6782 - Materials Margin Manager

Agensi Pekerjaan Minde Group Sdn Bhd; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Agensi Pekerjaan Minde Group Sdn Bhd is seeking a seasoned Materials Margin Manager in Penang, Malaysia. You will own CBOM and PFC cost accuracy, and guide BU teams on future cost structures to maximize margin prior to quotations.

Role requires 8–12 years in EMS, strong P&L and cost governance skills, and expert ERP costing capabilities with SAP/INFOR. You will optimize pricing, control MPV/PPV, and ensure open-book compliance across SCM, BU, and Finance.

Qualifications

• 8 to 12 years of progressive experience within a Tier-1 or Tier-2 EMS environment.
• Advanced financial acumen with a deep understanding of P&L mechanics, gross margin generation, and inventory valuation.
• Expert-level proficiency in ERP costing and purchasing modules (SAP / INFOR).
• Strong internal and external negotiation capabilities with the authority to influence cross-functional pricing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of CBOM and Price For Customer (PFC) cost accuracy and advise BU teams on future CBOM structuring.
• Maintain separation between quoted costs and actual purchasing costs to protect materials margin.
• Lead quarterly and semi-annual cost roll processes to align inventory valuation with market realities.
• Apply should-cost modeling for complex parts with CPE and CQE teams to ensure accurate baseline costing.
• Define and execute sell-price logic to maximize MPV and conduct PPV audits.
• Act as gatekeeper to prevent early pass-through of supplier cost-downs and recover market cost increases.
• Control quarterly price updates, ensuring premiums and raw material increases are recovered.
• Enforce open-book vs closed-book rules to protect internal markup and competitive position.
• Provide actionable profitability visibility to BUMs to guide pricing decisions.
• Support RFQ processes to ensure bids have expandable margin from Day 1.
• Eliminate siloed decisions by serving as the single commercial pricing authority across SCM, BU, and Finance.
• Monitor Materials Margin % and MPV/PPV value; track re-quote effectiveness.

Skills

ERP costing

SAP

INFOR ERP

Negotiation

P&L understanding

Margin management

Pricing strategy

Cross-functional influence

Financial analysis

Tools

SAP

INFOR ERP

Job description

About the job 6782 - Materials Margin Manager

Malaysians Only!

Company Overview:

The organization is a electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, offering integrated design, manufacturing, and after-sales support to global OEMs. With a strong financial foundation, it delivers innovative and reliable solutions across the full product lifecycle.

Job Descriptions:

• CBOM Ownership & Future Guidance: Take full ownership ofCBOM and Price For Customer (PFC) cost accuracy. Proactivelyadvise Business Unit (BU) teams on future CBOM structuring,identifying cost-down roadmaps and material selection strategies tomaximize margin expansion prior to customer quotation.
• Quoted CBOM vs. Price Book Price (PB): Maintain strictseparation between quoted costs and actual purchasing costs toactively protect and grow materials margin.
• Cost Roll Governance: Lead the quarterly and semi-annual costroll processes to align inventory valuation with market realities,preventing outdated standards, cost creep, and audit exposure.
• Customized Parts Pricing: Apply "should-cost" modeling forcomplex mechanicals, plastics, and PCBs, working in tandem withCPE and CQE teams to ensure accurate baseline costing.
• MPV & PPV Strategy: Define and execute the sell-price logic tomaximize favorable Material Price Variance (MPV). Conductrigorous PPV audits to ensure procurement gains remain within theorganization.
• Leakage Control: Serve as the gatekeeper to prevent the earlypass-through of supplier cost-downs to the customer, whileensuring the immediate recovery of market cost increases.
• Quarterly Price Review (QPR) Execution: Control quarterlycustomer price updates, ensuring all premiums, surcharges, andraw material increases are accurately recovered withoutsurrendering competitive advantage.
• Contract & Open-Book Compliance: Manage and enforce open-book versus closed-book customer rules, protecting internalmarkup logic and avoiding over-disclosure that leads to commercialdisadvantage
• Provide actionable, forward-looking profitability visibility toBusiness Unit Managers (BUMs), steering commercial decisionsaway from margin-dilutive pricing.
• Support the RFQ process to ensure all winning bids are structuredwith expandable margin potential from Day 1.
• Eliminate siloed decision-making by acting as the single commercial pricing authority across SCM, BU, and Finance
• Materials Margin %: Growth of the spread between standard andquoted material cost.
• MPV / PPV Value: Absolute dollar value of procurement gainscaptured versus standard cost.
• Re-quote Effectiveness: Percentage of supplier cost-downssuccessfully retained internally.

Requirements:

• 8 to 12 years of progressive experience within a Tier-1 or Tier-2Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) environment.
• Advanced financial acumen with a deep understanding of P&Lmechanics, gross margin generation, and inventory valuation.
• Expert-level proficiency in ERP costing and purchasing modules(SAP / INFOR).
• Strong internal and external negotiation capabilities with theauthority to influence cross-functional pricing strategies.