Cost Price Analyst (Bilingual, Vietnamese)

Cost Price Analyst

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We are seeking a Cost Price Analyst to play a critical role in analyzing product costs, supporting pricing decisions, and improving customer and product profitability. This role sits at the intersection of Operations, Sales, Technical, and Finance and focuses on translating cost inputs into actionable pricing and margin insights. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working closely with manufacturing teams. You will help the business understand the true cost of what we produce, support accurate and competitive pricing, and enable smarter, data-driven decisions that drive profitability and operational efficiency. This role requires bilingual fluency in English and Vietnamese to support effective collaboration with production, operations, and supply-chain teams.

Location: Sugar Land, TX

Type: Onsite, 5 days a week

Key Responsibilities

Cost & Pricing Analysis

• Analyze standard and actual product costs to support pricing strategy and margin management.
• Maintain and validate cost inputs used for pricing, including raw materials, labor, overhead, and machine rates.
• Translate production and supply-chain cost drivers into clear pricing recommendations for Sales and Finance leadership.

Quoting & New Item Costing

• Partner with Sales and Technical teams to develop accurate cost estimates for new and existing products.
• Prepare timely and detailed cost analyses to support customer quotations and pricing decisions.
• Ensure quotes reflect current Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, production standards, and cost assumptions.

Operational Cost Support

• Collaborate with Production and Operations to review and validate BOMs and routings for costing accuracy.
• Support job cost reviews and variance analysis to identify pricing or cost improvement opportunities.
• Assist in maintaining accurate cost data within manufacturing and financial systems.
• Communicate effectively with bilingual production and operations teams to clarify cost drivers and operational impacts.

Profitability & Business Insights

• Support analysis of customer, product, and order-level profitability.
• Identify margin drivers and provide insights to improve pricing discipline and cost recovery.
• Partner with Finance leadership on pricing models, margin analysis, and ad-hoc financial studies.

Continuous Improvement & Special Projects

• Assist with cost-reduction and pricing optimization initiatives across operations and supply chain.
• Participate in periodic updates to production standards, labor rates, and overhead assumptions.
• Contribute to process improvements that enhance cost accuracy, pricing consistency, and decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Bilingual fluency in English and Vietnamese (required).
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing cost analysis, pricing analysis, or related analytical roles preferred.
• Strong understanding of product costing concepts, including standard cost, BOMs, routings, labor, overhead, and production variances.
• Experience working cross-functionally with operations, production, sales, and finance teams.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP or manufacturing cost systems is a plus.
• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and business acumen.
• Ability to clearly communicate financial insights to both technical and non-financial stakeholders.