Role Description

As the Cost Analyst, Business Planning & Analysis (BPA), you will partner with members of the Farm Operations, Hatchery, Feed Production, Processing, Supply Chain and Logistics, Sales, Marketing and Finance teams, delivering key business insights across a vertically integrated poultry value chain.

The role reports into the Office of the Managing Director and involves working closely with senior leadership on costing, profitability and operational efficiency across all functions of the business.

Job Description / Responsibilities

Balance Sheet and P&L; Review
- Review and reconcile balance sheet accounts, trial balance, general ledger and fixed assets, and prepare month end reports and Management Information.
- Prepare and present the monthly P&L; with variance analysis on key cost and revenue drivers.

Opex Productivity and Cost Control
- Analyse cost trends across all cost centres, including feed, farm operations, hatchery, processing, packaging, cold chain, logistics, manpower, energy and utilities, and identify opportunities to reduce waste.




- Build and maintain product level and department level costing models, including yield, conversion and wastage analysis.
- Quantify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities, and drive implementation with the concerned teams while tracking savings realised against targets.

Business Analytics
- Analyse and report on business performance covering monthly performance, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), product, channel and customer profitability, quarterly forecasting, strategic planning, cost control, target setting, and pricing and margin analysis.
- Evaluate discounts, coupons, trade schemes and promotional offers across channels, measuring their true cost and return, and recommend which offers to continue, restructure or withdraw, balancing sales growth with margin protection.
- Monitor trade spends and marketing outlays against approved budgets and flag leakages early.

Decision Support
- Offer data driven

📌 Cost Analyst (Santacruz, Mumbai)
🏢 Zorabian Chicken
📍 Santacruz, Mumbai