CDL Human Resource Cost Controller Beverages & Hospitality Jobs in Kenya
Role Summary
Responsible for strengthening food, beverage, wine and spirits cost control, inventory accuracy and profitability across hospitality operations.
Monitor actual costs against standards, reconcile sales and stock consumption, investigate losses and recommend practical improvements.
Work closely with Finance, Operations, Kitchen, Restaurant, Bar, Stores and Purchasing teams to maintain accurate costing records and strengthen internal controls.
Key Responsibilities
Monitor food, beverage, wine and spirits costs against standard costs and budgets, and analyze cost-of-sales, gross profit and contribution margin variances.
Maintain recipe costing, beverage costing, standard yields, portion sizes and pour measures, updating costs when purchase prices, recipes or serving sizes change.
Reconcile POS sales and expected recipe consumption against actual inventory usage and ERP records.
Investigate missing postings, incorrect units of measure and unexplained inventory variances.
Review receipts, stock issues, outlet transfers, returns and stock adjustments to ensure accurate recording and proper approvals.
Coordinate periodic and surprise stock counts and reconcile physical stock with system balances.
Follow up on approved corrective actions resulting from stock variances.
Monitor stock ageing, slow-moving products and expiry risks.
Investigate wastage, spoilage, breakages, shrinkage and over-pouring issues.
Ensure staff consumption, complimentary items, promotions and other non-sale stock issues are properly authorized and recorded.
Review purchasing and receiving controls, including purchase-price variances and quantity or price checks against approved orders and supporting documentation.
Maintain accurate item costs, recipes, units of measure and inventory information within ERP and POS systems.
Ensure controlled system changes and maintain proper audit trails.
Prepare timely cost, stock, yield, wastage and outlet profitability reports.
Identify root causes of variances, recommend corrective actions and track resolution.
Support budgeting, forecasting, menu pricing and cost-optimization initiatives.
Evaluate the effectiveness of implemented cost-control improvements.
Control Accountability
Independently monitor, reconcile
and report on cost and inventory controls.
Ensure operational teams maintain stock custody, accurate transaction recording and implementation of corrective actions.
Verify that stock adjustments and write-offs follow approved authorization procedures.
Escalate significant or unresolved discrepancies to the Financial Controller.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Hospitality Management or a related field.
CPA, ACCA, CMA, CIMA qualification or progress toward certification is an added advantage.
Experience
Three (3) to five (5) years of cost-control experience within hospitality, restaurants, food and beverage operations or another inventory-intensive environment.
Practical experience in recipe costing, yield analysis, portion control, pour control, stock reconciliation and loss investigations.
Experience using ERP, POS and inventory management systems.
Familiarity with Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory and Loyverse POS is an added advantage.
Experience working across multiple outlets is an added advantage.
Skills and Competencies
Strong Excel skills, including reconciliations, pivot tables, lookup functions and sales/inventory data analysis.
Strong analytical and financial reporting skills.
Knowledge of inventory management and internal controls.
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong problem-solving and variance analysis skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
How to apply
For more information and job application details, see; CDL Human Resource Cost Controller Beverages & Hospitality Jobs in Kenya
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