Cost Accountant​/Procurement Specialist

Senior Human Resources & Talent Acquisition Specialist

Toyota Industries Electric Systems North America, Inc. (TIESNA), established in 2013, is a subsidiary of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO). TICO is a leading global manufacturer of automobile parts and assemblies, material handling equipment, and provider of logistics solutions. TIESNA specializes in the manufacturing of automobile power electronics. TIESNA is based in Pendergrass, Georgia. This position is on-site at TIESNA 1700 Valentine Industrial Parkway, Pendergrass GA 30657.

Department

Purpose:

The Business Planning, Accounting, Purchasing Department has multiple purposes.

Business Planning: Primary role is to ensure effective decision-making and resource allocation to achieve the company’s goals and objectives. This is, but not limited to, provide mid and long-term vision and the direction for the company. The objectives are written statements that define results you want your company to achieve and detail how and when it will achieve them. We plan, develop, and implement systems, strategies for all assets of business operations, including budgeting, administration, production, personnel, sales, and logistics.

We plan, develop and implement systems, strategies for all facets of business operations, including budgeting, administration, production, personnel, sales, and logistics. We have a strong focus on long‑term growth and identify tactics and practices to accomplish those goals.

Accounting: Primary role is to provide accurate financial analysis in a timely manner. This is done following the Generally Accepted Guidelines for both the United States and Japan, ensuring that the amounts reported are reliable and detailed.

Purchasing: Primary role is to ensure that Purchase Orders are created and approved, goods and services are received, and orders are completed in an accurate and timely manner. In order to support this goal, the Purchasing Department is responsible for requisition review, competitive quotation as appropriate, supplier evaluation, contract review coordination with management and suppliers, daily order management, invoice approvals and record keeping.

To bolster this process, purchasing identifies suppliers that can act as long‑term partners and works with them to achieve cost and quality improvements. In order to measure the performance and effectiveness of suppliers, purchasing tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) as well as other relevant aspects of acquiring goods and services.

Position

Purpose:

Perform job duties associated with Business Planning, Accounting and Purchasing functions to ensure accurate planning of business activities, timely reporting of financial results, safeguarding of assets, procurement of direct and in‑direct goods and services for the company. Basically, this will be a position of general business activities based on prices, costs and financial statements.

• Assist in developing and implementing annual-, mid- and long-­term strategic business plan.
• Support business planning process for the development of annual company goals and objectives.
• Conduct variance analysis against forecasted plan and implement countermeasures.
• Assist in developing and implementing department budget policies/procedures.
• Assist in developing and implementing continuous improvement activities to reduce cost and improve company efficiencies.
• Lead Kaizen rewards activities.
• Assist and calculate standard cost and maintenance.
• Generate cost analysis and other business management planning reports.
• Assist in developing corporate Cost Accounting methodology and policies/procedures.
• Support all duties, procedures, reports associated with physical inventory counts, final variance analysis, implementing countermeasures, maintenance and controls.
• Assist, prepare and input monthly closing reports and annual business planning forecast.
• Assist and perform cash management to avoid cash shortages and minimize financing costs.
• Assist in developing, implementing safeguard company assets by providing a full detailed accounting of all fixed assets that tract to physical property.
• Collaborate with the Production related departments to understand the…