Senior FMCG Manufacturing Cost & Productivity Analyst

Haleon plc.; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon plc in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Analyst to provide financial analysis, product costing, variance reporting and cross-functional business partnering for our manufacturing operations.

You will partner with Production, Procurement, Engineering and Finance to drive cost performance, maintain costing integrity, support budgeting and forecasting, and deliver actionable insights to site leadership.

Qualifications

• CIMA (qualified), ACCA or CA(SA) qualification.
• At least 3 years' experience in manufacturing finance, cost accounting or supply chain finance.
• Experience producing financial reports, models and decision-support analysis in an FMCG, pharmaceutical or consumer healthcare manufacturing environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with SAP.
• Experience with Power BI or another financial reporting tool, including reporting automation and process simplification.
• Strong analytical judgement, commercial awareness and the ability to turn complex data into clear insight and recommendations.
• Confidence building cross-functional relationships, influencing stakeholders and working effectively against deadlines.
• A continuous-improvement mindset with high standards of integrity, accountability and control.

Responsibilities

• Partner with manufacturing and cross-functional teams to challenge non-value-added costs, identify savings opportunities and support delivery of financial and productivity commitments.
• Drive loss analysis and continuous improvement, including gross margin ideation, the Site Zero Loss Roadmap, savings tracking, benefit realisation and corrective action.
• Lead product costing and standard-cost activities, including cost roll-ups, costing-data integrity and cost assessments for new product introductions.
• Analyse material, labour, overhead, production and third-party manufacturing variances, identifying root causes and providing clear recommendations to management.
• Prepare weekly and monthly manufacturing performance reports, dashboards, trend analysis, inventory and WIP reviews, and insights for site leadership.
• Support budgets, rolling forecasts, capital investment evaluations, sensitivity analysis, financial modelling and monitoring of approved project benefits.
• Strengthen governance by completing assigned reconciliations, supporting inventory and costing controls, managing financial risks and contributing to internal and external audits.

Skills

Analytical judgement

Commercial awareness

Data to insights

Cross-functional influence

Education

CIMA (qualified), ACCA or CA(SA) qualification

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Haleon plc in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Analyst to provide financial analysis, product costing, variance reporting and cross-functional business partnering for our manufacturing operations.

You will partner with Production, Procurement, Engineering and Finance to drive cost performance, maintain costing integrity, support budgeting and forecasting, and deliver actionable insights to site leadership.