{"id":92611,"date":"2026-03-16T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/plant-controller-3\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:02:37","slug":"plant-controller-3","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/job\/plant-controller-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Duties and Responsibilities:<\/p>\n<p>Financial Planning \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tDrive Total Plant(s) budgeting process. Coordinate and support budget information gathering process and ensure meeting of plant objectives and aid management decision making.<\/p>\n<p>Cost Management<\/p>\n<p>\tCost control \u2013 analyse, identify, and drive exploitation of cost saving opportunities.<br \/>\n\tLead cost effective &amp; efficiency initiatives across the business and ensure maximization of product margins.<\/p>\n<p>Product Costing<\/p>\n<p>\tWork closely with the Plant Manager to drive product cost competitiveness.<br \/>\n\tMaintain accurate product costing in SAP (activity type and overheads rates updates)<br \/>\n\tWork closely with the Business Controller to develop competitive pricing strategies for various products to drive maximization of margins.<\/p>\n<p>Internal Controls<\/p>\n<p>\tEnsure effective internal controls are in place within plant revenue, expenditure, inventory processes etc to prevent loss of company\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n<p>Inventory Management<\/p>\n<p>\tEnsure optimum stockholding and a sound inventory control system.<br \/>\n\tMaintain and develop monthly stock taking and reconciliation procedures for all sites and depots.<br \/>\n\tEnsure inventory variances are fully investigated, approved, and booked on a timely basis including imported materials and external stores.<\/p>\n<p>plant performance<\/p>\n<p>\tPrepare timely, accurate and cost-effective plant reports and highlight variances so that management can take effective action to improve operating performance.<br \/>\n\tSupport the payables and receivables sections. Ensure smooth information and documentation flow for supplier payments processing at CSO.<\/p>\n<p>people management<\/p>\n<p>\tIdentify gaps and build capability for the Team.<br \/>\n\tOrientation, induction, and training of team members.<br \/>\n\tManage Performance weekly, Monthly.<br \/>\n\tDrive Succession Planning for the Team.<br \/>\n\tUphold the company\u2019s code of business conduct and ethics policy.<br \/>\n\tEnsure compliance to company programs including HR activities, Continual Improvement initiatives, Safety, GMP<\/p>\n<p>Job Requirements<\/p>\n<p>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:<\/p>\n<p>\tA University Graduate in a business-related field<br \/>\n\tQualified Accountant (CPA(K), ACCA, or equivalent)<br \/>\n\tComputer literate with hands-on working knowledge of SAP (CO,MM, PP), spread sheets and other MS Office Applications<br \/>\n\t5 years\u2019 work experience in a manufacturing environment, with a track record of inventory and production process achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Apply Through:<\/p>\n<p>career55.sapsf.eu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/career55.sapsf.eu","_company_name":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[692],"job-categories":[699,693,751],"job-types":[687],"class_list":{"0":"post-92611","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-nairobi","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/92611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=92611"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=92611"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=92611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}