Change and diversity.

Controlling:

Group Controlling supports our management and in so doing, helps the Group achieve its goals and contributes to its long-term success. We design and facilitate goal definition, financial planning, and forecasting processes to support decision-makers. Through effective control and monitoring systems, we ensure high data quality and transparent operating results. We draw up functional guidelines for the global controlling organisation, set standards and put in place controls. Our remit also includes the development of digital tools and processes and the optimisation of capital allocation between business units.

Finance:

Colleagues in Group Finance & Financial Services devise strategies to implement innovative external financing concepts for the CLAAS Group itself as well as trade finance concepts throughout the entire CLAAS supply chain, including financial solutions for end customers and dealers. Other major components of the finance division include the management of risk in the financial market and the CLAAS credit portfolio, asset management, liquidity control and planning, and the management of bank and capital market relations.

Accounting:

General Ledger Accounting incorporates accounting and external reporting and is responsible for preparing monthly financial statements and analysing the data. These statements are essential for financial control purposes and for internal and external reporting. Preparing the annual report in compliance with the German commercial code (HGB) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a core function of this division.

All our current job vacancies in Business Administration and Office Administration are listed here.

IT Governance:

Using appropriate IT solutions, this division deals with the detailed organisation of IT within the Group. It aims to provide efficient IT administration, structured IT architecture management, strong IT security and general master data management.

Business Applications & Process Consulting:

This team deals with various operational applications, depending on the sector. For example, some colleagues develop Sales & Service solutions, while others are concerned with Supply Chain Management & Logistics or Finance & HR applications.

Custom Development & Core Platform:

Colleagues here focus on Software Engineering, Reporting & Analytics and Integration Services.

IT Infrastructure & Operations:

This department is responsible for IT Workplace, which encompasses all IT equipment and software used by our internal CLAAS employees for day-to-day IT tasks, as well as Data Center, Network and Middleware.

All our current job vacancies in IT are listed here.

Marketing covers a wide range of fields from brand management to the effective marketing of products and services. This requires an in-depth understanding of customer needs and a firm focus on global markets, customer benefits and target groups. The Group Marketing division develops and coordinates differentiated and integrated ways of engaging with target groups at analog and digital touchpoints on the customer journey. Colleagues in this field continually analyse data which provides the basis for the targeted implementation, control and optimisation of strategic and operational marketing activities. Through our Marketing Automation and Performance Marketing strategy, we aim to increase efficiency and create opportunities to engage with our customers quickly and on a personal level. Our goal is to optimise systems and processes to ensure that our customers' experience is a positive one.

In contrast, the aim of Sales is to sell the finished product to the customer via various different strategies and measures. Tasks here include product and sales marketing and sales per se. Analysing the market on a daily basis and taking into account regional and cultural preferences are particular important here – after all, customer satisfaction is our number one priority.

All our current job vacancies in Marketing and Sales are listed here.

Human Resources deals with core aspects of personnel work which help achieve strategic HR objectives. At the same time, we provide services related to HR planning, management and administration aimed at supporting management and staff. Communicating personnel-related matters internally and externally plays a key role in our corporate success and provides a framework for all our areas of activity.

All our current job vacancies in HR are listed here.