Head of Controlling | Sales, Marketing and Financial Services

The Opportunity

We are a rapidly growing electric vehicle company on a mission to revolutionize the automotive industry. As we scale up, we’re looking for a forward-thinking and dynamic Head of Controlling– Sales, Marketing, and Financial Services to join our team. This role is crucial in driving financial excellence and ensuring our commercial operations achieve top-notch performance. If you’re passionate about sustainability, innovation, and shaping the future of mobility, we’d love to hear from you.

Your role as the Head of Controlling for Sales, Marketing, and Financial Services, you’ll report to Group Controlling in close matrix relation with our Global Regional CFO and support our Group Controller on a Corporate level and our Global Regional CFO on an operational level to drive revenue management, optimise commercial cost performance, steer volume planning and inventory and implement efficient working capital strategies. You’ll oversee new and used car operations, buy-back programs, and Residual Value management, while also spearheading retail financing strategies and financial project support for our network and commercial teams. Your contributions will be pivotal in achieving our bottom-line targets.

The Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Guide global sales, brand marketing, customer experience, and market teams towards revenue growth, cost efficiency, volume planning, inventory and working capital objectives.

• Revenue Optimization:
  • Analyze and refine pricing, discounts, retailer remuneration, and carline mixes to maximize profitability.
• Cost Performance:
  • Provide insights and guidance to achieve cost efficiency across commercial functions and markets.
• Working Capital Management:
  • Collaborate with volume planning teams and markets to optimize working capital strategies.
• Retail Financing:
  • Develop and execute retail and working capital financing strategies.
• Business Case Support:
  • Offer financial expertise for network strategy implementation and other commercial initiatives.
• Ecosystem Development:
  • Drive innovation in commercial market ecosystems.
• Audit Preparation:
  • Prepare materials for internal and external audits.
• Ad Hoc Projects:
  • Tackle diverse projects to support organizational goals.

The Ideal Candidate

We seek a seasoned professional with over 10 years of experience in controlling and the automotive industry. The ideal candidate will bring proven managerial and leadership expertise, coupled with strong business acumen and the ability to clearly interpret and communicate financial data to diverse stakeholders. You should excel at managing priorities, responding to ad hoc requests, and working both independently and within dynamic, multicultural teams.

Key Skills and Qualities

• Leadership: Inspire and guide teams with confidence and clarity.
• Analytical Excellence: Use data-driven insights to drive decisions and optimize performance.
• Organized and Structured: Effectively manage multiple priorities and complex projects.
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Thrive in fast-paced, ever-changing environments.
• Proactive Mindset: Anticipate challenges and take initiative to address them.
• Exceptional Communication: Build strong relationships across departments and cultures.
• Collaborative and Pragmatic: Foster a solution-oriented, teamwork-driven approach.
• Business Focus: Act with the organization’s best interests at heart.
• Cultural Sensitivity: Embrace diversity and cultivate a culture of transparency, trust, and inclusion.

People at Polestar

We know that a change is needed. We also know that each one of us can help bring about that change. Our commitment to becoming climate-neutral by 2040 is just as important to us as being inclusive, diverse, and innovative. Together, we are creating, collaborating and experimenting to usher in a new era of sustainable mobility.

We are an electric performance brand, determined to improve the society we live in.

The Process
Are you ready to take on a leadership role at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution? Apply now and let’s build the future together. We apply a continuous selection process and the job post will be open until the position is filled.

Are you ready for the journey? Which is electric by the way...