Job Title: Demand COGS - Assistant Manager
Location: Budapest
Contract: permanent
About the team
Project Prism is the future Supply Finance FP&A operating model, designed to create one global, lean, standard and digital way of managing COGS, planning, reporting and performance. Within this model, Demand COGS connects demand / shipment volume assumptions, standard unit cost logic and downstream logistics actuals into one transparent customer- and market-facing COGS view.
The Demand COGS Analyst supports the Demand COGS process across actuals, latest estimate, AOP, forecast and scenario views. The role works with cost per 9L case, standard planned unit cost, warehousing, freight and other downstream logistics cost pools, and helps compare actual performance against standards and latest estimates.
The role sits between Planning, Move FP&A, Costing, Performance Managers and regional stakeholders. It is not a pure reporting role; it supports standard Prism routines, data quality, variance explanation and adoption of self-service performance management.
About you
To provide reliable Demand COGS analysis and performance support by converting volume, mix, standard cost and secondary logistics actuals into clear cost-per-case insight.
The role supports the control of warehousing, freight and other downstream logistics cost by distributing actual costs to the agreed planning cost object, typically 9L case, and comparing actuals against standard cost and latest estimate assumptions.
The Demand COGS Analyst helps explain what changed, why it changed, what it means for COGS, and which action is required by cost owners or regional teams. The role also supports Prism adoption by replacing manual Excel-based analysis with standardized dashboards, governed data products and repeatable finance routines.
About the role
1. Deliver Demand COGS analysis and volume-to-value insight
• Convert demand, shipment and production volume assumptions into Demand COGS, cost-per-case and mix views for actuals, latest estimate, AOP and forecast cycles.
• Analyse the COGS impact of volume, mix, SKU, brand, market, route and planning assumption changes.
• Prepare clear performance narratives that explain what happened, why, so what, and what action is needed.
2. Control secondary logistics actuals vs standards and latest estimate
• Analyse warehousing, freight and other downstream logistics actual costs per 9L case.
• Support distribution of actual cost pools to planning cost objects using agreed Prism allocation logic.
• Compare actual downstream logistics cost against standard planned unit cost and latest estimate assumptions.
• Identify and explain variances by cost category, market, rate, volume, mix, service model or data-quality driver.
3. Support Prism process standardization and data quality
• Use Prism dashboards, Power BI and governed data products as the standard source of Demand COGS insight.
• Validate inputs from SAP, DDH / data hub, planning systems and logistics actuals to ensure outputs are transparent and repeatable.
• Document assumptions, allocation rules, manual overlays and reconciliation points to support controls and auditability.
• Challenge duplicated Excel work and support transition to standard self-service performance management.
4. Partner with Planning, Move FP&A, Costing and regional Performance teams
• Work closely with Planning, Move FP&A, Costing, Performance Managers, Market Finance and Supply stakeholders to align volume assumptions, standards, actuals and actions.
• Support monthly performance routines, forecast reviews and scenario discussions with concise analysis and stakeholder-ready materials.
• Bring user feedback and improvement ideas back into the Demand COGS process owner / Prism Process COE.
5. Drive continuous improvement and adoption
• Identify recurring manual tasks, data-quality issues and process gaps that can be simplified, automated or standardized.
• Support UAT, training, hypercare and adoption of Demand COGS MVP and industrialized DDH / Databricks versions.
• Contribute to a culture of Lean, standard, digital and action-oriented Supply FP&A.
What you'll bring
• University / college degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Supply Chain or a related field.
• Experience in FP&A, supply finance, controlling, logistics finance, COGS analysis or performance management.
• Good understanding of demand / shipment volumes, COGS, standard cost, cost per case, actuals analysis, latest estimate and planning routines.
• Familiarity with warehousing, freight and other downstream logistics cost drivers is strongly preferred.
• Ability to analyse actuals vs standard / latest estimate and convert variance drivers into clear business explanations.
Technical and digital capability
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; comfortable using Power BI and self-service dashboards.
• Working knowledge of SAP FI/CO/MM, cost centers, internal cost objects, logistics actuals or related finance data is advantageous.
• Basic understanding of DDH / data hub concepts, data lineage, allocation logic and dashboard adoption.
• Digital curiosity and willingness to move from manual Excel analysis to standardized Prism data products; coding or Alteryx build capability is not required.
Behavioural and change capability
• Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail and ownership of data quality.
• Able to simplify complexity and communicate management numbers in business language.
• Collaborative and customer-focused, with ability to partner across Finance, Planning, Logistics, Costing and regional teams.
• Constructive challenge mindset; willing to question low-value work and support standard ways of working.
• Resilient, curious and comfortable working through ambiguity in a transformation environment.
Flexible Working Statement
Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
Diversity statement
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Budapest
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2026-08-11
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