CONTROLLER: SALES & ADMIN- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Reputed Market leader with strong brand
Our client is a leading high end fashion/ accessory consumer products manufacturer. With no immediate competition in KSA the company is the largest manufacturer in its sector within the Middle East and is very high up in the global ranking with a presence in 35 countries.
Our client is taking huge steps to expand and to move into new areas. They are entering the next level and exploring new territories, covering new wide ranges of products and categories. Over the last four years the company increased sales by 40% and has hence built a strong distribution platform within Saudi Arabia.
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10 yrs experience with in large & complex manufacturing company
-Leading fashion/ high end accessory manufacturer
-Accountable for setting Wholesale/ Sales KPIs across the group
-Involved with costs, accounting, production
JOB OVERVIEW
Our client is a leader in high end manufacturing. The Controller of Sales and General & Admin is a key member of the entity’s Controlling team and has accountability for the delivery of the Sales and G&A KPIs across the group. The incumbent will be involved in all aspects of the Sales- from strategic conception to the delivery & it’s controlling. He will be required to liaise with production, Sales & cost accounting teams with varying levels of expertise in providing professional sales controlling services to the company, to monitor & rationalize sales and G&A processes so as to enable efficient utilization of all resources and reduction of waste/losses, mitigate risks, identify opportunities of improvement within the sales &working capital cycle, & analyze the sales & G&A performance
EXAMPLE OF KEY DUTIES
- Follow up the results of the month-end physical inventory check as well as periodic “surprise” checks, analyze & explain variances and ensure that necessary adjustments are made on basis of findings
- Responsible for the integrity of the Sales module & work with the IT function to develop & establish full control over the Sales module
- Working with the Sales, Production & Costing teams, enable the development & implementation of a brand sales strategy to deliver the Group’s short, medium & long term goals
- Be responsible for the update of the end to end Sales & G&A processes
- Working with Sales & Costing teams, critically analyze & provide commercial insight, margin analysis & performance reporting, recommend alternate strategies to the management in relation to wastage / loss control, uneconomic utilization of resources, possible rationalization of processes and system, etc;
- Critically analyze inventory levels, follow up & implement measures to minimize sales inventory, sales returns, stock loss
- Working with the costing team, establish processes to ensure smooth periodic revaluation of inventory
EDUCATION LEVEL:
Member ICMA, CIMA, ICWA with MBA ideally
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
•10-15 years experience (multinational preferred) in a large & complex manufacturing environment of which at least the last 5 years should have been as a Controller/ Head of Costing Department including wholesale & finance experience
•Strong technical cost accounting skills; detailed knowledge of latest controlling methodologies & practices
•Extensive cost accounting experience, with experience at a senior supervisory level
•Experience in working with large, multinational workforce
•In depth experience in manufacturing module of one of the leading ERP’s e.g. SAP, ORACLE, JDE etc
•Detailed knowledge of inventory management & production systems
•Advanced analysis & spread sheeting skills
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
•Familiarity with large & complex sales processes
•Sales control, Project Planning, Scheduling & capacity planning
•Sound knowledge of sales modules & spreadsheet applications
•Sound knowledge of costing & analytical ability
•Exposure to modern manufacturing/ sales techniques such as Kaizen, Six Sigma, Kanban etc
•Management of large teams
•Excellent command of English & report writing skills
•Experience in developing and implementing policies, procedures and systems.
•Strong negotiation skills
•Responsibility
•Strong exposure to a major ERP system e.g., SAP, JDE, Oracle
BENEFITS
•Up to $100k USD per annum package including transport, high quality accommodation and bonus
•Other standard benefits including education allowance, relocation package, flights home on top of the above
•Job Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
•Nationality: Any
•Fluent Arabic speakers very welcome but NOT essential
