Material Controller Specialist
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026. Yazaki Group scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Country: Portugal (PT)
City: Ovar
Worksite / Location: Ovar Plant
Job Function: CFO_Finance & Controlling
Job Discipline:
Job Family: Controlling
Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. Join a family-owned company committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of its business, contributing to society, and inspiring trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Material Controller Specialist in our plant in [[location]].
The Material Controlling Specialist supports business profitability and operational excellence through material cost analysis, savings tracking, and data-driven decision-making. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate reporting, maintaining high-quality purchasing and pricing data, and providing meaningful insights to support Sales, Purchasing, Controlling, and other key stakeholders
Responsabilities
Material Controlling::
a. Contribute to profit improvement, saving measures and data quality improvement of purchasing database
b. Provide dashboards of component details enabiling data link of Sales_Project_Plant_Finished Goods_Components_Suppliers
c. Support Sales and Purchasing with the decision-making by proactively providing meaningful analysis and exploiting trends.
Reporting
a. Provide budget, forecast and actual of material saving and market impact to Divisions and Plants
b. Support Vertical Integration actvities
c. Ensure data accuracy, consistency, deadlines, reporting credibitiliy and reliable communication
Process and Tool Optimization
a. Ensure component price accuracy across different systems to minimize price variance
b. Proactively propose business processes optimization, useful toolsets and insightful reports
c. Collaborate with other functions, i.e. Sales, Cost Engineering, Controlling, Purchasing, Logistics, Plants and IT mainly
Requirements:
University degree in Economics, Business Administration or/and Accounting;
Background in Costing and/or Controlling activities;
High personal motivation and the ability to develop practical or innovative alternative approaches to meet objectives;
Advanced English language skills;
Strong communication skills to different levels on the organization;
Proficient user in Microsoft Office, mainly Excel;
Willingness to travel (about 10%);
What do we have to offer?
At Yazaki, we provide a range of benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth, including flexible working arrangements and opportunities for continuous learning.
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