Manager Costing

Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors is seeking a qualified professional to lead the collection, validation, and integration of cross-functional inputs for quote proposals. The role ensures BOM completeness, applies cost assumptions, and analyzes cost drivers across the plant network to propose cost-effective solutions.

You will develop overhead costing methodologies, communicate key risks and opportunities, and coordinate with Phase 2-5 SDT teams.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing finance background and experience preferred, with the ability to understand the development of business cases, including P&L, Capex, margins, ROS, and IRR.
• A comprehensive understanding of overhead rates and how our organization monitors and assesses various financial KPIs.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across multiple functions and backgrounds.
• Ability to summarize complex information and communicate key points clearly, professionally, and accurately to internal stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to prioritize topics based on potential material impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead collection, validation, and integration of cross-functional inputs into quote proposals.
• Ensure BOM is complete, logical, and supported by cost assumptions.
• Evaluate manufacturing quote assumptions against cost drivers and communicate with stakeholders.
• Develop and apply knowledge of overhead costing methodologies within business cases.
• Understand production capabilities across the plant network and apply this understanding.
• Constructively challenge cross-functional assumptions to develop cost-effective production solutions.
• Ensure key business case parameters are reflected in the forecast (volumes, timing, value-stream impact, freight).
• Communicate business considerations, risks, opportunities, and profitability assumptions in completed business cases.
• Provide a comprehensive handoff upon quote completion to internal SDT teams.
• Develop understanding of KPI assumptions and communicate concerns or risks.
• Travel up to 20% to respective Yanfeng locations.

Skills

Manufacturing finance

Overhead costing

Interpersonal skills

Complex data communication

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, or Business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Leadthe collection, validation, and integration of relevant cross-functional business case inputs intoquote proposals.
  • Ensure the productBill of Materials (BOM) is complete,logical, and supported by appropriate cost assumptions. Developand apply anunderstanding of make-versus-buyconsiderations, includingthe ability to articulatethepurchased-part strategy.
  • Evaluate manufacturing quote assumptions and their relationship to key cost drivers, including machine cycle time, labor, indirect costs, scrap, equipment, and tooling. Communicate effectively with stakeholders regarding input assumptions, overall reasonableness, and competitiveness of resulting quotes.
  • Develop and apply knowledge of overhead costing methodologies within business cases, including machine overhead rates, variable and fixed costs, and labor costs.
  • Understand and apply knowledge of production capabilities across the company’s manufacturingplant network.
  • Constructively challenge cross-functional assumptions to support the development of cost-effective production solutions.
  • Ensure key business case parameters are accurately reflected in the forecast, including program volumes, production timing, full value-stream impact, freight, and delivery implications.
  • Clearly communicate key business considerations, risks, opportunities, and profitability assumptionswithin completed businesscases.
  • Provide a comprehensive handoff upon quote completion to internal Phase 2-5 SDT teams.
  • Develop andapply an understanding of key KPI assumptions, including the ability toidentify and communicate concerns or riskswithin business cases.
  • 20% Travel expectation to respective Yanfeng locations.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support non-quoting initiatives asrequired.
  • Perform plant cost reviews,support cross-functionalalignment, andidentify internalcost-improvement opportunities.
  • Conductplant-specific reviews of structural changesand opportunities to enhanceorganizational competitiveness.
  • Support annual overhead rate updates. Plant-specific collaboration will be assigned on an as-needed basis, including iterative rate-study updates and overlays.
  • Coordinate and estimate economic factors to be considered in new quote development.
  • Support Phase 2-5 SDT teams on assigned programs to ensure acomplete feedback loopfor potential adjustments.
  • Supportthe design, development, and application of commodity cost models.
  • Perform large-volume data analysis and summarization, including reviewing, assessing, and synthesizing data from multiple systems.
  • Support projects thatstrengthen internal competitive intelligencerelated to supplier expectations and assess identified gaps between YF,suppliers, and other Tier 2 suppliers.
  • Identify and support material cost-reduction opportunities to improveorganizational profitability.

RequiredSkills

• Manufacturing finance background and experience preferred, with the ability to understand the development of business cases, including P&L, Capex, margins, ROS, and IRR.
• A comprehensive understanding of overhead rates and how our organization monitors and assesses various financialKPIs.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability tocollaborate effectively withstakeholders across multiple functions and backgrounds.
• Ability to summarizecomplex information and communicate key pointsclearly, professionally, and accuratelyto internal stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen, withtheability to prioritize topics basedon potentialmaterial impact.

Qualifications

• Minimumof five years of relevant professional work experience.
• Minimumof three yearsof experience in the automotive manufacturing industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, or Business.
• Strong technical skills, includingadvanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Database experiencepreferred, butnot required.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to sort and manipulate large amounts of data.
• High aptitude for problem-solving, succinct summaries, andcommunicating critical points to a large cross-functional audience.
• Proven interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Demonstrated motivation to expandprofessional capabilities and contribute to process and profitability improvements.
• Must possess highly effective analytical skills in areas of accounting and finance, critical thinking, analysis, and communication.
• Must be able to flex priorities on a regular basis and work effectively under timing pressure.
• Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• In-depth understandingoffinancial terminology andthe ability to translate this into business case and quote communications.
• Spanish language skills preferred.

Essential Common Requirements for All Employees:

• International Operating System (IOS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related IOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.