Role Summary
The Costing Liaison Officer serves as the structured communication bridge between the Costing Department, Purchasing, and Sales. This role exists to protect the integrity of the costing process — ensuring that cost data flows through a single, controlled channel, that costing decisions remain insulated from commercial pressure, and that the Costing team can focus exclusively on accurate cost computation rather than interdepartmental coordination
Key Responsibilities
Costing ↔ Purchasing Interface
- Receives updated raw material prices, supplier quotations, and landed cost details from Purchasing and translates them into structured cost inputs for the Costing team
- Flags discrepancies between quoted and actual supplier prices and escalates before cost revisions are submitted
- Ensures Purchasing does not directly submit revised pricing into costing models without Finance sign-off
Costing ↔ Sales Interface
- Acts as the sole point of contact for Sales when price inquiries, quotation requests, or product cost justifications are needed
- Communicates approved selling price floors and margin guidelines to Sales without exposing underlying cost breakdowns
- Receives Sales requests for special pricing or exceptions and routes them through the proper approval process — never allowing Sales to directly influence or revise cost figures
Process & Documentation
- Maintains a pricing request log — tracking every inquiry from Sales and every cost update from Purchasing with timestamps and resolution status
- Ensures all costing inputs are formally endorsed before being acted upon
- Prepares summary cost movement reports for the CFO (e.g., when key raw materials move significantly)
Cross-functional Coordination
- Schedules and facilitates periodic alignment meetings between Costing, Purchasing, and Sales
- Escalates unresolved pricing conflicts to the CFO for final decision
- Supports product launches and new SKU on boarding by coordinating the full cost build-up process across departments
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Management Accounting, or Business Administration
- 2–3 years of experience preferred in a finance, costing, or supply chain role — ideally in manufacturing or trading; fresh graduates or candidates with less experience will be considered for the right fit and trained accordingly
- Strong understanding of landed cost computation, BOM-based costing, or trading margin structures (or eagerness to learn these)
- Excellent interpersonal skills; able to hold firm on process without being combative
- Detail-oriented and organized; comfortable managing a high volume of interdepartmental requests
- Experience in the livestock, veterinary, or agri-food industry is a plus
