No Relocation Assistance Offered
148702 - San Jose Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico
**Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well?
In between those smiles, your day consists of working in a global organization, continually learning and collaborating, having stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions!
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**If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be!
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**Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us a company passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities.
The pride in our brand fuels a workplace that encourages creative thinking, champions experimentation, and promotes authenticity which has contributed to our enduring success.
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**If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile...every single day.
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**The Cost Specialist is the key financial steward of the focus factory and is a strategic partner to provide financial guidance and direction to the operations team to insure the long-term success of the focus factory.
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**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:
**Financial Management**
- ** Cost Specialist is responsible for the management of the focus factory spending and ensuring that key budget targets (Cost per Case, Cost per Ton) are being delivered.
Key attention to headcount, labor costs, utility costs, maintenance spending, and fixed conversion costs.
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- ** Responsible for the Quarterly Standard Cost calculations for the focus factory and managing the process to ensure a timely submission of costs and intercompany prices for both materials and finished goods.
Imperative to collaborate with Global and Regional CBS, ensuring that master data is accurate and reviewing rate routings and providing all the explanations needed for significant changes to the cost.
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- ** Responsible for the month-end financial closes and collaborating with Colgate Business Services (CBS) to achieve timely closes and maintain the financial integrity and accuracy of the data.
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- ** Balance Sheet reconciliation of prepaid and accrual accounts, as well as GR/IR un-vouchered accounts, and monthly review of capital spending (MWIP account) to insure projects are on time and within budget.
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- ** Tracking and management of Fixed Assets movements as well as the physical counts and follow up all the capitalization process for the CEB projects related to the plant, including idle asset analysis and depreciation simulation.
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**Financial Statement Impact**
- ** Analyze plant performance reports and financial statements and monitors key business drivers to communicate timely insights**
- ** Responsible for effectiveness of internal controls related to inventory management.
Ensure the focus factory is efficiently utilizing working capital: physical counts, DOC tracking, review of SLOB materials, and communicating risks and opportunities.
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- ** Recommends possible solutions to address financial issues based on knowledge of the business**
**Financial analysis & Business insight**
- ** Communication of monthly results to the Plant Controller and providing a summary of the key events, with action plans to close performance gaps and risks to the P&L.
The Cost Specialist is the key partner for the operations team to help them prepare for the monthly production performance reviews (PPR's).
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- ** Providing monthly analysis of the manufacturing variances for the focus factory and quarterly estimates of production volume and manufacturing estimates, with focus on the risks and opportunities.
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- ** Collaboration with procurement to understand Purchase Price Variances and identify issues with material prices and influences of exchange rate fluctuations with the period.
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- ** Absolute Material Loss reporting each month and the identification of opportunities to reduce scrap and material loss in the focus factory.
Also, look for opportunities to employ best practices in the Colgate supply chain that are applicable to the focus factory.
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- ** Responsible for performance of the annual conversion cost budget (Cost of Sales) and the Mid-Year Reviews.
These tasks are critical and require the leadership and guidance of the Cost Specialist to insure that costs are properly stated for the next year.
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- ** Validation and review of FTG projects and insuring the integrity of the FTG database for the focus factory.
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- ** Reviewing and validating CEB savings for MWO's: volume, cost, profit, etc.
Collaborating with engineering, operations, and commercial teams to insure alignment of key project assumptions.
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- ** Special projects and participation on Colgate taskforce.
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- ** Business Perspective & Partnering**
- ** Alignment and constant communication with Budget & Planning team: cost of goods sold, volume validation, SLOB risks, and new product launches.
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- ** Educates cross-functional partners on key financial conce