Company description
Are you ready to join an international company that is focused on creating sustainable products for the airline and foodservice industry?
Probably at some point in your life you have traveled on a plane & ordered some food or have gone to your nearby takeout place to buy a salad for lunch. In that case, you might have seen deSter packaging and didn’t even know it. A lot of people don’t realize that the packaging world can be exciting, but it is more than that, especially when it comes to food. deSter is unique in its industry because we design and manufacture tableware and packaging in many different materials. Our purpose is to create sustainable food and travel experiences and we need you on this journey.
If you want to be part of a company that strives to create a better future and change how we look at eating & drinking, you are in the right place.
Summary
Product costing is at the basis of our commercial and many business decisions. The Cost Analyst will play an important role in this area, both in the pre-calculation process (providing accurate cost estimates) as well as on final costing and monitoring of all relevant cost drivers.
Main responsibilities
1. Drive and optimize the pre-calculation process for in-house manufactured products:
· Collect and analyze all required data, and based on the input calculate costs;
· Maintain and update the existing calculation models to reflect the latest cost parameters and drivers, with final goal to ensure accurate results;
· Define and set-up calculation models and methods for new sustainable developments, in close cooperation with relevant departments (product managers, engineering, manufacturing etc.);
· Review and benchmark the calculated costs coming from our different production plants, to guarantee proper decision-making process on final production location;
· Perform post-analysis to assess accuracy of the calculations and further improve the models and input;
2. Support the cost calculation and production set-up in our ERP system:
· Do regular cost updates in the system, following the creation of new products or changes applied to existing products;
· Validate the results of the cost updates against expectations, and reach out to the relevant department in case of variances (procurement, manufacturing etc.);
· Assist the Manufacturing Controller with quarterly and annual cost reviews and adjustments, or various analysis requirements;
· Update and maintain selected master data elements in the system that are related to the costing process;
3. Gather insights in the (price) evolution and driving factors of the different cost components (material, labor, energy etc.), in order to assess financial and/or operational impact and to ensure required actions are timely implemented;
4. Ad hoc data analysis and reporting depending on requests from the organization;
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree (Finance, Business & Management);
- First working experience in a finance or similar function is considered a plus;
- Strong analytical skillset;
- Ability to break-down problems into clear causes, and from there define proper measures and solutions;
- Excellent organizational skills and attention detail;
- Good communicating skills and able to build effective working relationships with different internal stakeholders (a.o. manufacturing team, procurement, …);
- Proficient in MS Office 365 applications (Excel, Powerpoint) - knowledge of SAP and/or MS Dynamics is an asset;
What we offer:
Joining deSter means you will become a part of an innovative company with sustainability at heart and colleagues & customers globally. We have low hierarchies and a hands-on mentality, with teamwork being of high value. Besides that, we also offer hybrid way of working (office/remote) and a team of colleagues that have a passion & enthusiasm for what they do.