Material Costing Specialist Sr

Purpose Statement:  Responsible for the providing accurate and timely material pricing information to enable Plexus Corporation to provide industry competitive pricing quotations in support of current customers and new business development opportunities.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Obtain clear, detailed understanding of proposal strategy and communicate with the materials costing team. Identify the supplier of choice consistent with quote strategy and supply chain guidelines. Communicate with costing team to provide updated and advise material status throughout the costing cycle.
• Assume ownership for materials costing activity; providing competitive, accurate, material pricing by the established due date. Review competitiveness of quotation with reference to historical and standard pricing. Develop suggested QCs to meet margin objective while balancing customer cost needs. Work with site teams and customer management to implement suggested QCs and escalate if needed.
• Generate reports and prepare data in support of supplier feedback, workload analysis, key metrics as required. Ensure supplier data is maintained, as well as support data for total cost calculation, currency conversion and other miscellaneous maintenance activities.
• Manage repricing strategy for existing customers to ensure balance between competitiveness and margin. Implement standardized costing procedures to ensure consistent and repeatable cost outputs are generated on all opportunities. Ensure ECs are up to date and accurate. Coordinate communication with site FA's, materials team or commodity team on revision to ECs (where applicable). Manage customer ECN/EAU changes to ensure customer pricing reflect the latest material cost (where applicable).

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 1 or more years of related experience is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience will be considered.

Other Qualifications:  

• Intermediate Computer Skills.
• Intermediate Decision Making and Problem Solving Skills.
• The employee must be self-motivated with the ability to follow through on assignments with little to no supervision.
• The employee must possess the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, basic math skills, and organizational skills are paramount for the employee to successfully perform in this position.
• The employee must be able to successfully multi-task, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
• The employee must possess knowledge of quoting principles, blueprint reading.
• ISM seminars or membership, CPM or APP certification, APICS seminars or certification and KARASS Negotiating would be beneficial.

Physical Requirements:  

• Professional office environment with suitable lighting, comfortable temperatures, and low noise level. May require prolonged periods of sitting at a desk, using a computer, and other office equipment. Minimal physical activity is generally involved, emphasizing the importance of good posture and ergonomic workplace arrangements.

Travel Requirements:  

• N/A

This document does not represent a contract of employment and is not intended to capture every possible assignment the incumbent could be asked to perform.