F&B Cost Controller

Global Kitchens Kolkata LLP (K-Hospitality); Maharashtra; On-site; INR 167,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter assistance

Flexible schedule

Food provided

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid sick time

Provident Fund

Job summary

Global Kitchens Kolkata LLP (K-Hospitality) is seeking a Cost Controller to monitor and optimize food, beverage, packaging, and overhead costs across multiple virtual brands in a cloud kitchen environment. The role focuses on recipe costing, margin protection, and data-driven cost-saving opportunities.

You will manage inventory, wastage, and yield, while coordinating procurement and vendor pricing to improve overall profitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Hotel Management, or related field.
• 2–5 years of F&B cost control experience in cloud kitchens or hospitality.
• Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets and cloud POS / inventory systems.

Responsibilities

• Track daily, weekly, and monthly food, beverage, packaging, and kitchen expenses across brands.
• Calculate cost per dish, gross margins, and advise pricing or portions.
• Oversee stock rotation, counts, and reconcile variances.
• Monitor wastage, yield, and identify loss points.
• Coordinate with procurement to optimize supplier costs and contracts.
• Prepare cost reports and highlight variances to leadership.

Job description

Cost Controller in a cloud kitchen manages, tracks, and optimizes food, beverage, packaging, and operational expenses to protect profit margins across digital-first culinary brands.

To monitor and control the flow of raw materials, recipe costs, waste, and inventory in high-volume, multi-brand cloud kitchen operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Cost & Expense Monitoring: Track daily, weekly, and monthly food costs, beverage costs, packaging expenses, and kitchen overheads across all virtual brands or outlets.
• Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering: Calculate the exact cost per dish, determine gross profit margins, and recommend pricing or portion adjustments to leadership.
• Inventory & Stock Control: Oversee stock rotation (FIFO - First In, First Out), conduct regular physical stock counts, and reconcile inventory variances.
• Wastage & Yield Monitoring: Track kitchen spillage, spoilage, over-portioning, and yield losses to identify leakage points.
• Procurement & Vendor Coordination: Work with the purchase and vendor teams to compare supplier prices, evaluate cost competitiveness, and optimize procurement contracts.
• Reporting & Variance Analysis: Prepare periodic cost reports, highlight budget-to-actual variances, and advise management on cost-saving strategies.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Hotel Management, or a related field.
• Experience: 2 to 5 years of F&B cost control experience in cloud kitchens, Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), or hospitality.
• Technical Tools:
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets.
• Hands-on experience with cloud POS and F&B/inventory management systems (e.g., Petpooja, POSist, Marketman, DigiPos, or ERP tools like SAP/Tally).
• Core Competencies: Strong analytical/numerical skills, attention to detail, and comfort managing high-volume transactional data.

Pay: ₹15,000.00 - ₹30,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Commuter assistance
• Flexible schedule
• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person