Lead Cost Analyst

Clayton Homes • Perris, CA

76d • Onsite

About The Position

Clayton is a leading single-family, values-driven home builder dedicated to attainable housing, sustainable practices and creating a world-class experience for customers and team members. Our company portfolio includes a broad offering of attainable housing, and as a vertically integrated home builder, we are uniquely positioned to serve customers through every stage of the homeownership journey – building, selling, financing, and insuring homes. From entry-level to more experienced positions, we're actively recruiting individuals who are passionate, positive, and eager to learn. We then equip you for success, whether you're in the office, in the field, or on the floor. As a member of our team you'll enjoy excellent benefits, opportunities for growth, and an encouraging culture that supports work / life balance.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in business related field – highly desired
• Three to five years of experience in costing in a manufacturing environment, preferred
• Must have excellent mathematical skills
• Great attention to details, organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Motivated to pursue improvement
• Demonstrates initiative and assertiveness
• Able to communicate positively and clearly with peers, managers, and internal customers
• Expert knowledge in MS Office software, including Excel
• Knowledge of Oracle, ERP systems preferred

Responsibilities

• Conduct and oversee cost analysis activities, directing and assisting with estimates of initial and ongoing cost of products and projects.
• Identify plant and cost department problems and develop and implement improvement solutions.
• Work with plant management to determine and resolve plant processes.
• Take a leadership role on plant teams and participate in plant and cost department projects.
• Perform analysis of cost data to prevent and resolve production and inventory issues.
• Conduct market research to recommend changes to pricing or business models.
• Prepare periodic cost reconciliation reports, tracking data such as changing labor and supply costs.
• Develop and maintain accurate Bills of Materials for each model and each Option produced in their plant.
• Print the Daily Production Report, distribute, and review for margin irregularities.
• Monitor the Engineering Change Requests (ECR) and respond to all necessary ECR's Immediately, including providing cost impact to the ECN, if necessary.
• Provide cost where applicable for Sales Change and respond to all applicable Sales Change Requests (SCRs) immediately, including reviewing the applicable Production Work Orders (PWO) to ensure the correct cost details are provided.
• Attend daily and/or weekly staff & order read meetings. At these meetings communicate Damaged Material Report (DMR) issues, discrepancy issues from audits, inventory preparation, plant material issues, etc.
• Modify any BOMs as required by authorized ECRs immediately. Communicate necessary changes with the plant buyer and plant management.
• Provide cost details for any necessary options or projects as required.
• Audit one ceiling per week for foam seal usage. Calculate the cost per LF and report results to the appropriate personnel.
• Attend required plant meetings (e.g. employee meetings, quality team meetings, etc.)
• Audit at least one model and 12 options per month - Prototypes and/or Re-Audits.
• Cost any necessary options that may be required for a Prototype BOM.
• Review ECRs for start dates.
• If you need to make changes to the cost of base units or options for homes, after they come offline, but before the month-end closing date, the home can be re-yarded to record the true or revised cost.
• Key damaged materials reported (DMR) by the plant into the system. Investigate any unusual, reported quantities and forward to the plant buyer.
• Review the changes that were made to the base BOM during the month. Note: You must justify any changes made to a base BOM with a cost impact of +/- $10.00.
• At month end the Plant Analyst should review the ECR file to make sure the ECRs approved for the plant during the month have been incorporated into the Bills of Material and options, when applicable.
• Prepare facility for physical inventory.
• Direct involvement in conducting physical inventory.
• Review and reconcile physical inventory.
• Counting work in process material, work up official report.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff in the department.
• Oversee the daily workflow of the department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.

Benefits

• Flexibility to create their own health, dental, and vision benefits package.
• Competitive 401K programs, including investment options and company matching for full and part time team members after one year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Paid time for Team Members to volunteer to causes that are meaningful to them through the Clayton Impact program.
• Holistic wellness with physical, nutritional, social, financial, spiritual and occupational programs available online or in-person for team members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level