Factory controller

ROCKWOOL Group; Velachery; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

ROCKWOOL Group in Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, seeks a Factory Controller to partner with factory management. You will budget, forecast, and report costings data to support decision making.

Responsibilities include maintaining BOM, conducting variance analysis, monitoring VPC/PKF figures, driving cost savings, and coordinating with operations and group reporting. Independent work and strong SAP/PS skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of SAP and PS systems.
• Ability to run independent role and tasks.
• Experience with month-end close, cycles and settlements.
• Experience with BOM for SKU creation and maintenance.
• Experience with costing of SKUs and regular revisions.
• Exposure to SKF reporting and sustainability factors.
• Good communication and soft-spoken nature.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate view of variable production costs (VPC).
• Ensure Process Key Figures (PKF) are accurate and monitor operations.
• Follow up on cost savings and related investments.
• Maintain BOM and costings for operations.
• Create SKUs based on inputs from production and sales.
• Report monthly variance actual vs budget vs TYCE for VPC/PKF.
• Standardize and benchmark across OPCOs, engage with operations.
• Coordinate with group reporting for cost data.

Skills

SAP

PS system

Independent work

Month-end close

Bill of Materials

Costing

SKF reporting

Soft spoken

Tools

BOM modeling

Cost accounting

Job description

• Should able to run independent role, tasks
• Month close in SAP, all cycles and settlements
• Bill of Material for SKU creation and maintain the structure
• Costing of SKUs and revise on regular frequencies
• SKF reporting : Sustainability key factors
• Soft spoken

Key search points :

• Should know SAP and PS system
• Should able to run independent role, tasks
• Month close in SAP, all cycles and settlements
• Bill of Material for SKU creation and maintain the structure
• Costing of SKUs and revise on regular frequencies
• SKF reporting : Sustainability key factors
• Soft spoken

Job Purpose & Scope

The role of the Factory Controller is to be trusted partner for the management team of the Factory operations department. The role involves in preparation and followup of budgets and its variances and reporting costings data for the operations and concerned management information to provide the best basis for decision making to the management team.

Key Result Areas

• The Factory Controller has an important impact on the organization, in that all related management decisions on the operations level should be supported by the Factory Controller. It is a specialist role, and there are no subordinates to the Factory Controller.
• The Factory Controller will be coordinating with different stakeholders, primarily the different operations departments (production, maintenance, quality, environment, purchasing, logistics, and warehouse) and respective group reporting controller in charge.
• The geographical coverage for this role is the factory in Cheyyar only, and will work towards best-practice sharing and benchmarking.

Key Responsibilities & Job Content

• VPC – the Factory Controller is responsible to provide management with an accurate view of the variable production costs in the factory.
• PKF – the Factory Controller is responsible to ensure that the PKF (Process Key Figures) are accurate and is responsible for monitoring and follow up on the effectiveness of the operations, the quality, environmental issues. The Factory Controller is responsible to point out areas where potential costs reductions can be achieved to the management.
• Cost savings – the Factory Controller is responsible to provide a detailed follow up for management on VPC and LES related costs savings, investment related cost savings.
• Investments – the Factory Controller is responsible for making sure that the investments are done according to the Rockwool group principles, including helping compile the required information, and reporting it accordingly.
• Costing/BOM – the Factory Controller is responsible for maintaining an accurate BOM (Bill of Material), and helping the operations department.
• eNA – the Factory Controller is responsible for creating SKUs based on the inputs from production and sales and keeping upto SKUs with respect to cost and measures.
• Variance analysis – the Factory Controller is responsible reporting monthly variance actual vs budget vs TYCE for VPC, PKF, cost saving.
• Ad-hoc tasks – ad-hoc tasks should take up 20-30% of the Factory Controllers time – these should include all ad-hoc projects requested by operations, as well as own initiatives to increase efficiency, or reduce costs.
• Standardization and benchmarking – the Factory Controller is responsible for pro-actively benchmarking across OPCOs, and working closely together with the operations department to achieve “best in class” performance. Furthermore, the controller should actively participate in improving the control environment in Rockwool Asia.
• Group reporting – the Factory controller should reports to Group for various information in the standard format and within strict timeline.
• Budgeting and forecasting – the Factory controller should able to forecast and budget for the Factory operations, capex and opex.

Specific tasks and responsibility

• Weekly, monthly and quarterly VPC follow up
• Monthly and quarterly Cost savings/Actions plan follow up
• Quarterly Material Balance reporting
• Budget/TYCE VPC and cost savings forecasting
• Investment controlling and reporting
• BOM model updating and maintenanc