Senior Analyst - Costing-Port Jervis Costing Salary SGA

KDC is a network of best-in-class custom formulators and manufacturers of color cosmetics, skincare, haircare, bath & body, fragrance, deodorant, home, health, industrial, and auto care products. KDC delivers high-touch innovation, operational excellence, and speed to market to well-known and emerging beauty, personal, and specialty companies from coast to coast. KDC has its head office in Longueuil, Québec. In addition, KDC has 10 operating facilities located throughout North America. Altogether, the company employs nearly 4,800 talented and dedicated employees in North America.

Summary:

The Senior Cost Analyst is a strategic pricing professional responsible for leading cost analysis, pricing development, and margin optimization activities for the East Coast Region. This role partners Sales, Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Leadership teams by providing data driven insights that support profitable growth and informed decision making. The Senior Cost Analyst evaluates product cost drivers, validates manufacturing and material costs, and develops accurate, competitive pricing for new and existing business opportunities and ensures compliance with established costing processes, pricing standards, and quotation procedures while balancing customer requirements. This role requires strong analytical skills and cross functional collaboration to identify cost opportunities, improve pricing accuracy, and support business performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead pricing strategy development, analyze and calculate pricing for all new and existing products, assessing impacts on contribution margins using pricing tools.
• Support and provide guidance for initial project reviews by verifying customer requirements and ensuring accuracy in final quoted pricing.
• Develop a strong understanding of labor rates and manufacturing processes to determine cost drivers, cost opportunities and margin improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Procurement to gather and evaluate raw material, component, and supplier cost data; analyze the data to identify pricing insights, and review standard versus recommended costs to determine variances and key cost drivers.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with manufacturing, procurement, management, and sales to develop complete pricing strategies and formal quotations that align with costing objectives and customer requirements.
• Provide management with detailed reports to support business decision making and expenditure control, including financial analysis for special projects and programs.
• Partner with order processing and Customer Service teams to validate that customer purchase orders align with approved quotation.
• Serve as a key pricing and cost analysis resource for leadership, providing guidance on profitability optimization, risk assessment, and commercial decision making.
• Maintain a target quote turnaround time (14 Days).
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, or related field.

• A minimum of one (1) year of manufacturing costing experience.

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in pricing, costing, or financial analysis.
• Proficiency in ERP systems, Excel and pricing tools.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

KDC-ONE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. I understand that employment with KDC-ONE Company is at-will, meaning that I or KDC-ONE Company may terminate my employment at any time, or for any reason consistent with applicable state or federal law. I understand that KDC-One requires the successful completion of a drug and/or alcohol test as a condition of employment.

Salary : $75,000 - $80,000