Costing Analyst

Role purpose

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain product and recipe costings, including materials and other direct costs.
• Provide costing information for tenders, quotations and customer proposals.
• Model pricing scenarios and the financial impacts of specification, contract and volume changes.
• Analyse costs and margins and investigate variances relating to price, yield, volume and service changes.
• Keep system costings accurate and aligned with customer-approved menus.
• Work with the Culinary Lead to complete menu grids; create and update menu specifications and food-component costings.
• Record service details accurately in systems.
• Conduct UK compliance checks, document outcomes and implement improvement plans as needed.
• Support menu presentations, chef tables and customer meetings.

Knowledge and skills

• At least 1 year of experience in food manufacturing, airline catering, manufacturing, FMCG or logistics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, especially advanced Excel, and experience working with systems.
• Data entry skills, numeracy, attention to detail, problem solving, analytical and critical thinking.
• Good literacy and verbal and written communication; ability to translate technical information into operational language.
• Strong communication, teamwork, customer service and organisational skills; able to work calmly under pressure.
• Culinary costing and analysis experience is desirable.

Work base

• The role is based at Newrest LHR.