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(Senior) Manager Commercial Controlling (m/f/d)

Döhler GmbH

Darmstadt, DEunknownPosted Aug 7, 2026
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Job Title: (Senior) Manager Commercial Controlling (m/f/d)

Posting Date: 7/28/26

Reference ID: 43182

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition?

We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

Your role

As a Business Unit (BU) Controller at Döhler, you are much more than a numbers expert - you are a strategic sparring partner to our Business Units and play an active role in shaping the future development of our company. Working closely with management, you drive performance, portfolio, and profitability while bringing transparency to complex business relationships.

What matters most to us: we are not only looking for traditional controllers. We also explicitly welcome candidates with a strong commercial background, particularly in product management. If you have a deep understanding of markets, products, margin structures, and portfolio strategies, and would like to apply your analytical capabilities even more strongly in a financial steering role, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Your responsibilities

Act as a business partner and sparring partner for our Business Units

Provide input, challenge ideas constructively, and actively contribute to operational performance and strategic direction

Develop and implement modern KPI systems to continuously enhance our integrated steering framework together with the team

Analyze the strategic and operational objectives of the functions within your scope of responsibility and derive sound recommendations for action

Prepare reports and management presentations tailored to the target audience, interpret figures in their business context, and provide a solid basis for decision-making

Support the optimization, digitalization, and integration of reporting and business processes

Independently prepare ad hoc analyses for business partners and management

Contribute actively to portfolio steering and help shape the commercial development of our product and business strategy

Your profile

Degree in Business Administration, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable field, ideally with a focus on Controlling, Product Management, or Strategic Management

Several years of professional experience as a business partner or sparring partner in controlling, product costing, strategic business development, or pricing

Alternatively, strong experience in a commercial role, such as product management, with a clear focus on financial and portfolio responsibility

Ideally, solid knowledge of and experience in the B2B food industry

Strong analytical skills combined with the ability to translate complex data and relationships into clear, strategically relevant decision-making support

A mindset that sees numbers not as an end in themselves, but as the basis for concrete recommendations and actions

Solution-oriented, precise, and entrepreneurial way of thinking

Strong communication skills at management level and experience in professional stakeholder management

A collaborative team player with a high level of ownership and the drive to move topics forward independently

Very good knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, as well as SAP BW and S/4HANA

Strong interest in working with new technologies, challenging existing processes, and actively driving digitalization in finance and reporting

Very good German and English skills

As an employer, we offer

Work with passion:

We foster a culture where you can act with heart and mind, take pride in your work and inspire others through positivity and commitment.

Lead with purpose at every level:

For us, leadership is not defined by titles. It is about taking ownership, driving change and bring-ing meaning to what you do.

Grow your way:

With flexible development opportunites across departments and a global team, you can broaden your skills, discover new strenghts and actively shape your own path.

Global collaboration:

Join an international team bringing together multiple cultures, languages and perspectives to spark new ideas and inspiration.

Shared strength:

We build real connections and grow together. By sharing knowledge and valuing each other’s strengths, we create a culture where trust and team play lead to shared success.

Equal opportunities for all

We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Become a part of our team and apply online trough our career portal to the attention of Naima Mohamad. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.

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