About the position
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven and commercially minded professional to join a dynamic FMCG Manufacturing environment in the Cape Town office. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across multiple divisions, supporting commercial performance, product costing, forecasting, planning, and operational efficiency
The successful applicant will play a key role in transforming data into actionable insights, improving processes, and supporting informed business decisions. This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical and detail-oriented individual looking to grow their career in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Duties will include - but not limited - to the following:
Product Costing Analysis
· Updating product costing
· Reviewing cost drivers - cycle time, part weight, assumed volumes etc
· Collecting costing information from various stakeholders and presenting it in summarized format
· Maintaining cost updates on shared locations and managing access to these files
· Advising master data of updates with relevant stakeholders
· Maintaining and updating ad hoc costing's
Commercial
· Assisting with monthly Sales Report & Graphs
· Assisting with YTD Sales Report & Graphs
· Assisting with Internal Cost Recovery Tracking
· Assisting with Customer Specific Cost Recovery Tracking
· Assisting with Customer/product specific forecast consolidation and maintenance
· Assisting with Maintaining, updating and improving these reports as needed
· Assisting with forecasting models (IBP) as per the budget
· Working closely with internal SAP team
· Maintaining of SAP master data
Planning
· Assist Planner to create production orders for the plants
· Analyzing and processing plant efficiencies
· Attend planning meeting
Raw Material and Finished Goods
· Stock Holding and Prevention of stock-outs
· Scrapping of raw material and finished goods and issuing of grind release form for signature
· Monitor & control raw material and finished goods dead stock
· Monthly variance raw material and finished goods report and provide feedback
· raw material and finished goods forecast. Finished goods stock items
· Cost-effective RM, MB, CO solutions
· Analyzing orders and highlighting any possible raw material concerns
Sales
· Managing colour matching process and sample requests for sales team
· Coordinating samples for customers
· Trade show preparation
· Create purchase order numbers
· Capturing masterbatch dosages
· Planning trials
To be considered for this position applicants must meet the following minimum criteria:
· BCom - Emphasis on Finance/Commerce/Business Management
· SAP knowledge or similar (highly recommended)
· Be highly computer literate (MS Office 365, Excel)
· Be highly numerate and detail oriented
· Highly organized and strong administration skills
· Logical, systematic and organized approach
· Team player
· Work well under pressure in a high pace environment
· Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders
· An energetic, positive personality
· Be assertive
· Clear interest in FMCG
Psychometric testing may be required for certain positions. Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed. Excel test will be required for shortlisted candidates
Desired Skills:
- Commercial
- Analyst
- Manufacturing
