With a history of more than 140 years, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, generating turnover of €3.3 billion in 2025. The Group has close to 12,000 employees, 25 R&D centers, 11 recycling centers and 33 production sites. Tarkett creates and manufactures solutions for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores and sports fields, serving customers in over 100 countries. To build "The Way to Better Floors", the Group is committed to circular economy and sustainability, in line with its Human-Conscious Design approach.
As part of the Finance team and reporting directly to the Home & LVT BU Controlling Director, we are looking for our future Operations / Plant Financial Controller (m/f) on a permanent contract, based in Konz / Trier-Luxembourg area, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Our Konz manufacturing site is a key industrial hub within Tarkett, employing around 170 people and producing more than 20 million sqm of flooring solutions annually. In the context of strengthening our controlling organization and supporting operational performance in close collaboration with the plant controlling team, you will play a central role in driving financial visibility, operational efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives across the plant.
Your Missions Drive Industrial Performance Analysis
- Monitoring production costs, productivity, efficiency, material consumption, scrap and other operational KPIs.
- Analyzing performance versus budget, forecast and standard costs.
- Identifying root causes of variances and defining corrective actions with Operations teams.
- Monitoring manufacturing variances, including material, labor, energy and overhead costs.
- Assessing operational impacts on P&L and cash performance.
Act as a Finance Business Partner to Operations
- Serve as a trusted finance partner to operational stakeholders.
- Challenge assumptions and support business decisions with robust financial analysis.
- Translate financial information into actionable operational recommendations.
- Support and monitor profitability, cost-reduction and productivity improvement initiatives.
Support Investments and Cash Performance
- Coordinating and challenging CAPEX plans and investment requests.
- Building and reviewing ROI and payback analyses.
- Monitoring capital expenditures against approved budgets.
- Supporting inventory and working capital optimization initiatives.
Qualifications and Skills
- Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Controlling or a related field (Business School, Master’s in Finance/Management).
- Minimum proven 5 years' experience in Finance, in industrial controlling, budgeting and performance analysis.
- Excellent knowledge of accounting principles.
- Solid SAP knowledge and advanced Excel skills.
- Ability to connect operational financial KPIs with business outcomes.
- Brings strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Demonstrates a proactive and hands-on mindset.
- Shows curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Fluent German and English are essential.
Why Join Us?
Work in close partnership with operational leaders and participate in strategic business discussions. Benefit from a high-visibility role with growth opportunities within a global industrial organizationJoin an international industrial leader with a strong manufacturing footprint and ambitious sustainability commitments.
Recruiting Process
- Initial interview with Faustine, Talent Acquisition Manager
- Interview with Wenting, your Manager, and Ariel, EMEA & LATAM Division CFO
- Final discussions with Delphine, Home & LVT BU HR Lead and Pierre, Home & LVT BU VP
Tarkett recruits based on skills and promotes equal opportunities and diversity within its teams, particularly in terms of gender equality, social diversity, disability and intergenerational diversity.
By joining us, you will be part of an international culture where you can expand your horizons, change the game and design the future of society. And where our values of collaboration, creativity, commitment and caring underpin our success.
Come and see how is life at Tarkett! As a worldwide leader of the flooring industry, we design, manufacture and provide our customers the most innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions. At Tarkett, we cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship with respect and trust. We make conscious choices, for people and for the planet and we commit to be next to your every step of the way. At Tarkett we help create great spaces. We believe in taking care of our people, our customers and our planet. We believe in being agile and performance-driven in everything that we do in order to find the best flooring and sports surface solutions.
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