Corporate Controller Operations

Lindt & Sprüngli has been enchanting the world with chocolate for over 180 years. The long-established Swiss company with its roots in Zurich is a global leader in the premium chocolate category. Lindt & Sprüngli produces quality chocolates today at its 12 factories in Europe and the USA. Its products are sold by 41 subsidiaries and branch offices in around 620 of its own stores as well as via a network of around 100 distributors around the globe. With around 15,500 employees, the Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of CHF 5.92 billion in 2025. Our commitment to contributing to a sustainable tomorrow is a key element driving the company's actions and ambitions. Since 2008, the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program has been our Responsible Sourcing Standard for cocoa.

The Corporate Controller Operations is a key business partner for International Operations - owning and driving COGS and Investments for the L&S Group. He/she will have significant exposure to Group Management and key leaders in Lindt subsidiaries. In addition to possessing strong analytical and influencing skills, the position is ideal for someone who is ambitious and internationally mobile after completion of this role.

Main Tasks

Investment Controlling

• Assess investment requests of L&S subsidiaries from a financial & risk point of view, recommendations to Group Management
• Manage group investment target achievement
• Assessment of finished projects

Business Partnering for Operations and subsidiaries

• Act as Finance sparring partner for group operation teams (Corporate Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, R&D, EHS, Industrial Performance, Sustainability, IT) & local operations teams in subsidiaries
• Performance management and support of selected subsidiaries as group finance business partner: Follow‐up on deviations and identifying risks at an early stage. Attending planning meetings, business reviews, Year-end reviews

Planning and Forecasting

• Responsibility for COG- and ICP-forecasting and planning cycles
• Leading general planning cycle administration on group level

Analysis and Reporting

• Analysis and reporting of Manufacturing P&L, production key figures, production costs and distribution expenses as part of year-end and monthly-closings as well as planning cycles
• Compilation of Manufacturing P&L report once per year

S4FARI Operations Template And Other Projects

• Ensuring standardized S4FARI operations template, in alignment with Finance Manual
• Finance stream lead or support in group operations projects or overarching regional projects

Cost saving initiatives

• Accountability for Fitness Reporting
• Co-lead, together with Industrial Performance, initiatives to reduce conversion costs
• Co-lead COGP benchmark analysis between subsidiaries. Initialize projects in coordination with local subsidiaries and global purchase / operations to identify and realize cost savings.

Finance Manual and Associated Tagetik Forms

• Content responsible for all the relevant chapters with regards to Manufacturing, COGS, Distribution expenses and Investment procedure

Your Profile

• Education : Bachelor/ Master's degree in business administration, finance or accountin
• Min. 5 years of experience in Operations- or Supply Chain-Controlling
• Proficiency in English and ideally another language (German, French, Italian)
• Excellent MS Excel Skills
• Natural affinity for IT and Business Software
• SAP, Tagetik and BI-knowhow is an advantage
• Team-player attitude, building positive work relationships and working across functional boundaries
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels, and across all departments
• Strategy and business focus by understanding the business, providing decision-support and generating suitable recommendations
• Flexible and adaptive to changing business demands
• Drive for results and resilience to work under tight deadlines
• Entrepreneurial spirit, taking ownership and striving for excellence in execution with a proactive attitude
• Eager to learn and develop