Product Costing Lead​

Reports to - Product Portfolio Competitiveness Manager

Job Purpose

Support the on-time delivery of existing programs and the development of a multi-year pipeline portfolio to deliver material multi-year savings within the Product Portfolio Competitiveness Team, by ensuring real-time availability of accurate and validated product costing information

Key Accountabilities

• Act as the single point of accountability to ensure availability and accessibility of real-time, validated Product Costing information, which will serve as the foundation for all Competitiveness and PPD activities.
• Develop (ways-of-working and process) methodology and (digital, data and systems) tools to acquire and validate costing information.
• Serve as SPA across costing-related / relevant functional areas to address proactively / reactively any costing related activities and issues.
• Act as a key tag into Finance organization to remain up to date with ongoing changes and improvements.
• Support as costing SME for the various functional areas in the PPD organization
• Deliver end to end accessibility and validation of costing information, ensuring transparency, oversight, issue resolution, to support of pipeline portfolio of savings activities.
• Represent Product Cost Competitiveness in finance and other costing forums; act as key liaison to other relevant functions globally and within the PUs, 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.

Job Holder Requirements (Minimum education, experience & capabilities)

Education

Relevant degree or similar education background in Accounting, Finance and Business, and/or equivalent costing and accounting experience

Experience

• Relevant work experience general and cost accounting, with relevant knowledge in standard costing methodologies.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Proven experience in capturing 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 leveraging relationships and networks within organizations.
• Functional and skills and capability needed to manage a large set of activities with multiple and diverse functional stakeholders.

Skills & Competencies

• 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 competencies (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Technology) - Skilful
• People Leadership, Business Partnering, Commercial Acumen- Skilful .