Business Controller, Sales

Thule Group is a global world leading company of products for sports and outdoor activities. We make it easy for people to bring the things they care for, easily, securely and in style, when living an active life. Under the motto Active Life, Simplified. we design, manufacture and sell products within the four product categories Sport&Cargo Carriers (roof racks, roof boxes and carriers for transporting cycling, water and winter sports equipment, as well as roof top tents for mounting on cars),
Active with Kids (bike trailers, strollers and child bike seats), RV Products (awnings, bike racks and tents for motorhomes and caravans) and Packs, Bags & Luggage (everyday backpacks, hiking bike packs travel luggage and camera bags).
Thule Group has about 2,600 employees at 9 production facilities and 35 sales offices worldwide. The Group’s products are sold in 140 markets and in 2020, sales amounted to SEK 7.8 billion.
www.thulegroup.com
We are searching for a Business Controller, Sales at the Thule Group Head Quarters in Malmö. As our business is growing and getting more complex our support of business controlling is increasing. We believe we have an interesting position for someone with an academic degree, 3 to 5 year experience in a similar role and who wants to grow and develop in one of Sweden’s most interesting stock listed company.
You will support the business with several analysis within sales and product management and play an active part in the sales budgeting and forecasting. Furthermore, you will be working to improve our QlikView applications and other analyzing tools to drive the business better. You will be much involved in meetings with several functions and with the management of the Thule Group.
There is a strong interaction between Controlling and the business-driven functions such as Sales and Product Management. Therefore it is very important that the controller function have a keen interest in the commercial side of the business and a genuine understanding of how a business is interlinked and built up.
You have a master’s in business administration or Industrial Engineering & Management. You are an advanced user of Microsoft Excel, have excellent English skills and are used to work towards tight deadlines. We believe that you are analytical, focused on details and proactive in your daily tasks. Furthermore, it is important that you have excellent communicative skills and have good interpersonal skills since you are interacting a lot with people both internally and externally.
We believe in strong team work both within your own team but also across teams. We strive to be an open and curious organization, sharing our knowledge and inspiring one another. Within Thule Group you will find people who have a passion for the products we make and the outdoor company we are. We share the same values and we like to have fun. All our employees have a joint responsibility to maintain that spirit and contribute to it.
The position reports to Group Business Controller, Björn Hellström.
If you believe you would enjoy working in such an environment and feel that the professional tasks will be challenging, please submit your application no later than March 31th, 2021.