Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial Planning  

• Drive Total Plant(s) budgeting process. Coordinate and support budget information gathering process and ensure meeting of plant objectives and aid management decision making.

Cost Management

• Cost control – analyse, identify, and drive exploitation of cost saving opportunities.
• Lead cost effective & efficiency initiatives across the business and ensure maximization of product margins.

Product Costing

• Work closely with the Plant Manager to drive product cost competitiveness.
• Maintain accurate product costing in SAP (activity type and overheads rates updates)
• Work closely with the Business Controller to develop competitive pricing strategies for various products to drive maximization of margins.

Internal Controls

• Ensure effective internal controls are in place within plant revenue, expenditure, inventory processes etc to prevent loss of company’s assets.

Inventory Management

• Ensure optimum stockholding and a sound inventory control system.
• Maintain and develop monthly stock taking and reconciliation procedures for all sites and depots.
• Ensure inventory variances are fully investigated, approved, and booked on a timely basis including imported materials and external stores.

plant performance

• Prepare timely, accurate and cost-effective plant reports and highlight variances so that management can take effective action to improve operating performance.
• Support the payables and receivables sections. Ensure smooth information and documentation flow for supplier payments processing at CSO.

people management

• Identify gaps and build capability for the Team.
• Orientation, induction, and training of team members.
• Manage Performance weekly, Monthly.
• Drive Succession Planning for the Team.
• Uphold the company’s code of business conduct and ethics policy.
• Ensure compliance to company programs including HR activities, Continual Improvement initiatives, Safety, GMP

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• A University Graduate in a business-related field
• Qualified Accountant (CPA(K), ACCA, or equivalent)
• Computer literate with hands-on working knowledge of SAP (CO,MM, PP), spread sheets and other MS Office Applications
• 5 years’ work experience in a manufacturing environment, with a track record of inventory and production process achievement.