Global Costing, Operations

1 week ago

Cape Town, South Africa Time Personnel Full time

**Job Overview**:
**Date Posted**: Posted 4 hours ago-
**Location**: Cape Town, Western Cape-
**Job Title**: Global Costing, Operations & Key Accounts Manager-
**Education Level**: Bachelors Degree-
**Job Level**: Management-
**Minimum Experience**: 5- 7 Years**Global Costing, Operations & Key Accounts Manager - Cape Town.**:
Our International Company requires your Financial Costing expertise, managing activity based costing and all finer details for manufacturing projects, communicating / negotiating as the main liaison with Global Key Clients.

This is a new critical commercial function which will form part of the company’s succession planning. Opportunity to work across 16 countries worldwide dealing with different languages, cultures & time zones working.

**Requirements**:

- Matric, Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
- Strong management accountant skills, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a senior accounting role for a manufacturing business, including prior experience in activity-based costing
- Excellent project management skills & experience managing complex projects
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modelling
- Proven experience in tender management and preparation, demonstrating great attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks and deliverables
- Good practical business and financial decision-making skills
- Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- IT proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Willingness to develop a deep understanding of our product offering
- Excellent organisational skills to meet goals and set priorities, including the ability to work under pressure and in new environments
- Ability to deal with operations across the globe in different languages with different cultures and time zones
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and lead a small team

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Cost Management:

- Ensure the upkeep of essential input cost metrics across all production facilities in 16 countries.
- Validate adherence to Group frameworks for overhead cost allocation across all global operations.
- Update raw material costs, labour, and overhead recovery rates annually based on approved expense budgets and capacity plans for all production facilities.
- Quarterly review of performance against the recovery rates, based on actual quarter-end results, to evaluate the necessity for recovery rate adjustments.
- Oversee the preparation of quarterly cost driver schedules, encompassing both macro and local economic impacts, to be presented for:

- Incorporation into all bi-annual and annual contract price adjustments.
- Consideration by senior management in Group forecasting.
- Project Management:

- Manage RFID and Variable Data programme roll-outs, ensuring successful implementation and timely delivery.
- Manage the development and deployment of new costing modules across the group.
- Financial Analysis:

- Ensure tender award pricing is adhered to in respective supply regions, with any deviations falling within specified mandates.
- Estimate Forward Exchange Contract requirements for RFID inlay purchases on a quarterly basis.
- General:

- Lead, manage and provide guidance for a small team dealing with costing and estimating.
- Coordinating and completing global tenders for apparel retailers.
- Reporting to the Chief Commercial Manager

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