Eightfold

Director, Cost Planning

Eightfold

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: San JoseCaliforniaIdahoUnited States

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Salary

💰 $151,000 - $313,000 per year

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About the role

  • Manage a team handling planning, analysis, and reporting of global consolidated standard cost, manufacturing variance, and other cost of sales (OCOS)
  • Work with global finance departments such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Cost & Inventory Accounting, Front End Finance, Assembly and Test Finance, and Business Unit Finance
  • Prepare forecasts every quarter, month, and week
  • Report to Micron’s Vice President and communicate with executive management
  • Explain cost trends and manufacturing variances
  • Offer insights to optimize cost performance using knowledge of cost drivers
  • Communicate insights effectively to executives and partners
  • Analyze variance between actual COGS vs forecast
  • Refresh standard cost based on planning cadence and help partners to understand the changes
  • Plan manufacturing variance along with standard cost refresh for each planning cycle
  • Capture and analyze actual manufacturing variance vs plan, partnering with accounting and manufacturing finance team

Requirements

  • Bachelor and/or Master Degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field
  • Deep and broad product-costing experience and knowledge of related processes and systems (including ERP-systems like SAP)
  • At least 15 years of work experience in Finance, Accounting, Financial Controlling or related fields in the manufacturing industry (electronics manufacturing, semiconductors or other high-tech industries preferred)
  • At least 10 years of leadership experience
Benefits
  • choice of medical, dental and vision plans
  • benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
  • paid family leave
  • robust paid time-off program
  • paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
cost analysisfinancial forecastingvariance analysisproduct costingcost performance optimizationmanufacturing variance analysisfinancial reportingcost of goods sold (COGS) analysisstandard cost managementfinancial controlling
Soft Skills
team managementcommunicationinsight generationexecutive reportingcollaborationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingleadershipinterpersonal skillsstrategic planning