What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Accounting Associate position at Palm Harbor Homes?
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with maintaining a complete and accurate listing of all raw material inventory parts and costs
- Communicate with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery to meet production requirements
- Review bid proposals and negotiate contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority
- Determine method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid
- Create bills of materials for products using a combination of product specifications, engineering drawings, observing building construction, and parts from a parts listing
- Audit and maintain bills of materials in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
- Verify bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders and approve for payment
- Extrapolate and analyze data, generate reports on cost structure and profitability, and assist management with pricing decisions
- Participate in month-end closing activities such as the coordination and reconciliation of physical inventory audits, and the valuation of work-in-process and finished goods
- Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality assurance personnel, users, vendors, and other to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
- Complete other duties and responsibility as required
- Minimum 2 years of higher education; Bachelors in Accounting or Information Technology preferred
- Experience with ERP Systems (Deacom, SAP, Oracle, Epicor)
- 3 years of progressive cost accounting, procurement, or technical support experience in manufacturing
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings
- Analytical thinker with high attention to detail
- Exemplary oral and written communication skills
- Ability to be flexible in a fast paced environment
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Advanced Excel – Formulas, Pivot Tables, Macros)