Description
We are seeking a Product Costing Lead to join our Product Portfolio Competitiveness Team. As a Product Costing Lead, you will support the timely delivery of existing programs and the development of a multi-year pipeline portfolio to deliver material multi-year savings. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure real-time availability of accurate and validated product costing information, which will serve as the foundation for all Competitiveness and PPD activities.
Key Accountabilities:
- Act as the single point of accountability to ensure availability and accessibility of real-time, validated Product Costing information.
- Develop methodology and tools to acquire and validate costing information.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) across costing-related functional areas to address proactively/reactively any costing-related activities and issues.
- Act as a key liaison to the Finance organization to remain up-to-date with ongoing changes and improvements.
- Support as a costing SME for various functional areas in the PPD organization.
- Deliver end-to-end accessibility and validation of costing information, ensuring visibility, oversight, issue resolution, to support pipeline portfolio of savings activities.
- Represent Product Cost Competitiveness in finance and other costing forums; act as a key liaison to other relevant functions globally and within the PU's, to ensure tight integration of costing information.
- Provide assurance of consistent application of PCTP methods across all assets/product group.
- Ensure appropriate tools and process are in place to meet current and future needs.
Education: Relevant degree or similar education background in Accounting, Finance and Business, and/or equivalent costing and accounting experience.
Experience: Significant work experience in general and cost accounting, with relevant knowledge in standard costing methodologies. Strong presentation and social skills. Validated experience in collecting business requirements and improving process and systems. Ability to work within a virtual, distributed team environment. Knowledge and previous experience of Finance business processes and systems. Experience in planning and completing project results. Knowledge and experience of supply chain operations. Well-developed interpersonal and partnering skills. Experienced in demonstrating relationships and networks within organizations. Functional and skills and capability needed to handle a large set of activities with multiple and diverse functional collaborators.
Skills & Proficiencies: Financial systems, tools, and processes – Mastery General Tools and Systems (MS tools, PBI, Databases) – Skilful to Mastery Numeracy, Analytical Skills – Skilful to Mastery Core value chain proficiencies (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Technology) - Skilful People Leadership, Business Partnering, Commercial Competence– Skilful