Manager, Manufacturing Costing, North America

Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.

Gates is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. We push the boundaries of material science to engineer solutions that continually exceed customer expectations.

Let's simplify it, think belts and hoses. Found in motorcycles, conveyor belts, cars, tractors, blenders, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, & 3D printers just to name a few. Because why not do it all?

As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward thinking, open-minded and well-rounded individuals to join our global team. Gates has an exciting opportunity for a Manager, Manufacturing Costing, North America
. This position may be based in Denver, CO, Rochester Hills, MI, or one of our North American manufacturing locations
.

The Manager, Manufacturing Costing, North America, serves as the regional leader for manufacturing costing processes and governance across our NA manufacturing network. This individual is responsible for establishing and maintaining standardized costing methodologies, ensuring accurate inventory valuation, driving manufacturing cost analytics, and supporting strategic business decisions through reliable product costing and financial insight.

Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Product Line Management, IT, FP&A, and Accounting, this role will drive continuous improvement in manufacturing costing processes, strengthen financial controls, and support initiatives that improve profitability and operational performance.

• Own the manufacturing costing framework and governance across all North American manufacturing locations
• Establish and maintain standard costing policies and procedures in partnership with Global Corporate Accounting
• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve costing methodologies across multiple ERP platforms
• Serve as the North American subject matter expert for manufacturing costing, inventory valuation, and cost accounting
• Ensure strong internal controls over product costing, inventory valuation, and manufacturing accounting processes

• Lead the annual standard cost roll process across North America
• Maintain accurate product costs by partnering with Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure Bills of Material (BOMs), routings, labor standards, overhead rates, and manufacturing assumptions remain current
• Ensure appropriate documentation exists for all standard cost assumptions, including productivity, scrap rates, labor standards, machine rates, overhead allocations, and production volumes
• Maintain accurate costing structures within ERP systems, while partnering with IT to enhance costing capabilities and improve automation
• Monitor inventory transactions, manufacturing variances, and costing processes to ensure compliance with corporate policies and US GAAP

• Support monthly analysis of manufacturing variances, including material usage, purchase price variance, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, production volume, mix, and scrap
• Partner with plant finance and operations leaders to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and share best practices across the manufacturing network
• Partner with operations finance to build reporting and analytics that improve visibility into manufacturing performance, product profitability, and cost drivers
• Support make-versus-buy analyses, manufacturing footprint optimization, capital investment decisions, and strategic operational initiatives
• Partner with Procurement to ensure material cost assumptions align with purchasing strategies and corporate policy
• Support Pricing, Product Line Management, Commercial Finance, and FP&A by providing accurate product cost information that enables informed pricing and margin expansion decisions
• Provide and validate product costs supporting cost-based customer contracts, transfer pricing, and other strategic business initiatives

• Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing costing processes, reporting, ERP capabilities, and data quality
• Educate finance and operational business partners on standard costing principles and manufacturing financial performance
• Act as the regional costing expert to resolve complex costing issues and manufacturing accounting questions
• Support acquisitions, manufacturing transfers, new product introductions, and other strategic initiatives by ensuring accurate costing methodologies are established

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline
• 7+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or operations finance within a complex manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of US…