Fresh Jobs at Food Concepts Plc

Job Purpose

• To support decision-making through precise financial analysis, comprehensive reporting, and actionable insights that enhance profitability and operational efficiency. This role involves analysing key financial and market trends to ensure the organization responds effectively to inflationary pressures and competitive challenges. It also emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to streamline business processes and guide strategic initiatives.

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas

Financial Analysis

• Analyse profitability trends across products, categories, and business units.
• Identify drivers of positive and negative EBITDA and provide actionable insights to management.
• Develop periodic financial reports and dashboards to support data-driven decision-making.
• Prepare reports on macroeconomic trends, including inflation, exchange rates, and their potential impact on the FMCG sector.
• Conduct analysis of FMCG market performance, competitor pricing, and consumer

Pricing and Inflation Management

• Regularly update raw material cost trends and recommend adjustments to pricing strategies tools.
• Maintain an up-to-date database of raw material prices for reference.
• Prepare supporting data and insights for management discussions on price adjustments

Business Intelligence.

• Gather and organize data from various sources to support business decision-making.
• Create reports and dashboards that highlight key business metrics.
• Perform basic analysis on financial and operational data to identify trends and patterns.
• Use tools like Excel or Power BI to create clear visual representations of data

Key Performance Indicators

• Accurate profitability trend reports and actionable insights provided to management.
• Identifying key drivers of negative EBITDA leading to measurable improvements in margins.
• Timely reports on macroeconomic, and FMCG reports delivered on time to stakeholders.
• Frequency and accuracy of raw material cost updates and recommended pricing strategy adjustments
• Number of actionable insights derived from business intelligence reports and dashboards created for decision-making.

Knowledge Requirements

• Understanding of financial statements, profitability analysis, and key financial metrics like EBITDA, margins, and cost structures.
• Knowledge of macroeconomic factors such as inflation, exchange rates, and their impact on the FMCG sector.
• Proficiency in tools like Excel, Power BI, or other data visualization software to create reports and dashboards.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Understanding of FMCG market dynamics, including competitor analysis, consumer behaviour, and industry performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Certifications in Business Intelligence or any relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Excel, Power BI) are an asset.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as Business intelligence officer or similar role.
• Proven experience in financial analysis, business intelligence, or a related role.
• Experience in a QSR company in a similar role is an asset

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Job Purpose

• The Officer will be directly responsible for strict compliance with Quality, environmental, Health and Safety support in the assigned region/patch
• To ensure provision of support for the CR stores, to reduce incidences of business interruption through quality/EHS process failure and non – compliance to regulatory and statutory requirements

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas

• To strictly adhere to statutory and regulatory requirements in assigned region.
• To ensure adherence to all the safety and environment regulations within and around CR stores.
• To ensure effective co-ordination and support for the CR stores within the assigned region/patch on quality and safety functions
• To ensure calibration of all the measuring and weighing equipment in the CR stores.
• To ensure good housekeeping and cleanliness in the area of control all the time.
• To strictly adhere to the requirements of the ISO 9001, 14001, 22000, and 45000 and other company adopted management system.
• To ensure and maintain all operations, and technical document assigned to him.
• To ensure strict conformity to cGMP, and GHP always
• To submit the required reports example: daily, weekly, monthly or any periodic reports to the line manager.
• To identify non-conformities picked in the Store and escalate as appropriate to Store Management and line Manager
• To follow up on resolution of issues picked with respective Stores

Key Performance Indicators

• The business interruption time as a result of non – compliance to regulatory and statutory standard should be less than 0.5% of the number of operating periods
• The incidence of product quality complaint occasioned by non – compliance to process should be reduced
• Reduction in regulatory cost
• Safety Indicator - Quality, Environment, Health and Safety

Knowledge Requirements

• Knowledge of food operations
• Knowledge of current Good Hygiene practice
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory standards and requirements
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance policies and procedures and Safety – Food, Fire, Occupational Health and Environment
• Knowledge of interpretation and dissemination of technical and scientific information
   
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• Job Specifications
• Educational Requirements
• Professional Requirements
• Experience Requirements
• - Min. B.Sc/HND in Biochemistry; Food Sc & Tech; Microbiology and other related science field
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• Possession of any relevant certification in Food Safety, Occupational Safety, Fire Safety or Health Safety and Environment
• Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role is required
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• Decision Expectations
• Investigate conformance to Company specification and deliverables
• Report Quality or Safety issues to ensure conformance to Specifications and quality deliverables