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Sales Controller Europe

The opportunity 

In this role, you will report to the Regional Finance Director for Europe and serve as a key operational and strategic partner to the regional M&S leadership team. You will be responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting market, customer, and sales order data to enable the M&S organization in the region to evaluate business alternatives and drive profitable demand order growth aligned with global objectives. 

 

 

How you’ll make an impact 

 

  • Monitor and analyze progress on sales KPIs, including order intake and pipeline development at regional, country, segment, and account levels, providing insights to support strategic and operational decision-making. 

  • Lead the regional sales forecasting process, ensuring data accuracy and reliable volume projections. 

  • Support the annual budget cycle and periodic financial outlooks in close collaboration with CMD/LSMs and regional/global BU and M&S teams. 

  • Drive and support M&S productivity optimization, sales efficiency, and sustainable overdue reduction. 

  • Facilitate regular performance reviews with regional sales teams. 

  • Deliver accurate and timely regional sales reports, dashboards, and in-depth analyses. 

  • Improve transparency through continuous enhancement of reporting tools and insights. 

  • Provide timely monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc sales reports to management. 

  • Conduct deep-dive analyses on market trends, customer performance, and portfolio mix. 

  • Further develop dashboards and BI tools to improve transparency and insights. 

  • Identify opportunities to streamline and standardize sales controlling processes. 

  • Drive digitalization of analytics, reporting, and forecasting tools. 

  • Support capability building within the sales organization on financial topics. 

  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives and optimize processes through integration and digitalization of tools supporting analysis and information intelligence. 

 

 

Your background  

 

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance or Business Administration.   

  • Good understanding of what drives the business with strong business acumen.   

  • Ambitious attitude with a strong analytical mindset and a high sense of responsibility.   

  • Experience working in an international environment.   

  • Strong team player with strong collaboration skills.   

  • English is a prerequisite as you will be operating in an international environment.   

  • Strong knowledge of MS Office with experience in analytical tools such as Power BI, etc. 

Location Vaesteras, Vastmanland County, Sweden;
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom;
Madrid, Madrid, Spain;
Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland;
Milan, Lombardy, Italy;
Massy, Île-de-France, France
Job type Full time
Experience Experienced
Job function Finance
Contract Regular
Publication date 2026-01-13
Reference number R0113962

About Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.