Cost & Service Performance Lead - Logistics Operations Business

Cost & Service Performance Lead||Ahmedabad||Logistics Operations||Ports & Logistics Industry

Job brief:

- We are looking for a cost analyst to help us audit our expenses and find ways to make our operations more cost-efficient.

- You'll be the go-to person for cost analysis and you'll get to prepare reports to help management make better decisions. To do this job well, we'd like you to be well-versed in data and financial analysis, and have strong attention to detail.

- Ultimately, your job will be an integral part of our efforts to ensure profitability and business success.

Responsibilities:

- Gather and analyze financial data

- Determine standard costs and investigate variances with actual costs

- Prepare detailed reports, both periodically and ad-hoc

- Help management make important decisions based on costs and benefits (e.g. investments, market growth, pricing changes)

- Create and manage budgets, and monitor spending

- Conduct audits on financial processes and transactions

- Monitor changes in processes or methods to calculate effects on overall costs

- Estimate product costs for existing and new products

- Forecast and analyze costs of processes, labor and inventory

- Suggest cost-reducing or profitable solutions

- Conduct market research to support future business planning