Pricing- Sr. Cost Manager

BlueLinx•Marietta, GA

About The Position

The Senior Cost Manager is responsible for overseeing vendor cost changes, assessing financial impact, and minimizing margin loss through disciplined analysis, pricing actions, and cross‑functional coordination. This role serves as the central owner of cost change governance, ensuring cost increases are accurately evaluated, communicated, and implemented while protecting profitability and enforcing pricing discipline.

Requirements

Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex cost data into actionable insights
Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience working with pricing, ERP, or analytics tools
Proven ability to manage cross‑functional processes and influence without direct authority
Experience in distribution, manufacturing, or materials‑based industries
Familiarity with pricing governance, approval workflows, and margin compliance controls
Experience building or enhancing cost change and margin tracking tools
Background in supporting large SKU counts and multi‑region pricing environments
Strong communication skills with comfort presenting to senior leadership

Responsibilities

Own and oversee the end‑to‑end vendor cost change process, including intake, validation, impact assessment, and execution
Analyze vendor cost increases to quantify margin impact at the SKU, category, customer, branch, and regional levels
Partner with Pricing, Category Management, Sales, and Finance to ensure timely and effective margin recovery actions
Develop and maintain cost change tracking tools and dashboards to monitor approved, pending, and implemented cost changes
Identify, quantify, and report margin leakage resulting from delayed, incomplete, or waived cost recovery actions
Establish standard methodologies for evaluating cost change impact, including gross margin, price realization, and override behavior
Provide pricing guidance and recommendations to support margin preservation following cost increases
Monitor post‑implementation performance to validate margin recovery and identify gaps or corrective actions
Investigate and escalate risks related to excessive discounts, overrides, or non‑compliance with cost change pricing guidance
Serve as a subject matter expert on vendor cost dynamics, cost inflation trends, and category‑level margin exposure
Build executive‑ready reporting and insights on cost change impact, margin erosion, and recovery effectiveness
Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen cost governance, pricing discipline, and margin accountability
Collaborate with data and analytics resources to enhance automation, scalability, and visibility of cost change reporting
Mentor and guide analysts or junior team members supporting cost and margin analysis efforts