Product Financial Manager

Adient•Plymouth, MI

About The Position

The role of the Product Finance Manager is to ensure that accurate product costs are developed and communicated within the organization. Knowledge of product and process is critical; this individual must be able to review product design and manufacturing process assumptions for reasonableness. The Product Finance Manager needs to be able to bring business perspective to this data. Project analysis (regional and global) and intercompany interface will be required on an ongoing basis.

Requirements

Four Year College Technical Degree (Finance, Business, or Engineering desired)
6+ years’ experience
Experience in the Automotive Industry, seating a plus.
Good computer skills, i.e., MS Office, especially Excel.
Proven interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Occasional travel required

Nice To Haves

Experience in the Automotive Industry, seating a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop and review product cost details: material usage, material cost, equipment requirements, labor requirements, cycle times, tooling and capital requirements for new business or changes to current business.
Review complex bill of materials for reasonableness
Review manufacturing assumptions for reasonableness
Understand the Development of Pro-forma’s for new manufacturing facilities.
Capacity to bring financial perspective to costing data.
Communicate / Educate the organization regarding the cost data.
Rate Development
Develop / refine benchmark cost models to support our Purchasing team.
Support Purchasing negotiations.
Support regional and corporate initiatives
Ability to bridge financial data
Actively contribute to departmental initiatives/process improvements to enhance the overall department’s effectiveness.
Commitment to use global costing procedures and tools
Commitment to communicate with a Global team.