Cost Specialist

Position Summary:

The Sales Analyst supports the organization by analyzing sales data, identifying trends, and providing actionable insights to drive business growth. This role involves collecting and interpreting data, preparing reports, and assisting in the development of sales strategies. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in data analysis tools.
 

Essential Position Requirements (include but are not limited to):

• SAFETY FIRST – Every employee of Cellofoam North America Inc. must demonstrate a strong commitment to safety ownership and accountability by observing all safety standards, procedures, and practices to ensure a safe working environment for themselves and others.
• Adhere to Cellofoam North America Inc. company focus areas: Safety, Financial, Customer, and People.
• Embody the Cellofoam North America Inc. employee core values of Humility, Hunger, Responsibility, and Intelligence.
• Understand and adhere to Emergency Action Plan and safety absolutes.
• Develop and generate reports on weekly and monthly financial, sales, and operational performance.
• Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.
• Develop financial models and analyses to support key strategic initiatives.
• Implement and work with business intelligence tools and dashboard reports.
• Manage large data sets from multiple sources to proactively monitor KPIs, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances.
• Assist in the year-end audit process by preparing audit schedules, performing various research, and works closely with external auditors as necessary.
• Manage special projects on an ad hoc basis.
• Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment initiatives.
• Identify or monitor current and potential customers, using business intelligence tools.
• Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
• Maintain library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge assets.
• Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Perform other production duties as requested by manager, supervisor, or lead.
• Work in conjunction with other departments to resolve issues.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere with a culture of respect for others.
• Use appropriate judgment in upward communication regarding plant or employee concerns.
• Maintain a working knowledge and is in full compliance with corporate standards for business conduct and Federal anti-trust laws.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Education Requirements

• 4-year degree in Accounting or other related discipline

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Initiative: Identifies problems and acts in light of this identification to address current or future problems. Proactively does things and does not simply think about future actions.
• Work Habits: Efficiently organizes and executes assignments. Demonstrates self-discipline and reliability.
• Ethics, Values, and Integrity:  Possesses Core Values & Beliefs, is trusted and is perceived as truthful and honest.
• Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Writing:  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Position Requirements and Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of job-related experience preferred

Software Skills Required

• MS Excel (Advanced)
• MS-Dynamics GP
• Internet
• MS Word
• MS Outlook

Other Information

• Flexibility in working hours to include nights, weekends and holidays as required.