Vlogs Food Private Limited is looking for an experienced Cost Controller with a robust background in the Food & Beverage industry. The ideal candidate will be responsible for controlling food costs, monitoring inventory, analysing recipe and production costs, reducing wastage, and ensuring profitability across production units, cloud kitchens, and caf operations.

Key Responsibilities

- Monitor and control food, beverage, packaging, and consumable costs.
- Analyse daily, weekly, and monthly food cost reports and identify cost variances.
- Ensure accurate costing of recipes, menu items, and new product launches.
- Conduct BOM (Bill of Materials) and recipe cost analysis.
- Track raw material consumption against production and sales.
- Monitor inventory movement, stock ageing, and inventory valuation.
- Perform regular physical stock audits and reconcile inventory discrepancies.
- Analyse wastage, spoilage, pilferage, and yield losses and recommend corrective actions.
- Work closely with Procurement, Production, Warehouse, Finance, and Operations teams to optimise costs.




- Review vendor pricing and recommend cost-saving initiatives.
- Validate GRNs, stock transfers, production entries, and consumption reports.
- Ensure standard costing processes are followed across all production facilities.
- Prepare MIS reports related to food cost percentage, gross margins, inventory turnover, and operational efficiencies.
- Support monthly closing activities and inventory reconciliations.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and company SOPs.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Cost Accounting, or a related field.
- CMA, ICWA, MBA (Finance), or equivalent qualification is preferred.

Experience

- 4-8 years of experience as a Cost Controller in the Food Industry is mandatory.
- Experience in QSR, Caf Chains, Restaurants, Cloud Kitchens, Food Manufacturing, Bakery, Dessert, or FMCG Food companies.
- Hands-on experience in food costing, recipe costing, inventory management, production costing, and wastage control.

📌 Cost Controller Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Vlogs Food
📍 Hyderabad