Cost Control Manager

Position Title: Cost Control Manager Employment Type: Full Time Job Location: Kuwait About the Client: An established GCC-based group operating a diverse portfolio of businesses within the food & beverage and hospitality sector. Job Description: • Manage and analyze food cost, COGS, inventory, wastage, yield, portion control, and cost variances, identifying opportunities to improve profitability. • Lead menu costing and menu engineering, reviewing recipe costs, selling prices, margins, and product profitability to support commercial decisions. • Strengthen controls across purchasing, receiving, inventory, stock movements, and POS systems, conducting regular operational audits and investigating discrepancies. • Prepare cost forecasts, budgets, KPI reports and management analysis, working closely with Operations, Culinary, Procurement and Finance to improve financial performance. Qualifications: • At least 5 years of relevant F&B cost-control experience within restaurants, multi-brand F&B groups, QSR or hotel F&B operations. • Strong practical knowledge of food cost, COGS, inventory control, wastage, yield, recipe/menu costing, and cost variance analysis. • Strong analytical and reporting skills with relevant GCC experience and the ability to work effectively with operational and finance teams Show more Show less

Manage and analyze food cost, COGS, inventory, wastage, yield, portion control, and cost variances, identifying opportunities to improve profitability. Lead menu costing and menu engineering, reviewing recipe costs, selling prices, margins, and product profitability to support commercial decisions. Strengthen controls across purchasing, receiving, inventory, stock movements, and POS systems, conducting regular operational audits and investigating discrepancies. Prepare cost forecasts, budgets, KPI reports and management analysis, working closely with Operations, Culinary, Procurement and Finance to improve financial performance.