Overview

Senior Costing Analyst – Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 8EQ

Permanent – Full-Time
Salary: Negotiable

Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Role Purpose:
Provide insight and analysis on product and production costs to aid the commercial team in reviewing and refining product
development and pricing
Key Accountabilities:
  • Co-ordinate the product development costing process to provide accurate and timely information throughout the development and sign off process
  • Quality of challenge/insight added to costing process
  • Produce scenario analysis, in uncertain development situations, to inform commercial decision making
  • Ensure alignment of inputs and assumptions across various data sources to ensure the accuracy of costing matrixes and product development data sets
  • Act as a key link role between Finance, NPD, Operations and Commercial to ensure common understanding of process and costs across all the represented groups
  • Provide costing analysis in support of post launch reviews and post-promotional evaluation to confirm or realign costs for future business activity
  • Provide ad hoc analysis and project work to support the Commercial, Product Development and Marketing team
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
  • Part qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA
  • Understanding of manufacturing processes and cost drivers gained through working experience either in finance or in any other manufacturing roles
  • Strong system and spreadsheet abilities; ability to create costing models incorporating multiple variables

What you’ll get in return:

  • Competitive salary and job-related benefits
  • 25 days Holiday
  • Competitive matched pension contributions
  • Company share save scheme
  • Greencore Qualifications
  • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
  • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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