Supply Chain Finance Manager

Godrej Consumer Products Limited; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Godrej Consumer Products Limited is seeking a dedicated Supply Chain Finance Manager to partner with the supply chain and manufacturing teams. You will own the monthly PSO update/CEO pack, drive profit improvement, and provide financial rigour across factory costs, stock returns, freight, capex and inventory controls.

You will collaborate with Operations, Procurement, Logistics and Sales, presenting insights to the CEO and senior leadership to support strategic decisions and cost-reduction

Qualifications

• CA (South Africa) or CMA qualification required
• Experience in manufacturing or supply chain finance (4–7 years)
• Experience preparing management/CEO-level reporting packs essential
• Strong factory costing, variance analysis and cost-control skills
• Knowledge of IFRS, tax and customs/logistics compliance preferred

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly PSO update/CEO pack with variance commentary, risks and actions
• Build and track profit improvement and savings across supply chain initiatives
• Review factory costs and overheads, analyse variances and support standard costing
• Compute and control stock returns and write-offs with root-cause analysis
• Analyse freight costs by lane, carrier and mode to identify savings
• Support capex budgeting, track spend and review invoices before capitalization
• Participate in capex negotiations and vendor terms to secure best value
• Conduct monthly stock counts and reconcile with books, investigate variances
• Strengthen internal controls and SOPs across supply chain finance processes
• Provide financial inputs for pricing, make-vs-buy, supplier and network decisions

Skills

Freight cost analysis

Data analysis

Presentation skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Month-end reporting

Education

CA (South Africa) / CMA

Supply chain / logistics certification (advantage)

Tools

SAP

BI reporting tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

The Supply Chain Finance Manager is a key finance business partner to the supply chain and manufacturing teams. The role owns the monthly PSO update and CEO pack, drives profit improvement and cost-saving tracking, and provides financial rigour across factory costs, stock returns, freight, capex and inventory controls across sites. The incumbent will work closely with Operations, Procurement, Logistics and Sales, and will present insights and recommendations to the CEO and senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monthly Product Supply Organisation (PSO) update / CEO pack: Prepare, consolidate and present the monthly update/ pack, with clear variance commentary, risks, opportunities and recommended actions.
• Profit improvement: Build, validate and track profit improvement and savings calculations across supply chain initiatives; maintain a savings tracker reconciled to P&L impact and report delivery against targets.
• Factory cost review and control: Review factory conversion costs and overheads against budget; analyse variances (usage, yield, price, efficiency), partner with plant teams on corrective actions and support standard cost setting.
• Stock returns: Compute, review and control stock returns and related provisions, identify root causes with Sales and Supply Chain, and drive controls to reduce returns and write-offs.
• Freight analysis: Analyse freight costs by lane, carrier, mode and customer; track cost per unit and cost-to-serve, benchmark transporters and recommend savings opportunities.
• Capex budgeting and payment review: Support annual capex budgeting; track project spend; review payment milestones, invoices and capitalisation before release; report capex status to leadership.
• Capex negotiations: Support vendor negotiations for capex projects, reviewing the BOQ, quotations and commercial terms, benchmarking prices and challenging scope to secure best value.
• Monthly stock count review: Review physical stock counts across sites, reconcile to books, investigate variances, ageing and obsolescence, and ensure count procedures and adjustments follow policy.
• Controls and governance: Strengthen internal controls and SOPs across supply chain finance processes; support internal and statutory audits and ensure compliance with Group policies.
• Business partnering and ad-hoc analysis: Provide financial inputs on pricing, make-vs-buy, supplier and network decisions, and support special projects and cost-reduction initiatives as required.

Job Requirements

Education

• CA (South Africa) / CMA.
• Additional certification or exposure in supply chain, logistics or inventory management is an advantage.

Experience

• 4 – 7 years’ experience in manufacturing or supply chain finance, ideally in FMCG or a similar fast-paced manufacturing environment, including factory costing, inventory control, capex or logistics cost analysis.
• Experience preparing management / CEO-level reporting packs is essential.
• Strong factory costing, variance analysis and cost-control skills, including standard costing and absorption of overheads.
• Experience in capex budgeting and tracking, BOQ review, vendor quotation evaluation and commercial negotiation.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting, stock count procedures, provisioning and obsolescence management.
• Knowledge of South African accounting standards (IFRS), tax and customs/logistics compliance requirements is preferred.

Skills

• Freight and logistics cost analysis, including cost-to-serve and transporter benchmarking.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; proficiency in SAP (or similar ERP) and BI / similair reporting tools
• Excellent presentation and storytelling skills, able to translate data into clear insight for senior leadership.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, attention-to-detail skills and ability to meet tight month end deadlines.
• Collaborative, influencing and stakeholder management skills across Finance, Operations, Procurement and Logistics