Senior Manager Cost & Operational Excellence

Overview

Performance Management & Decision Support

• Roll out a daily operating system (DOS) and performance management framework in the operations teams of region India, Middle East and Africa
• Implement and manage performance dashboards and KPIs to monitor operational efficiency and financial impact
• Objectively challenge the performance and decisions of operational teams to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate end-to-end (E2E) performance initiatives, ensuring service levels are maintained without unnecessary cost increases.
• Deliver clear, insight-driven reports, conduct gap analyses, and co-develop improvement plans with execution teams.
• Host performance management training workshops for all Operations teams

Cost Analytics, Control & Optimization

• Own the narrative behind cost trends by maintaining a deep understanding of cost drivers within operations.
• Conduct independent, balanced analysis to identify opportunities for profitability, cost efficiencies, and challenge cost escalations.
• Drive and track cost-saving initiatives while applying tools and frameworks that ensure high-impact, data-informed decision-making.
• Prevent sub-optimization by evaluating relevant, sunk, and total cost of ownership in operational choices.

Financial Planning & Budgeting

• Provide critical input during forecast and budgeting cycles, supporting and constructively challenging operations leadership.
• Evaluate business cases rigorously, challenge assumptions from Areas or QSC before submission to Controlling team
• Partner with operation and regional controlling to ensure alignment on cost development, forecasting, and strategic priorities.

Strategic Influence, Transformation & Community Contribution

• Act as a strategic thought partner in cost transformation, supporting the Director of Cost Control to shape smarter decision-making frameworks.
• Contribute to the wider Finance community by sharing insights, best practices, and aligning with digital tools and reporting standards.
• Position yourself as a future leader in financial strategy through strong collaboration, original thinking, and proactive influence across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in
• Finance, Engineering, Data Science, Economics, Business Analytics, Mathematics
• , or related field.
• **10-12 years**
• of relevant experience in financial business partnering,
• financial analysis, cost control
• , or a similar business partnering-heavy role.
• 4-5 years of experience in driving performance management based on 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, or performance reporting preferred.
• Familiarity with

Sap, Erp,

Power BI, Tableau, SQL

• .
• Ability to interpret large data sets, identify trends, and develop actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills — able to present complex analysis in a clear and compelling way.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and get required results
• Confident in challenging stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Highly organized, results-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities independently.
• Curious, commercially minded, and eager to innovate and improve existing processes

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