Cost Architect - Super Puma Offers (H/F)

Job Description

Take off with Airbus Helicopters!

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Cost Architect - Super Puma Offers (f/h) to join the Finance Department based in Marignane, France.

Join us to shape the future of aeronautics and help protect lives during missions accomplished thanks to our helicopters.

The Marignane site, the 3rd largest industrial site in France, near Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, is undergoing a deep transformation to offer a high‑tech, inclusive, and environmentally friendly working environment.

You will live a unique professional experience, at the heart of the manufacturing of our helicopters.

Airbus Helicopters - Marignane

Your future missions

The Cost Architect department provides all cost inputs to complex customer offers and creates reliable cost references for H/C platform and S&S processes.

You will be in charge of a Program or Business Activity as a Costing Architect.

Main missions

• Acting as the focal point for Program/Business on Costing quotations.
• Securing a close connection between the customer needs and the costing support provided.
• Leading and managing the costing activity, on quality and on time, providing robust and neutral cost information (e.g. estimation, cost drivers, etc.) to support strategic and operational business decisions.
• Leading the Costing Review of the Offer process to create costing estimates for complex offers and get buy‑in from Programs.
• Preparing and consolidating the cost basis for sales items under tariff; supporting the Commercial Policy campaigns enabling the simple offer processes.
• Preparing, challenging, and synthesizing required assumptions for the production of cost information.
• Compiling, delivering, and explaining all costing dossiers to stakeholders.
• Securing knowledge management on cost evolution and requests for a given customer.
• Supporting internal customers in cost target settings and negotiation/buy‑in with stakeholders.
• Supporting the harmonisation and rationalisation of Costing methods, tools and processes.

Your profile

• Demonstrable technical expertise relevant to the position.
• Possess extensive experience in Business, Design Office, Procurement, Industry, or Support matters.
• Interest in the financial aspect of things.
• Autonomous and enjoy working within a Team.
• Good communication skills are required.
• English: advanced.
• French: mandatory.

Benefits

At Airbus, we build the future together and your success is our priority.

Expect a global, competitive, and transparent compensation package (including salaries, bonuses, profit‑sharing, participation, and preferred share ownership plan), designed to reward the impact and performance you bring, both individually and collectively.

We invest in your complete well‑being: professional development (training, mentoring, international mobility), health coverage, retirement, and a commitment to a supported work‑life balance (parental support, flexibility).

Perks

• Dynamic CSE (Social and Economic Committee) offering many advantages (company restaurant, children's leisure center, associations and sports complex, travel allowances, etc.).
• Transport facilities: Take advantage of our company shuttles or the reimbursement of your annual transport pass.

Compliance & Diversity

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.