Job Description
Location: Can be based in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Philippines
Brief Overview Of The Role
Aboitiz Foods is strengthening our regional excellence in feed milling and manufacturing and we're looking for a high calibre Regional Operations & Costing Manager to help us transform how we measure, optimise, and elevate performance across Asia.
If you are experienced in cost accounting, operations optimisation, industrial performance, and financial control, this is a high-impact regional role where your insights truly shape business outcomes.
What You Will Lead
Operational & Financial Performance Management
- Analyse operations using key KPIs (OEE, kWh/ton, yield, ROE, line efficiency, waste, etc.)
- Identify inefficiencies (muda) and co-execute action plans with mill teams.
- Conduct deep-dive analyses on cost deviations, process gaps, and improvement opportunities.
Cost Accounting & Costing Model Ownership
- Build robust costing models (ABC, Standard Costing, Absorption, Job Order, Process Costing).
- Streamline cost allocation, overhead absorption, and manufacturing cost structures.
- Drive variance reporting across multiple mills and multiple countries.
Reporting, Insights & Decision Support
- Produce monthly operations and financial dashboards (mill, country, regional).
- Provide profitability insights for products, projects, investments, and CAPEX/OPEX.
- Support strategic decision-making for senior leadership.
Budgeting & Forecasting (Manufacturing)
- Lead manufacturing cost forecasting across the region.
- Integrate improvement initiatives (Excellence Program) into future cost plans.
- Validate cost assumptions, simulate scenarios, and improve cost visibility.
- Digitalization, Internal Controls & Compliance
- Strengthen internal control processes for costing, inventory, and data accuracy.
- Work across systems such as M3, SAP, SCADA to enhance data integrity and reporting flow.
- Support ongoing digital transformation in operations and finance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years experience in manufacturing cost accounting or financial controlling.
- Preferably from agriculture, animal feeds, food production, or industrial manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing and operational excellence.
- Deep experience with cost models, variance analysis, MCOS, and ERP/plant systems.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder partnering skills across different countries.
- Ability to work independently, travel regionally, and manage multiple complex priorities.
