Materials Analyst (Finance)
Job Posting Start Date 06-23-2025 Job Posting End DateFlex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Materials Analyst located in Columbia SC.
Reporting to the Materials Manager the Materials Analyst role involves providing data evaluation in support of the various areas within the Materials function.
Here is a glimpse of what you'll do:
- Assists in auditing data for accuracy and preparing summary reports, spreadsheets, graphics, and charts based on the inspection of data.
- May assist in the preparation of recommendations to management based on the inspection of data.
- Concentration within Inventory Control
- Collects, compiles, evaluates, and presents various types of data.
- Prepares summary reports, spreadsheets, and charts based on inspection of data from multiple sources, which may include but will not be limited to customer bills of material reports, staff metrics, PPV metrics, and PPV form tracking.
- May create and/or maintain databases in support of data collection.
- Audits data. Resolves data integrity issues, including but not limited to quotations.
- Proactively identifies and escalates potential issues related to metrics.
- Where applicable, suggest process/communication improvements relative to metric tracking activities.
- Tracks materials financial performance and initiate corrective actions when required.
- May support inventory control, supply chain management, material planning and scheduling.
- Develop commodity spend profiles/breaks-downs: manage time profiling, inventory positioning, and site execution to price.
- Establish common pricing evaluation tools
- Provide detailed bill of materials evaluation by site
- Perform general reporting and inspection activities for score carding of suppliers.
- Validate site pricing through implementation of a common cost review and pricing process.
- Assist in the supply chain transfer and risk management for NPI.
- Provide PPV targeting, tracking and asset velocity.
- Design, manage and control all data evaluation tools
Here is some of what you'll need:
- Bachelor degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in materials or related field.
- Customer Communication a must
- BAAN tool system preferred
- Background in electronics manufacturing is desired.
- APICS is preferred
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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term and Long-term Disability
- Matching 401(k) Contributions
- Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
Job Category
Global Procurement & Supply ChainRelocation: Not eligibleIs Sponsorship Available?
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