Purchasing Finance Manager
Cooper Standard•Northville, MI
•Hybrid
About The Position
The Purchasing Finance Manager – North America is responsible for providing financial leadership, analysis, and control in support of the North America Purchasing organization. This role partners closely with the NA Purchasing Team to drive cost transparency, savings realization, and strong financial governance across purchasing spend. The position leads and develops a team of two finance professionals and plays a key role in budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and strategic decision support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related
- 5+ years of progressive finance experience, preferably in manufacturing, supply chain, or procurement environments
- Prior experience partnering with purchasing or supply chain teams preferred
- Demonstrated people management experience
- Strong financial analysis, forecasting, and business partnering skills
- Solid understanding of purchasing economics, cost drivers, and savings methodologies
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Advanced Excel and financial systems proficiency (ERP, BI tools)
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary finance business partner to the North America Purchasing Team
- Support purchasing leadership with financial insights to drive cost competitiveness, supplier strategies, and sourcing decisions
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities related to purchasing spend and savings for North America
- Track and validate purchasing savings and price variance impacts
- Analyze key cost drivers, risks, and opportunities affecting material spend
- Monitor and explain variances versus budget, forecast, and prior periods
- Oversee purchase price variance (PPV), accruals, reserves, and spend capitalization where applicable
- Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate period-end close processes and reporting
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of two finance professionals
- Collaborate with regional and global finance teams to ensure alignment and consistency
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
