The Cost & Inventory is responsible for validating and ensuring accuracy of inventory documents and transactions integral for food cost reporting; monitoring and analysis of assigned Brand’s Food Cost performance; and ensures that data integrity is maintained at all times.

What you’re expected to do?

• Ensures that cost reconciliation with assigned entities is conducted in a timely manner
• Reconciles inventory-related discrepancies with Operations and Purchasing to ensure accurate system entries
• Coordinates all activities relating to the physical count of the assigned brand
• Consolidates all physical count results and updates the system within the approved schedule
• Reconciles physical count results with the assigned inventory locations
• Prepares monthly Variance Reports for assigned brand
• Generates and submits validated inventory data for the assigned locations
• Prepares and submits monthly CGS Summary Reports for Financial Reporting
• Processes inventory related transactions for assigned entities as part of the reconciliation
• Ensures timely update of system entries for assigned entities
• Ensures all entries are reconciled
• Runs and analyzes unit costs to ensure accuracy
• Facilitates system adjustment to correct or reverse entries
• Performs receiving approval procedure on a daily basis
• Certifies that all monthly COGS numbers are accurate
• Prepares the Brand FC Monthly Comparative Report
• Prepares and consolidates all FC analysis reports such as Price Impact calculations, Variance Analysis, and other reports as required
• Addresses daily operational concerns of associates and/or specialists assigned to their brand
• Monitors team progress to ensure all deadlines are met
• Assists the Cost & Inventory Manager in accomplishing and consolidating output reports for Performance Evaluation

Who can have a seat at the table?

• College Graduate with a degree of any Business Course
• Excellent excel skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Attention to detail is a must
• At least 2 years of work experience handling inventory and costing in the food industry
• Understands inventory management and can crunch numbers and analyze as well as coordinate with operations to resolve variances