Job Description

 Position Responsibilities

1. Product Costing & Margin Management

• Transition inventory valuation from weighted average to a standard costing, enabling clear tracking of price, usage, and efficiency variances.
• Maintain and govern the BOM accuracy for all SKUs, working with Product Development to ensure ingredients, packaging, conversion, and specifications.
• Own OEM cost structures across raw materials, packaging, conversion costs, logistics, and overhead components.
• Provide monthly cost and variance analysis to distinguish between input price movements, OEM inefficiencies, and internal planning gaps.
• Provide gross margin reporting by SKU, category, and portfolio.

2. Supply Chain & Cost-to-Serve Optimisation

• Partner with the Supply Chain to monitor and optimise 3PL and distribution costs.
• Collaborate with Product Development to identify cost-saving opportunities in materials, formulation, and packaging.
• Support commercial negotiations with OEM partners and vendors using cost breakdowns and benchmarks.
• Develop cost-to-serve models by SKU and channel to support pricing and portfolio decisions.

3. Inventory & Cost Control

• Ensure inventory and supply chain numbers are accurate and properly controlled including review stock-take reconciliations, inventory ageing and SLOB, to optimise working capital.
• Define and embed financial control standards into Supply Chain SOPs across procurement, production, inventory movements, and stock adjustments.
• Ensure inventory valuation, provisions, and write-offs are accurate, compliant, and commercially sound across OEMs, warehouses and 3PLs.

4. Strategic Decision Support

• Evaluate make-vs-buy and OEM-to-in-house transitions through ROI and cost-benefit analysis.
• Provide financial input to support network expansion, SKU rationalisation, and supplier strategy.

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience

• 6–10 years of experience in FMCG finance, with strong exposure to product costing, BOM management, and supply chain economics.
• Experience working with OEM / contract manufacturing models strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience implementing or operating standard costing frameworks.
• Strong business partnering skills across Supply Chain, Product, and Commercial teams.
• Comfortable operating in a high-growth, evolving environment with incomplete data and building structure from the ground up.
• Advanced Excel modeling and proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite).
• Ability to simplify complex financial data for operational and commercial stakeholders.

a Necessity, not a Luxury

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