Business Analyst - Supply Chain Business Control

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to act as a business partner to the Supply Chain department and handle budget control as well as setting and achieving financial targets.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Acts as a business partner in the plants, assisting them in budgeting and controlling and expenditures.
2. Uploads the plants’ financial data on the designated systems.
3. Runs the monthly closing process in the plants and reconciles the plants’ expenses recorded on the system against the actual expenses.
4. Runs Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) analysis in terms of volume, price and efficiency.
5. Supports the planning of OpEx, COGS and working capital in the plants.
6. Follows up on CapEx and OpEx on a regular basis.
7. Manages the working capital i.e. inventory and payables pillar for raw and packaging materials.
8. Consolidates all the working capital in terms of inventory and payables and reports the analysis.
9. Supports various ad-hoc projects, such as: opportunity assessment projects, raw material bucket, working capital for raw material, etc.
10. Submits financial reports as requested by the regional, global or local offices.
11. Acts as a support during external audits and provides any required financial documents and reports.
12. Attends planning and Daily Control System (DCS) meetings at the plants.
13. Manages opportunity assessment projects such as New Product Introduction (NPI) in terms of production costs and financial impact.
14. Develops and submits reports in a timely manner such as: Volume Price Mix (VPM) for COGS and for utilities, Fayrouz Elimination report, Internal Control Process report, Working Capital report, OpEx and CapEx report, etc.

Disclaimer: Other duties assigned as needed.