
- Develop, maintain, and update standard, actual, and activity-based costing systems for frozen and dehydrated food products.
- Prepare and manage multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs) and cost roll-ups capturing complete manufacturing and supply chain costs.
- Track end-to-end production costs including raw materials, labor, processing, packaging, cold storage, overheads, and logistics.
- Monitor actual versus standard costs and perform detailed variance analysis on materials, yields, labor, overheads, and logistics with corrective actions.
- Analyze raw material price fluctuations, yield shrinkage, and operational inefficiencies impacting product costs.
- Prepare detailed cost sheets and profitability analysis by product, batch, customer, and market (domestic and export).
- Support pricing decisions using cost-plus models, target costing, landed cost calculations (FOB, CIF), and margin impact analysis.
- Drive cost control and margin improvement initiatives through waste reduction, process efficiency, packaging optimization, and sourcing evaluation.
- Manage accurate inventory valuation for raw materials, WIP, and finished goods using FIFO/FEFO with proper reconciliation.
- Track production efficiency, yield performance, and loss control across processing units and cold storage facilities.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning for commodity price volatility and logistics cost changes.
- Maintain costing data, BOM accuracy, and financial controls within ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Tally.
- Develop Excel-based costing models, dashboards, MIS reports, and analytical insights for management.
- Generate cost trend reports highlighting risks, variances, and profitability improvement opportunities.
- Ensure proper overhead allocation, cost absorption, and compliance with accounting standards and internal policies.
- Support internal and external audits with cost documentation, reconciliations, and variance explanations.
- Collaborate closely with production teams to validate yields, efficiencies, and cost drivers.
- Partner with procurement on material pricing, supplier strategies, and cost impact assessments.
- Work with commercial and export teams on customer-specific costing, tender pricing, and margin analysis.
- Participate in new product development costing, feasibility studies, and profitability validation.
- Analyze CAPEX proposals for processing equipment and cold chain infrastructure with ROI evaluation.
- Drive continuous improvement in costing systems, reporting automation, and best-practice cost accounting processes.
- Advanced product costing expertise including standard costing, absorption costing, activity-based costing (ABC), and multi-level BOM management.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end manufacturing cost structures covering raw materials, processing, labor, packaging, cold storage, overheads, and logistics.
- Proven ability in variance analysis for materials, yields, labor, overheads, and usage with root cause identification and corrective actions.
- Experience in costing for frozen and dehydrated food products including shrinkage, mass balance, yield loss, and seasonal price fluctuations.
- Product-wise, customer-wise, and market-wise profitability analysis and margin improvement strategies.
- Cost control and optimization skills through waste reduction, process efficiency, packaging improvement, and sourcing evaluation.
- Budgeting, forecasting, target costing, and scenario modeling under commodity and logistics volatility.
- Expertise in landed cost calculations for exports including FOB, CIF, freight, duties, and currency impact.
- Strong inventory valuation skills including FIFO, FEFO, WIP costing, and reconciliation processes.
- Hands-on ERP experience (SAP CO/FI/MM, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, or similar manufacturing systems).
- Advanced Excel proficiency for costing models, dashboards, scenario analysis, and MIS reporting (pivot tables, lookups, automation).
- Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau for management reporting.
- Knowledge of overhead allocation methods, cost absorption, and internal financial controls.
- Understanding of food processing operations including cold chain economics, perishable inventory handling, and compliance-driven cost impacts.
- Awareness of export economics including Incoterms, logistics optimization, duties, and pricing dynamics.
- Strong financial analysis, break-even modeling, and ROI evaluation for process improvements and CAPEX.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in cost builds, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset for identifying cost drivers and margin opportunities.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration with production, procurement, and commercial/export teams.
- Clear communication skills to present costing insights and business impact to management.
- Strong time management and ability to handle budgeting cycles, month-end closures, and urgent pricing requests.
- Continuous improvement mindset for system automation and best-practice costing processes.
Candidates should have a minimum of 4 to 9 years of proven experience in the Costing and Finance function within a Manufacturing / Processing Environment, preferably at Assistant Manager or equivalent level. The candidate must have strong hands-on experience in product costing, manufacturing finance, cost control, variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, inventory valuation, MIS reporting, and financial controls. Experience in food processing, FMCG, agro-based manufacturing, frozen and dehydrated product units, export-oriented organizations, cold storage and cold chain operations, and inventory-intensive production setups is highly preferred. Exposure to export costing, international trade finance, logistics cost analysis, customs documentation, forex transactions, and large-scale production operations will be considered a strong advantage.
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