Cost Controller (Entry Level)

Responsibilities:

• Perform any combination of the following and similar management duties requiring knowledge of Maintenance Repair Operation (MRO) cost and procedures
• Oversee requisitions, purchase orders, receivers, and all expenses
• Present written and oral reports for management concerning daily budget and MRO functions and activities
• Liaison for department with Paint Suppliers and MRO Suppliers
• Department lead for scheduled inventory activity
• Work with Purchasing,  MRO and Accounting groups as needed for problem resolution
• Check and confirm critical items’ delivery timing by contacting Purchasing, MRO, and/or Supplier if needed
• Monitor and track items within PeopleSoft as needed
• Monitor department budget accounts and activities and provide routine reporting of information to department Management
• Perform daily gap analysis and provide options for corrective action countermeasures to department management team

Daily Tasks:

• Routinely work with and communicate with Production areas, MRO, Accounting, and Suppliers
• Monitor and track department budget account and activities (Plan vs Actual); confirm that department cost down activities are measured to reflect effectiveness of the activity
• Responsible to work with department Management to develop and implement department budget and coordinate activities as they interact with department Business Plan
• Responsible to provide all cost information for department score card activity and verify countermeasures of cost over run (Gap analysis)

Experience:

• 3+ years of general manufacturing
• 2+ years of department budgeting, materials ordering / requisition

Required Skills:

• Strong Communication skills (written, oral, listening)
• Ability to clearly present and communicate department cost and accounting information
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft applications (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• Strong problem solving skills – Use of PDCA (Plan Do, Check, Action), analytical trouble shooting, etc.
• Strong understanding of and can work within the MRO / Purchasing accounting systems including PeopleSoft, MCMS, etc
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong Math skills

Degree:

• Cost and Accounting degree or equivalence mixture of education and experience