Manages the plants financial operation, reviewing their financial performance and providing recommendations for financial planning. Working with plant management to optimize manufacturing processes, identify cost -reduction opportunities and enhance profitability.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with process owners to improve supply chain efficiency, reduce material extraction losses, and save energy.

  • Initiate business improvement and cost-saving activities, and validate assumptions of productivity improvement projects to bring tangible savings to the P&L.

  • Review supply chain master data to check accuracy of bill of materials, recipes, and purchase information records.

  • Analyze consumption of raw materials and packaging against the bill of materials and analyze and report the deviations from the standard.

  • Generate a monthly report on consumption of raw and packaging materials including chemical and stock movement of the plant. 

  • Monitor all open Purchase orders and purchase accounts on regular basis.

  • Ensure an LC cost sheet is prepared for all import purchases.

  • Collaborate with production and warehousing leaders to guarantee timely and accurate financial reporting.

  • Lead stock count of the plant, on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis and reconcile the inventories against the count and analysis of variance accounts

  • Manage adjustments, write-off, disposal of stock as per the procedure.

  • Work with Finance Manager and the team to monitor and implement plant internal controls as necessary to ensure reporting integrity, safeguard company assets and identify risks. 

  • Developing and implementing best practice processes and systems across the group companies

  • Participates in the annual statutory and tax audits.

  • Any other tasks as required from time to time.

Job Requirements

Functional competency 

Functional knowledge of manufacturing finance, Inventory & cost accounting is a must with minimum 5 years of experience with FMCG background. 

Other competencies 

• Solid ethics, Integrity

  • Teamwork

  • Knowledge and Skills

  • Commitment to financial controls and compliance

  • Ownership 

  • Planning and Organizing 

  • Influence

  • Analytical Thinking

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Experience: 

 MSc in Finance and Accounting/MBA / Qualified Accountant 

Greater than five years financial, supply chain & manufacturing experience in accounting/analytical roles with FMCG sector experience and experience of managing teams. 

Must have experience of: 

• Business Performance evaluation 

  • Budgeting & Forecasting for multiple business units

  • Good internal/external communicator being able to build strong relationships, influencing and presenting at a senior level is desirable

  • Working experience in Ethiopia

  • Knowledge of local market environment & trends, government policy and regulatory requirements

How To Apply

Application instruction

Please title your application with the subject line: -"Supply Chain Finance Manager"

Candidates meeting the above-required qualifications are invited to send their CVs through careers@samanu.com

Applications from female candidates are strongly encouraged and will be given preferential consideration, as we deeply value diversity..

Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for an interview.

Application deadline: August 14, 2025