Case Study

Restructuring of the commercial area at automotive supplier group

Optimization of plant controlling

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Company Details

Automotive division of a large corporation
Manufacturer of spare parts for the automotive and motorcycle industry
Revenue €11.3b worldwide; revenue Europe > €1b with approximately 1,000 employees at 18 sites

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Situation and Challenge

Reorganisation of the European corporate structure
Below-average performance of European production plants compared to the Group
Lack of cost transparency (no uniform accounting and reporting, production controlling down)

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Objective ans Tasks

•Establishment of a finance team and filling the position of commercial director as well as several employees in the area of finance
Creation of cost transparency, reorganization of production controlling (Saxony plant)

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Measures and Procedures

Walk-through of commercial processes to identify potential for improvement and deviations between locations
Analysis of SAP (MM, SD, FI/CO) and partial takeover of customizing (Saxony plant)
Documentation of processes and preparation for the onboarding of new employees

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Results and Achievements

Reporting with meaningful figures to the shareholders on time again
Production controlling revised and documented in the first plant (Saxony plant, SAP)
Personnel concept with job descriptions for the financial sector
Robust budget planning for FY 2023 prepared and approved by the shareholder

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