Commercial Manager - COPA Project at RCL Foods

• RCL FOODS  is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Commercial Manager - COPA Project to ensure COPA system credibility and relevance by providing technical support, driving consistency and standardisation group-wide through establishing consistent methodologies, process guidance, and effective issue resolution across all operating units. Strengthen product costing and profitability analysis, and serve as the technical bridge between Commercial and IT .Liaise closely with Commercial Teams to interpret results of variance reports generated at an operating unit level.

The role is based in Westville and will report to the Commercial Executive.  

Minimum Requirements    

• Minimum of a BCom Honours degree
• CIMA, CA(SA) would be advantageous
• BCom Information Systems / IT-related qualification would be advantageous
• 5 years’ experience in roles including exposure to commercial costing systems, preferably within an FMCG or manufacturing environment.

Duties & Responsibilities    

Establish and Own the Central COPA Capability

• Build, operationalise and continuously mature a centralised COPA function that acts as the single point of accountability for product costing and profitability reporting across the group in respect of the SAP COPA system.
• Own the design, governance and ongoing integrity of SAP Account-Based COPA, ensuring the solution reflects operational reality and supports effective decision-making.
• Reduce dependency on external consultants by embedding internal technical expertise, documentation, and sustainable support models within the Commercial function.

Ensure System Credibility and Business Relevance

• Act as system superuser and technical authority for COPA and product costing, providing first-line support, troubleshooting and issue resolution for Commercial users.
• Ensure consistent application of costing methodologies, allocation rules and accounting principles across all operating units to enable meaningful comparability and confidence in results.
• Translate business requirements into COPA configuration and reporting logic, acting as the bridge between Commercial and IT.

Drive Group-Wide Consistency, Insight and Continuous Improvement

• Lead central coordination of bills of material (BOM), routing and costing audits, using variance analysis to identify root-cause issues and drive corrective actions.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Provide operating units with standardised templates and training on critical system inputs to ensure consistent and reliable analysis and reporting

Product Costing

• Provide central technical governance and frameworks for BOM and master recipes within SAP and support operating units through templates, system guidance and training.
• Establish an understanding of the various processing plants to enable enhanced utilisation of the costing system.

Sales and Distribution Cost Management

• Develop and maintain an understanding of sales & distribution costs, cost drivers and allocation rules.
• Partner with operating units to support the development, refinement and continuous improvement of distribution charge provision calculations.

New Product Development

• Assist operating units in ensuring New Product Development processes, system requirements and timings are adhered to by enabling accurate and timely costing and reporting.

Reporting

• Provide governance over costing and profitability outputs that allow Commercial teams to spend time interpreting results and influencing decisions.

Sales and Distribution Cost Management

• Develop and maintain an understanding of sales & distribution costs, cost drivers and allocation rules.
• Partner with operating units to support the development, refinement and continuous improvement of distribution charge provision calculations.

New Product Development

• Assist operating units in ensuring New Product Development processes, system requirements and timings are adhered to by enabling accurate and timely costing and reporting.

Reporting

• Provide governance over costing and profitability outputs that allow Commercial teams to spend time interpreting results and influencing decisions.

Deadline:12th February,2026