About Us
We specialize in designing and manufacturing high-grade electronics and electro-mechanical solutions for disruptive Industrial, Medical, and Transportation OEMs. With a commitment to innovation and quality, we strive to deliver exceptional products that meet the highest standards. Our team is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology and providing our clients with cutting-edge solutions that drive their success. Join us and be a part of a dynamic company that values creativity, collaboration, and excellence.
The Role
The Materials Margin Manager, is responsible to serve as the definitive guardian of materials margin and the financial integrity of the Costed BOM (CBOM). This role ensures that global procurement savings translate into sustainable Gross Margin while maintaining market competitiveness.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Responsibilities & Financial Control
- CBOM Ownership & Future Guidance: Take full ownership of CBOM and Price For Customer (PFC) cost accuracy. Proactively advise Business Unit (BU) teams on future CBOM structuring, identifying cost-down roadmaps and material selection strategies to maximize margin expansion prior to customer quotation.
- Quoted CBOM vs. Price Book Price (PB): Maintain strict separation between quoted costs and actual purchasing costs to actively protect and grow materials margin.
- Cost Roll Governance: Lead the quarterly and semi-annual cost roll processes to align inventory valuation with market realities, preventing outdated standards, cost creep, and audit exposure.
- Customized Parts Pricing: Apply "should-cost" modeling for complex mechanicals, plastics, and PCBs, working in tandem with CPE and CQE teams to ensure accurate baseline costing.
Margin Optimization & Commercial Governance
- MPV & PPV Strategy: Define and execute the sell-price logic to maximize favorable Material Price Variance (MPV). Conduct rigorous PPV audits to ensure procurement gains remain within the organization.
- Leakage Control: Serve as the gatekeeper to prevent the early pass-through of supplier cost-downs to the customer, while ensuring the immediate recovery of market cost increases.
- Quarterly Price Review (QPR) Execution: Control quarterly customer price updates, ensuring all premiums, surcharges, and raw material increases are accurately recovered without surrendering competitive advantage.
- Contract & Open-Book Compliance: Manage and enforce open-book versus closed-book customer rules, protecting internal markup logic and avoiding over-disclosure that leads to commercial disadvantage.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Provide actionable, forward-looking profitability visibility to Business Unit Managers (BUMs), steering commercial decisions away from margin-dilutive pricing.
- Support the RFQ process to ensure all winning bids are structured with expandable margin potential from Day 1.
- Eliminate siloed decision-making by acting as the single commercial pricing authority across SCM, BU, and Finance.
Skills & Experience
- 8 to 12 years of progressive experience within a Tier-1 or Tier-2 Electronic Manufacturing Services (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.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.