Junior Controller - Internship
Pubblicato il 28-08-2026 - Aw Lab in Limena
The **BATA GROUP** is one of the world's leading manufacturers and retailers of quality footwear. A global company with more than 30,000 employees, over 5,000 stores in more than 70 countries worldwide, Bata has been providing the best shoes at the best value for money, backed by unparalleled service, for more than 120 years. Since its founding in 1894 by Thomas Bata, the Company has consistently demonstrated its commitment to responsible and innovative business models in the belief that capital is not just money, but, above all, people, knowledge and core values. Today, Bata's pioneering principles enable the company to adapt quickly to market changes. It also continues Bata's long tradition of being sensitive to cultural and national differences and enables it to function proudly as an inclusive company in every country in which it operates. With more than 270 shops in Italy, Spain and Portugal **AW LAB** is a laboratory of “urban sport style” trends that offers to its customers the coolest products of the moment, suggesting and inspiring them in creating their own style. Since opening its first store in 1997, with the name of Athletes World, AW LAB is part of the Bata group. AW LAB proposes a wide collection of sneakers of the most famous international sport brands and a wide range of exclusive designs created in collaboration with them. The proposal is completed by a collection of apparel and accessories of the leading sportswear brand and by two private clothing labels. **Posizione**:
The Jr Controller supports in the management of the budget processes by coordinating all the involved department, mainly merchandising and retail. In season control for OTB, stock, sales, margin trend and markdown.
The Controller supports monitoring the progress of expenditures against the budget and verifying the achievement of revenue targets as set by management, identifying any deviations between forecasts and actuals. **KEY CHALLENGES**:
**Budget Process**
- Contribute to a new merchandise budget process: coordination of all involved departments and IT tools
- Supports ensuring quality and timely in reporting for forecast and budget finalizing
- Supports ensuring quality and timely in loading in reporting system of all information **Reforecasting - visibility**
- Supports monthly reforecasting of turnover, sales margin and stock
- Supports tracking alignment to the plan/budget **Controlling**
- OTB: supports merchandise dpt in OTB definition (value, intake margin)
- Stock: supports other departments in delivery plan process and in liquidation strategy
- Markdown: supports controlling markdown strategy and propose process to reduce (action plan)
- Reporting: supports implementing a monthly reporting to share with own management **Requisiti**:
**CORE COMPETENCIES**: - Delivers in consistent way following his department priorities, respecting the deadlines
- Pursues quality in accomplishing tasks paying attention to details and verifying information
- Problem solver
- High level of Excel usage
- Works well with other departments
- Relates well to all kinds of, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization **LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY**: - Italian
- English
- Spanish nice to have **Altre informazioni**:
**LOCATION**: - Limena (PD)
- Possibility of working in Lavoro da remoto for part of the week after an initial on-site training period