Our Client: A rapidly expanding and highly regarded catering services company in the region, known for its excellence and commitment to quality.
Your Role: As a Cost Controlling Manager, you will lead a team of dedicated cost professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance. You will work closely with other project control disciplines and functions to ensure integrated project management, serve as the primary contact for cost-related matters, and nurture relationships across stakeholders. Your responsibilities include monitoring and managing project budgets, conducting variance analysis to identify cost discrepancies, providing actionable insights, and contributing strategic recommendations to drive project success. You will also review and approve project budgets, evaluate contracts with suppliers, ensure compliance with financial policies, and maintain ISO 22000 Food Safety System standards.
Must Have: 12+ years in cost control, preferably in mega or large-scale projects. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or a related field. Proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, and cost estimation; strong skills in project management software and financial tools; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; attention to detail; adaptability to changing project requirements; expertise in cost management tools and techniques; exceptional analytical skills for in-depth variance analysis; leadership experience with team management abilities; strong problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach; and proficiency in data visualization and reporting tools. Relevant certifications such as PMI-SP, AACE CCP, or equivalent is desirable.
What we offer under the Talent Acquisition umbrella are: Executive Search, Contingency- ensure quality, consistency and a profile assessment of every candidate. Talent Mapping-Bring down the time to hire and increase the quality . Our People Happy capable people ensure great results and creating the right environment is essential to develop them further. We believe in promoting empowerment, intellectual rigor, respecting diversity of thought and perspective and of course the Fish! Philosophy which is a cornerstone of Mindfield. Hence an open culture prevails in the company which ensures that our clients get the 'ownership through partnership' Our Mojo is driven by creating a winning work culture internally and great customer satisfaction.... walking into our offices you will get the vibes ...from a heavy duty espresso machine to the buzz generated by collaborative associates...We’ve got a start-up vibe and a start-up attitude towards getting things done despite our 20 years in the field We have put our decades of practice into meaningful and measurable value delivery… that makes a difference! We make a difference by providing highest standards of customer engagement- clients and candidates alike! We have held ourselves accountable for candidate retention. (89% stick rates of our placements ’04-’14) We have provided best talent fits to our clients (64% of placements promoted in 3yrs post joining ‘04-’14) We have maintained high levels of engagement (98% candidate retention, 76% Client retention ‘04-’14) As the 2nd largest networked brand, highest ranked for our responsiveness (LinkedIn) we have proven track record with 2 decades of practice. At mindfield we love to engage on projects wherein the need is to drive change or diversity agendas. Since 2000 we have personally driven the Saudization drive for multiple clients across Junior to Senior level,. Have delivered on nationality and Gender Diversity agendas for clients.
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