Company: Marriott International
Industry: Hospitality
Deadline: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: National Certificate
Experience: 4 years
Location: Western Cape
City: Cape Town
Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
Job Title: Cost Controller
Function
- Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance the successful incumbent will take full responsibility for the day-to-day running of Cost Control department which includes Stores and Receiving.
- Be familiar with Cost throughout the Hotel, recommend and implement measures to control cost in accordance with Marriott International Hotels Policies & Procedures.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum of 4 years in a Cost Control or related position
- Diploma in warehouse management or purchasing management or stock control/stores management or hotel management
- Previous knowledge of cost control, purchasing, stores & inventory control in a similar environment
- Must be able to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, analysis of variances, correlation theory, sampling theory and factor analysis
- Previous in depth experience on Materials Control and Micros Symphony or similar systems are essential
- Flexible working hours
- Be prepared to perform other duties within the department
- Team focused and strong team leader
- Strong management skills and highly analytical
- Microsoft Word & Excel an essential to have
- Excellent communication skills , peoples person
Key Responsibilities
- Manage Cost Control, Stores and Receiving Teams to ensure high levels of staff morale and job satisfaction in order to deliver on company targets
- Responsible for maintaining and system maintenance on Birchstreet, Concept , My Micros and Micros Symphony
- Costing of all recipes according to budgeted COS percentages and calculating potential selling prices.
- Responsible for ensuring correct stock reduction links between Birchstreet and Micros Symphony
- Responsible for all stocktakes within the Hotel
- Responsible for input of all stocktake figures and creation of all relevant month end reports.
- Variance analysis of all inventory counts and corrective measures put in place + Mid-Month Food and Beverage Flash
- Variance analysis of actually month COS achieved compared to budgeted COS and corrective action taken
- Responsible for generation and compilation of Food Cost Reports , Beverage Cost Reports, Departmental Expense Consumption Reports , Spa Cost Reports and Operating Equipment Inventory Reports
- Ensure that store PARs are maintained and updated quarterly
- Responsible for balancing all stores at month end or when required
- Responsible for the monitoring and tracking of all inventory related transactions within the hotel
- Responsible for daily food flash and weekly expense consumption reports
- Responsible for ensuring correct stock rotation in all stores and beverage outlets
- Responsible for Ensuring a high level of hygiene and cleanliness at Receiving and all Stores
- Ensure correct accounting practices and procedures are maintained in all stores and outlets, cost control, departments and receiving, and correct paper trails are in place.
- Verifying that processes, policies and procedures are being adhered to
- Responsible for internal audits on Cost Control , Stores and Receiving , implementing and maintaining standard operating procedures
