Costing Manager

As a premier global food provider, the OSI Group partners with the world’s leading foodservice and retail food brands to provide concept-to-table solutions that delight consumers around the globe.

Join us and discover a work experience where diverse ideas are met with enthusiasm, and where you can learn and grow to your full potential. We’re looking for individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and who enjoy working as a team to deliver unparalleled service and solutions to our customers.

Position Summary

The Costing Manager is a key leadership role within Operations Finance, responsible for owning and governing the end-to-end finance bill of material and product costing process for OSI North America. This individual will establish and enforce the standards, policies, and procedures that ensure BOM accuracy, product costing integrity, and process consistency across all North America facilities.

A critical nuance of this role is that OSI maintains two parallel sets of bills of material. The first is owned by R&D and Operations and is managed through SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), reflecting the product specification and formulation view. The second is the finance BOM, owned by Finance and Operations Accounting, which drives standard costing. The Costing Manager must develop a deep understanding of both BOM sets, how they relate to each other, and where differences exist. This individual is responsible for ensuring that changes in the R&D/Operations BOM are appropriately reflected in the finance BOM, and that both remain accurate and aligned. This requires careful coordination, strong attention to detail, and the judgment to know when a change in one BOM necessitates an update in the other.

The Costing Manager must bring strong critical thinking skills to evaluate costing assumptions, challenge inconsistencies, and independently assess whether a BOM accurately reflects the manufacturing reality at each facility. The role requires the judgment to ask the right questions, identify gaps that others may overlook, and make informed recommendations.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Job is an individual contributor.
• Job is an individual contributor and has no direct reports.
  
  

Key Process Ownership

• The Costing Manager owns and governs the finance BOM and new product costing setup process in SAP, leading cross-functional coordination across the following areas:
• R&D – Drive alignment on new product specifications and formulations; critically evaluate whether specs are complete and costing-ready; determine whether new components are required. Monitor changes in the R&D/PLM BOM that require corresponding updates to the finance BOM.
• FSQA – Partner on product specifications, ingredient and allergen requirements, and regulatory considerations that impact BOM structure, component selection, and costing assumptions.
• Process Team – Oversee definition of production capabilities; validate recommended WIP and finished goods material numbers and ensure they align with the costing structure.
• Plant Managers / Plant Operations – Lead the collection and validation of production process assumptions including yields, throughputs, waste factors, labor, and overhead. Critically assess whether assumptions are reasonable and consistent across facilities producing similar products.
• Plant Supply Chain – Coordinate the creation of new components and new WIP/finished goods materials in SAP; establish and manage due dates; hold stakeholders accountable to timelines.
• Plant Controllers – Closely partner on costing of new components and WIP/finished goods materials; validate that standard costs accurately reflect BOM structures and process assumptions; proactively identify and resolve costing discrepancies.
• Operations Finance (this role) – Own the finance bill of materials end-to-end. Ensure alignment between the R&D/PLM BOM and the finance BOM. Establish and enforce governance standards for consistency across all North America facilities. Maintain process flow maps. Drive continuous improvement. Serve as the subject matter expert on BOM structure and product costing within the finance organization.
  
  

Core Responsibilities

• Own and govern the finance bill of material creation and maintenance process for North America operations finance, establishing and enforcing standards for consistency, accuracy, and completeness across all facilities.
• Manage the relationship between the two parallel BOM sets (R&D/Operations PLM BOM and the Finance BOM), ensuring changes are identified, evaluated, and appropriately reflected in both. Exercise judgment to determine when a change in one BOM requires an update to the other.
• Apply critical thinking and independent judgment to evaluate costing assumptions, challenge inconsistencies, and ensure BOMs accurately reflect the manufacturing process at each facility.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce process flow maps for each production process at each OSI North America facility, correlating to cost centers and resources as the foundation for accurate product costing.
• Build and oversee costing models for new products down to the component level for inventory items including raw materials, gases, oils, and packaging.
• Lead the collection, validation, and critical assessment of process assumptions regarding yields, waste factors, throughputs, labor, and overhead to ensure new products are costed appropriately.
• Manage the end-to-end new product costing setup process in SAP, driving cross-functional coordination across R&D, FSQA, the Process Team, Plant Managers, Plant Supply Chain, and Plant Controllers. Hold stakeholders accountable to timelines and deliverables.
• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with Plant Controllers and Plant Managers across all North America facilities to ensure alignment on costing methodologies and BOM accuracy.
• Partner with FSQA on product specifications, ingredient requirements, and regulatory considerations that impact BOM structure and costing.
• Serve as the central point of accountability between OSI Corporate and OSI facilities for all finance BOM and costing activities, establishing due dates, tracking progress, escalating issues, and ensuring consistent and accurate information.
• Lead cross-functional partnerships with Accounting/Finance, Sales, Pricing, Corporate IT, R&D, FSQA, Data Governance, and the Process Team to streamline and continuously improve the BOM creation and costing process.
• Establish and maintain BOM governance policies and procedures in accordance with OSI company standards; proactively identify gaps and implement process improvements.
• Participate in and lead portions of new product meetings and management meetings, providing subject matter expertise on costing, BOM structure, and production process implications.
• Evaluate and recommend changes to methods, systems, and procedures to improve operating efficiency, data quality, and consistency in the BOM and costing process.
• Support North America business with new ERP implementations as they relate to bill of materials and product costing, including serving as a subject matter expert during system design, testing, and go-live.
• This role has the responsibility to understand and places in practice appropriate safety procedures. This responsibility is achieved through education, training, use of protective equipment (as applicable) and by following safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Experience & Skills

• 5-10 years of experience in related field is preferred.
• 5–8 years of progressive experience in cost accounting, operations finance, or a related field required.
• Deep understanding of product costing, bill of materials, routing structures, and manufacturing cost flows.
• Demonstrated critical thinking ability – must be able to independently evaluate assumptions, identify issues, and make sound recommendations rather than simply executing tasks.
• Proven track record of managing cross-functional processes and influencing stakeholders across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Experience building and maintaining strong working relationships with plant-level finance and operations leaders (Controllers, Plant Managers).
• Demonstrated ability to establish and enforce process standards, identify gaps, and drive continuous improvement in a multi-plant environment.
• Extensive experience with BOM creation, maintenance, and costing processes in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with dual or parallel BOM structures (e.g., engineering/R&D BOM vs. finance/costing BOM) is strongly preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of ERP systems required. SAP experience is strongly preferred, including familiarity with SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
• Excellent proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Detail-oriented and well-organized with a strong ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Food processing/manufacturing experience is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to work independently and lead initiatives in a complex, multi-facility environment with an emphasis on accuracy and timeliness.
  
  

Preferred Education

• BA/BS or equivalent is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• CPA, CMA, or MBA is a plus
  
  

Compensation/Benefits

The base salary for this position ranges from a low of $111,652 to a maximum of $167,478, with offers typically between the low and middle of the range, based on education, skills, experience and internal equity among other factors. This role is also eligible to participate in the company annual discretionary bonus plan based on company and individual performance. As part of a complete total rewards package, OSI also offers comprehensive paid time off (sick, vacation, holidays and other programs), 401k with matching company contributions, a full suite of benefit offerings (medical, dental, vision, life, disability and other voluntary coverages) for you and your family and educational assistance with opportunities for professional development.

Work Environment

• Work is generally performed within a business professional office environment, with standard office equipment available.
• Work conditions are typical of an office environment.
• This role requires 30% domestic travel.
• Position may require the physical agility of lifting up to 15 pounds
• Position may require frequent and/or infrequent of bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, stretching/reaching, use hands or fingers, talk, hear, feel objects, tools, controls and standing/walking on concrete flooring.
• Position may require the physical ability to stand/walk for Less than 4 hours.