Business Controller – Diagnose Team

📍 Vion production locations | Traveling within the Netherlands

At Vion, we are building a future-proof food chain. We do this with craftsmanship, technology, and above all, with people who dare to improve.

That is why we are starting a new Diagnose Team: a specialized team that helps our production locations to work smarter, more efficiently, and more profitably.

Not from a distance.
But on the shop floor.

As a Business Controller in the Diagnose Team, you analyze where performance can improve - and translate data into concrete actions that make a real difference.

You work at various production locations, speak with operators, managers, and controllers, and discover where processes can be smarter.

What you discover leads to real change.

Making an impact together with confidence. That is working at Vion.

You bring figures, operations, and people together.

Together with the Diagnose Team, you perform fact-based diagnoses at our production locations. No theoretical reports, but analyses that lead to structural improvements.

You investigate questions such as:

• Where do costs truly arise?

• Where is margin disappearing in the process?

• Where is there structural waste?

• Where do planning or production flows get stuck?

You combine:

Data analysis
P&L, ERP data, cost structure, KPI dashboards

Observations on the shop floor
You observe how processes actually unfold

Conversations with teams
Operators, planners, controllers, and management

Based on that, you build strong business cases for improvements.

Improvements that do not just exist on paper, but are actually realized.

This is no standard controlling role.

You work Vion-wide, across locations and functions.

• You visit 11 production locations annually

• Per location, you work on-site two times for two weeks

• You work directly with operations, finance, and supply chain

• You don't just analyze, you also understand the operation

You feel just as comfortable:

• on the production floor

• as presenting insights to senior leadership.

• Analyzing P&L data, ERP data, and cost structures

• Identifying cost drivers in the entire value chain

• Signaling inefficiencies and waste

• Building data-driven business cases

• Being a sparring partner for

  • Site Controllers

  • Supply Chain Managers

  • Production Managers

• Supporting the implementation of improvements

• Monitoring KPIs and validating assumptions

• Engaging stakeholders in change through both data and dialogue

You are someone who...

• Uses data as a starting point for in-depth analysis

• Talks just as easily with operators as with management

• Asks critical questions until the root cause is clear

• Remains objective when interests clash

• Prefers working on-site instead of behind a desk

• Gets energy from complex operational issues

• Believes that collaboration is the key to improvement

• Master's degree (e.g., Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Food Technology)

• Minimum 5 years of experience in an operational environment

• Experience with cost control or controlling

• Experience with ERP data analysis

• Strong financial and business administration foundation

• Affinity with production environments

• Strong communication skills

• Organizational sensitivity

• Analytical and result-oriented

• Experience with Lean / Continuous Improvement

• Plus: experience in international organizations

At Vion, you work together with colleagues who are proud of their craft.
We are in the heart of the food chain and deliver products every day that reach millions of people.

What makes working at Vion special:

• International organization with a down-to-earth culture

• A lot of trust and responsibility

• Collaborating in close-knit teams

• Space to make a real impact

What you do, you see reflected directly in the operation.

Together we build a smarter and more sustainable food chain.

Do you want to discover where processes can be smarter and organizations can perform better?

Then we would love to meet you.

Apply directly!

Diversity & Inclusion at Vion Food Group
At Vion, we believe that differences make us stronger. We want to create a working environment in which everyone feels welcome, safe, and valued.

That is why we invite all suitable candidates to apply, regardless of gender, age, origin, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, physical abilities, or background.

What matters to us is who you are, what you bring, and how you want to make a difference together with us.