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Junior Pricing & Cost Analyst

• 3.1 Allentown, PA 18106 From $55,000 a year - Full-time Apply with Indeed Company Overview Bazzini is a confectionery and nut processing manufacturer based in Eastern Pennsylvania, producing its own brands and private-label products for the US and Canadian markets. The company has been in business since 1886. Role Summary We are looking for a detail-oriented, Excel-fluent analyst to help maintain and improve the costing and pricing models that drive our margin decisions. We run on a family of internally built Excel tools rather than a traditional

ERP:

bill-of-materials costing workbooks, ingredient and packaging cost libraries, price lists, and customer profitability models. This role keeps those tools accurate, current, and trusted, and helps the business understand what each product really costs and earns. This is a strong entry point for someone who enjoys digging into numbers, tracing a cost back to its source, and building better tools to increase margin awareness. You will learn the full cost structure of a confections business, from raw ingredients through packaging, labor, and freight, and work directly with Sales, Operations, Purchasing, and Finance leadership. Key Responsibilities Standard Cost Maintenance Update and maintain standard cost workbooks for finished goods, including ingredients, packaging, labor, and overhead by SKU Refresh the raw material and packaging cost library using purchasing records, supplier quotes, and invoices; flag material price changes and quantify their impact Maintain recipe/formula and BOM data in the costing tools, confirming yields, scrap, rework, and unit-of-measure conversions with Operations and R D Run periodic standard-vs-actual comparisons and investigate material, usage, and yield variances Pricing Support Maintain price lists, customer-specific pricing, and price-change tracking Build margin analyses for quotes, new item requests, promotional programs, and customer bids (retail, club, foodservice, private label) Model price increase scenarios in response to commodity moves (cocoa, sugar, dairy, nuts, oils) and summarize the margin impact for leadership Support trade spend, rebate, and allowance tracking so net price and net margin are visible by customer and item Reporting & Analysis Produce recurring margin reports by SKU, product line, channel, and customer Prepare ad hoc analyses for Sales, Marketing, Operations, and the finance team, such as product rationalization, packaging changes, and make-vs-buy decisions Assist with budget and forecast inputs, including cost assumptions and commodity price inputs Reconcile costing data to the general ledger and inventory valuation with the accounting team Model & Process Improvement Document how each costing workbook works: inputs, formulas, links, owners, and update cadence Audit existing workbooks for broken links, hard-coded values, inconsistent formulas, and version-control issues; recommend and implement fixes Build checks and controls into the models (reconciliation tabs, error flags, input validation, change logs) Help standardize templates and move recurring manual work toward more reliable, scalable structures (Power Query, structured tables, named ranges) Qualifications Required Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field or equivalent experience 0-2 years of experience in cost accounting, FP&A, pricing, or a related analytical role (internships count) Advanced Excel skills: lookups (XLOOKUP/INDEX-MATCH), SUMIFS, pivot tables, and multi-tab models with linked workbooks Strong attention to detail and comfort tracing numbers through layered, sometimes undocumented spreadsheets Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain a cost or margin driver to non-finance partners Solid grasp of basic cost accounting concepts: standard vs. actual cost, variances, absorption, contribution margin Preferred Experience in food, CPG, or manufacturing environments Familiarity with BOMs, yields, and plant-floor cost drivers Working knowledge of Power Query, Power Pivot, or basic VBA/macros Exposure to Power BI or Tableau Experience with commodity or ingredient price tracking Familiarity with trade promotion and customer deduction concepts Prior exposure to a legacy or ERP system (helpful context, not required) Skills & Attributes Accuracy first: double-checks inputs and reconciles results before sharing

Curious:

asks why a number moved, not just by how much

Organized:

keeps clean version control and documentation in a spreadsheet-based environment

Collaborative:

builds trust with plant, purchasing, and sales teams to get reliable data Builder's mindset: sees a clunky workbook as a chance to make it better What Success Looks Like First 90 days Understand the structure and logic of each core costing workbook and the flow of data between them Own the monthly refresh of material costs and standard cost roll-ups, with support Complete a documented audit of at least one major costing tool Within 6 months Independently produce monthly margin and variance reporting Turn around customer quote and new item cost requests on a defined timeline Implement formula checks and controls in the primary costing models Within 12 months Serve as the go-to resource for costing data questions Lead at least one model improvement project that reduces manual effort or error risk Be ready to grow into a Pricing Analyst or Cost Analyst role with broader scope Working Environment Heavy use of Excel and shared network files, with regular collaboration across Finance, Operations, Purchasing, and Sales Occasional plant visits to understand production flow, yields, and packaging operations

Pay:

From $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Experience:

ERP systems: 1 year (Preferred)

Power BI or Tableau:

2 years (Preferred) Cost accounting: 1 year (Preferred) Ability to

Commute:

Allentown, PA 18106 (Required)

Work Location:

In person