related field; however, we value relevant professional experience over formal qualifications.

Experience & Know-how:

You have at least 5 years of professional experience in Receivables, Credit Management or a related field.

You demonstrate strong analytical and financial acumen, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.

Experience in driving projects or process improvements is a strong plus.

Experience with ERP systems (preferably JDE) and solid Excel/BI skills are beneficial.

Languages:

You are fluent in English; German language skills are an advantage.

Personality & Working Style:

You take ownership, act reliably and deliver high-quality results.

You have strong communication skills and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

You work in a structured and proactive manner, follow through on topics consistently and maintain a strong solution-oriented mindset.

Environment:

International and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Finance and Group Functions.

High degree of ownership and impact on financial performance.

Opportunity to actively shape and further develop receivables and credit management within BU Professional.

Your Benefits:

Attractive remuneration: You will be paid in accordance with the collective agreement, which provides for an attractive basic salary as well as vacation and Christmas bonuses.

Flexible and mobile working: We offer you flexible working (time) models to enable the right balance between mobile working and office presence.

Company pension scheme and lifetime working time account: We support you with a company pension scheme as well as a lifetime working time account, enabling various models of individual life planning, e.g. early retirement or a sabbatical.

WEPA Academy: With our holistic training concept we identify and facilitate personal career and development opportunities. Qualified and committed employees are and remain the most important success factor for WEPA.

Sustainable personnel policy: A low fluctuation rate and long periods of employment characterise working at WEPA.

Health & Wellbeing: You can expect a wide range of health activities, cooperation with various fitness studios and the external employee support programme OTHEB.

The benefits shown may vary slightly depending on the position and location.

University degree (Bachelor, Master, Diploma or similar)