Business Performance Manager | Grimsby

The Role

Managing the costing team within the Business Performance team reporting into the Director of Business Performance, the role holder will be responsible for overseeing the product costings and maintain accurate costings models for the various sites across the group and providing costing analysis.

Company Information

Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.

With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.

At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.

Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.

Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

• Product costing for new and existing products.
• Building and maintaining costing models/bills of material.
• Providing information on product costs, including “what if” analysis and advising best course of action to the business.
• Partnering with New Product Development to assess cost implications on products/product changes.
• Partnering with Commercial BP to ensure understanding of costings to give best view for tenders and new business.
• Provide analysis and information to support business tenders.
• Evaluating raw material alternatives and advise on the cost impacts of these options and recommend best use.
• Provide and undertake scenario analysis to key stakeholders on an ad-hoc basic
• Supporting the department on inflation calculations to assist with inflation recovery.
• Aid costing evaluation for any continuous improvement projects and advise if there are viable or not.
• Liaise and aid the management of current by-product stocks and approve any ad hoc sales.
• Implement and develop smarter ways of working within systems and processes.
• Ad-hoc project work.

Skills and Experience Required

• Strong excel skills essential – VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, Pivot tables etc.
• Numerate with attention to detail.
• Able to manage a small team and uphold accountable and accurate standards in the ways of working.
• Able to work within a matrix structure.
• Excellent communicator both written and in verbal form.
• Logical thinker with the ability to create solutions to problems.
• Ability to multitask and organise work loads effectively to meet parallel deadlines.
• The role would suit an experienced cost accountant looking for more responsibility and progression from their current role.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Contributory Pension
• Online Benefits Hub
• Life assurance scheme
• Free onsite parking