Cost Control Manager

About the Role

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Saudi Arabia is seeking a Cost Control Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading an end-to-end cost management, manufacturing finance, and inventory control framework. The objective is to transform operational data into actionable insights, drive sustainable productivity, and improve margins across the value chain.

Role Purpose

The Cost Control Manager will provide the Finance Director and business leadership with a single, reliable view of product cost, supply-chain performance, inventory exposure, G&A efficiency, and return on capital. This position is critical for ensuring financial accuracy and strategic decision-making within the company's operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a Finance-validated productivity and savings tracker, distinguishing realized P&L savings, cost avoidance, and timing impacts, and independently validate benefits claimed by operational functions.
• Lead plant finance business partnering to review monthly production, conversion, utilities, labor, and overhead costs against budget, forecast, and standard; analyze volume, usage, yield, efficiency, and absorption variances and agree corrective actions with Plant and Supply Chain management.
• Own the standard-costing process: coordinate annual and periodic standard-cost updates with Supply Chain, Procurement, and Accounting, review SKU cost by package and line, and ensure reliable COGS data for FP&A, Commercial Finance, and SKU profitability analysis.
• Lead monitoring of G&A and controllable overheads: cost-center reviews, run-rate risks, challenge of discretionary spending, cost benchmarks, zero-based budgeting, and annual cost-challenge exercises.
• Provide independent Finance challenge of Capex proposals (ROI, payback, NPV, scope, and alternatives), monitor approved Capex against budget, run post-investment reviews, and support the Finance Director in capital allocation.
• Lead the manufacturing, supply-chain, and G&A components of the budget and rolling forecast and produce monthly cost-performance packs that translate operational KPIs into financial impact.
• Ensure controls over product costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing costs, and Capex; align SAP records with operational data, support month-end, year-end close and audits, and escalate material exceptions to the Finance Director.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Plant Controller, Manufacturing Finance, and Inventory Control team.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience is required.
• Experience in FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) or manufacturing environments is preferred.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offering an opportunity to contribute to a leading company in the beverage industry.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the qualifications are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.