{"id":108393,"date":"2026-08-16T09:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/plant-controller\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:29:13","slug":"plant-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/plant-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Plant Controller\", \"description\": \"Role Purpose:\\nReporting to the Business Controller, the overall purpose of this role is to drive Plant productivity through Financial Planning, Cost Management, Product Costing, Inventory Management, and Internal Controls ensuring adherence to UHL\u2019s financial policies and procedures.\\nKey Duties and Responsibilities:\\nFinancial Planning\\nDrive Total Plants budgeting process. Coordinate and support budget information gathering process and ensure meeting of plant objectives and aid management decision making.\\nCost Management\\nCost control \u2013 analyse, identify, and drive exploitation of cost saving opportunities.\\nLead cost effective & efficiency initiatives across the business and ensure maximization of product margins.\\nProduct Costing\\nWork closely with the Plant Manager to drive product cost competitiveness.\\nMaintain accurate product costing in SAP activity type and overheads rates updates\\nWork closely with the Business Controller to develop competitive pricing strategies for various products to drive maximization of margins.\\nInternal Controls\\nEnsure effective internal controls are in place within plant revenue, expenditure, inventory processes etc to prevent loss of company\u2019s assets.\\nInventory Management\\nEnsure optimum stockholding and a sound inventory control system.\\nMaintain and develop monthly stock taking and reconciliation procedures for all sites and depots.\\nEnsure inventory variances are fully investigated, approved, and booked on a timely basis including imported materials and external stores.\\nplant performance\\nPrepare timely, accurate and cost-effective plant reports and highlight variances so that management can take effective action to improve operating performance.\\nSupport the payables and receivables sections. Ensure smooth information and documentation flow for supplier payments processing at CSO.\\npeople management\\nIdentify gaps and build capability for the Team.\\nOrientation, induction, and training of team members.\\nManage Performance weekly, Monthly.\\nDrive Succession Planning for the Team.\\nUphold the company\u2019s code of business conduct and ethics policy.\\nEnsure compliance to company programs including HR activities, Continual Improvement initiatives, Safety, GMP.\\nJob Requirements\\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:\\nA University Graduate in a business-related field\\nQualified Accountant CPAK, ACCA, or equivalent\\nComputer literate with hands-on working knowledge of SAP CO,MM, PP, spread sheets and other MS Office Applications\\n5 years\u2019 work experience in a manufacturing environment, with a track record of inventory and production process achievement.\\nKey Competencies\\nDisplays Commercial Acumen\\nChallenges Status Quo\\nAligns with Strategic Vision\\nCommunicates Strategy\\nExecutes with Speed\\nInfluences and Persuades\\nDevelops Self & Team\\nCollaborates Across Team\\nInstils Trust and Integrity\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-15\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Unga Holding\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-29T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Unga Holding<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-29<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Role Purpose:<br \/>Reporting to the Business Controller, the overall purpose of this role is to drive Plant productivity through Financial Planning, Cost Management, Product Costing, Inventory Management, and Internal Controls ensuring adherence to UHL\u2019s financial policies and procedures.<br \/>Key Duties and Responsibilities:<br \/>Financial Planning<br \/>Drive Total Plants budgeting process. Coordinate and support budget information gathering process and ensure meeting of plant objectives and aid management decision making.<br \/>Cost Management<br \/>Cost control \u2013 analyse, identify, and drive exploitation of cost saving opportunities.<br \/>Lead cost effective &#038; efficiency initiatives across the business and ensure maximization of product margins.<br \/>Product Costing<br \/>Work closely with the Plant Manager to drive product cost competitiveness.<br \/>Maintain accurate product costing in SAP activity type and overheads rates updates<br \/>Work closely with the Business Controller to develop competitive pricing strategies for various products to drive maximization of margins.<br \/>Internal Controls<br \/>Ensure effective internal controls are in place within plant revenue, expenditure, inventory processes etc to prevent loss of company\u2019s assets.<br \/>Inventory Management<br \/>Ensure optimum stockholding and a sound inventory control system.<br \/>Maintain and develop monthly stock taking and reconciliation procedures for all sites and depots.<br \/>Ensure inventory variances are fully investigated, approved, and booked on a timely basis including imported materials and external stores.<br \/>plant performance<br \/>Prepare timely, accurate and cost-effective plant reports and highlight variances so that management can take effective action to improve operating performance.<br \/>Support the payables and receivables sections. Ensure smooth information and documentation flow for supplier payments processing at CSO.<br \/>people management<br \/>Identify gaps and build capability for the Team.<br \/>Orientation, induction, and training of team members.<br \/>Manage Performance weekly, Monthly.<br \/>Drive Succession Planning for the Team.<br \/>Uphold the company\u2019s code of business conduct and ethics policy.<br \/>Ensure compliance to company programs including HR activities, Continual Improvement initiatives, Safety, GMP.<br \/>Job Requirements<br \/>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:<br \/>A University Graduate in a business-related field<br \/>Qualified Accountant CPAK, ACCA, or equivalent<br \/>Computer literate with hands-on working knowledge of SAP CO,MM, PP, spread sheets and other MS Office Applications<br \/>5 years\u2019 work experience in a manufacturing environment, with a track record of inventory and production process achievement.<br \/>Key Competencies<br \/>Displays Commercial Acumen<br \/>Challenges Status Quo<br \/>Aligns with Strategic Vision<br \/>Communicates Strategy<br \/>Executes with Speed<br \/>Influences and Persuades<br \/>Develops Self &#038; Team<br \/>Collaborates Across Team<br \/>Instils Trust and Integrity<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Unga Holding on career55.sapsf.eu to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1308154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-29 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Unga Holding Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-29 Job Description Role Purpose:Reporting to the Business Controller, the overall purpose of this role is to drive Plant productivity through Financial Planning, Cost Management, Product Costing, Inventory Management, and Internal Controls ensuring adherence to UHL\u2019s financial policies and procedures.Key Duties and Responsibilities:Financial PlanningDrive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1425,1413,1412,1496],"class_list":["post-108393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-unga-holding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}