Manager - SAP CO

Key Objectives of this Role

• Own the Global CO Template: Standardize cost structures, costing variants, cost center hierarchies, overhead allocation logic, and profitability frameworks across all Visteon entities.

• Ensure High-Quality Rollouts: Lead blueprinting, build, SIT/UAT, cutover preparation, and hypercare for CO processes at every site.

• Drive Cost Transparency Across the Value Chain: Establish accurate product costing, variance analysis, and profitability reporting integrated with manufacturing and logistics.

• Strengthen Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting: Build robust cost controlling capabilities that support budgeting cycles and site-level financial performance.

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Ensure seamless integration with FI, MM, DTS, EWM, and SD for end-to-end accuracy of costs and variances.

• Reduce Complexity & Increase Automation: Move Visteon toward standardized cost models with minimal customizations and optimized costing runs.

• Capability Building: Grow internal capability by coaching analysts and finance teams on costing, allocations, and profitability logic.

Key Performance Indicators

System Deployment & Program KPIs

• On-time completion of CO blueprint, build, SIT/UAT, and go-live for each rollout.

• Clean integration design with no CO-impacting defects at go-live.

• Defect leakage rate from SIT → UAT → go-live.

• Quality and completeness of CO design documentation and cost reporting frameworks.

• Stabilization score during hypercare for costing, ML/PPV, and variance postings.

Costing & Operational KPIs

• Accuracy of standard cost calculations for materials and finished goods.

• Timeliness and accuracy of month-end cost allocations and settlements.

• Reduction in costing-related manual adjustments.

• PPV control and variance classification accuracy.

• Accuracy of production order settlement, WIP calculation, and overhead application.

Profitability & Reporting KPIs

• Accuracy and reliability of COPA / Margin Analysis reporting.

• Integration accuracy of revenue, cost of goods sold, variances, freight, and overheads.

• Stakeholder satisfaction from controllers, CFO/CAO, and operations leadership.

Cross-Functional KPIs

• Quality of integration with PP/DS, MM, SD, and EWM.

• Reduction in cross-module reconciliation issues impacting costing and reporting.

• Smooth execution of costing runs for global sites.

Key Year One Deliverables

• Stabilize CO Processes for the Pilot Site

o Ensure stable month-end close (WIP, variance calculation, settlement, overheads).

o Improve accuracy of standard cost components and production order costing.

o Resolve PPV logic, freight handling, and overhead application issues.

• Finalize the Global CO Template

o Cost center hierarchy, assessment cycles, overhead groups, costing variants.

o Standardized costing sheet (including freight, overhead, and burden rates).

o Unified approach for PPV, FX variance handling, and inventory valuation.

• Deliver Blueprint & Build for Tunisia, Asia, and Subsequent Sites

o Fit-gap analysis with strict control on custom logic.

o Localization for statutory and inventory valuation rules as required.

o Support FP&A alignment for budgeting, forecasting, and costing models.

• Lead SIT/UAT for All CO Processes

o Validate integration for production orders, process orders, deliveries, GI/GR flows.

o Ensure accuracy of cost component splits and final settlement.

o Zero blocker issues at UAT exit.

• Cutover Readiness & Execution for Each Site

o Standard cost upload, cost run coordination, WIP/variance mock cycles.

o Cost center data, overhead keys, and allocation cycles preparation.

o Smooth transition into the first month-end close after go-live.

• Strengthen Internal Capability & Documentation

o CO playbooks for cost runs, settlements, and month-end closing.

o Train internal IT and business controllers on standard cost and variance logic.

o Establish a knowledge repository for CO processes.