Material Cost Analyst

PCI Private Limited; Batam; On-site; IDR 200,880,000 - 334,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PCI Private Limited is seeking a pricing-focused professional to strengthen material pricing strategies and margins. You will work across the global customer unit, program management, and finance to shape pricing solutions for bids and ongoing repricing.

The role requires strong cost analysis skills, familiarity with SAP/Polydyne, and a proficient English communicator who can negotiate with stakeholders and lead pricing projects with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 3–5 years in Industrial segment within EMS or MNC.
• Experience in cost analysis and pricing strategy.
• Knowledge of plastics, cables, connectors, modules, PCBs is a plus.
• VA/VE proposals experience preferred.
• SAP & Polydyne familiarity a plus; MS Office essential.
• Strong negotiation, independent working ability, and English fluency.

Responsibilities

• Develop competitive material pricing solutions for growth and margins.
• Collaborate with global customer unit, finance, and sales on pricing strategies.
• Align price strategy with proposal cycle time and scope with clients.
• Project manage supply chain pricing with commodity and engineering teams.
• Prepare pricing for bids and manage pricing through product lifecycle.
• Provide insights to support external negotiations and stakeholder proposals.
• Conduct market research and product teardowns for competitiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement in margin, cycle time, and pricing tactics.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Cost analysis

Supply chain

English proficiency

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Education

Engineering degree

Business degree

Tools

SAP

Polydyne

Microsoft Office

Job description

Demonstrates strong, in-depth expertise in the Industrial business segment and pricing methodologies.

Accountable for delivering competitive material pricing solutions to support growth and margins as per company objectives.

Collaborates with the global customer unit, customers, program management, business proposal leads, finance, and/or sales to determine material pricing strategies.

Aligns on trade-offs between proposal cycle time, solution precision, and scope with clients to deliver an agreed-upon price strategy.

Project manages supply chain solutions with commodity management, costing teams, and engineering teams to deliver desired pricing and margin solutions.

Prepares material pricing solutions for new business opportunities (bids) and manages ongoing pricing through the lifecycle of the product (repricing), including the generation of Bills of Materials, cost-competitive analyses, and margin recommendations.

Provides insights and recommendations to support external (customer or supplier) negotiations.

Presents proposed solutions to key stakeholders.

Performs cost-takedown trend analyses and modeling to leverage insights in service requests.

Conducts market research and generates product teardowns to enable competitiveness assessments in service requests.

Proactively drives continuous improvement in margin expansion, cycle time, pricing competitiveness, pricing tactics, and process efficiency.

Requirements:

A Degree in Engineering, Business Management, or a relevant field of studies.

At least 3–5 years of working experience in the Industrial segment within an EMS or MNC environment.

Experience should include cost analysis skills, as well as knowledge of material pricing and strategy.

Good supply base knowledge of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical commodities, such as plastics, cables, connectors, modules, PCBs, etc.

Proven experience in successful VA/VE proposals.

Knowledge of SAP & Polydyne is an added advantage; familiarity with Microsoft Office is a prerequisite.

Strong analytical skills.

Ability to negotiate and be self-confident; able to work independently and with minimal supervision.

Strong proficiency in English (both spoken and written) to communicate with stakeholders.