Cost Specialist

2 weeks ago


Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Huhtamaki Group Full time
Inspired to grow with your experience, learn and share with new colleagues?

Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.


We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy.

We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Manage daily costing requests and produce final product cost estimates
  • To ensure cost estimating processes are in place and to take the coordinating lead, working closely with others in the business to provide cost estimates against production/project requirements
  • Cost / margin calculations
  • Check and validate bills of material
  • Update and maintain fixed cost rates

Qualification and Experience:

  • Relevant degree
  • Experience of cost estimating

Skills Required:

  • Commercial and financial acumen
  • Excel skills
  • Experience of using spreadsheets and complex estimating, pricing models and cost management tools
  • Highly skilled communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally
Join us to shape the future together

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