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Cost Analyst

Angstrom Electric
Pontiac, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2025

Primary Job Functions

Responsible for all cost analysis activities as to support the Sales Team with customer RFQ’s (including design changes) and business cases. The Cost Analyst shall directly interface with a variety of departments, including, but not limited to: Engineering, Purchasing, Program Management, and Operations.

Essential Responsibilities

  • Coordinate with Procurement management to ensure accurate cost reporting and forecasting.
  • Cost estimating using analogous and parametric methods.
  • Responsible for the Component Item Master for Costing Database, which ensures components are quoted accurately.
  • Perform cost breakdown analysis and report additional costs and unexpected price changes to ensure cost efficiency and budgeting accuracy.
  • Identify potential cost-saving opportunities and provide data to support customer price negotiations.
  • Monitor changes in supplier-reported processes and their impact on costs for existing and new products.

Experience / Education / Skillset's

  • Tier 1 or Tier 2 Automotive Industry Experience - Highly Preferred
  • Bachelor’s Degree - Highly Preferred
  • Concentrated Attention to Detail
  • Relationship Development
  • High Aptitude of Computer Capabilities
  • Exceptional Organizational Skills
  • Superior Communication Capabilities; written and verbal
  • Ability to Prepare and Present Concise information to senior management, work groups, and customers

Company Expectations of Employee

  • Adheres to Company Policy and Procedures
  • Acts as a role model within and outside the Company
  • Performs duties as workload necessitates
  • Maintains a positive and respectful attitude
  • Communicates regularly with supervisor about departmental issues
  • Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload
  • Consistently reports to work on time and is prepared to perform duties of position

Physical Demands

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.

Work Environment

  • Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

  • Pontiac, MI 48342 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $65,000 - $70,000

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