Sr Costing Engineering Leader

Responsibilities

• Animate the project team and lead the product cost simulation during the whole project phase using the product cost methodology (Design to Cost / Should cost / profitability). The objective is to make the new product cost meet marketing targets and provide cost information to orient design, supply chain, and industrialization strategy solutions in the R&D phase.
• Lead competitor analysis on existing product costs of internal and external benchmarks.
• Explain the cost variance between project stage gates, discover cost risks, and provide orientation for cost optimization actions.
• Guarantee the simulation of “produce” cost during the project phase complies with the cost transfer to manufacturing plant for mass production.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of product cost through continuous engineering, localization, and supply chain solutions.

Internal Relations

• Project Manager
• Product design leader
• Industrialization Team
• Supply chain leader
• Project purchasing leader
• Marketing leader
• Manufacturing plant
• Plant & BU Finance Controller

External Relations

• OEM
• Sub-con suppliers
• Competitor benchmarks

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills
• Knowledge of product cost structure, ability to simulate new parts cost based on drawing offers, knowledge of Project Management Process (PMP)
• Good sense of numbers
• Preferred with experience in relative industrial manufacturing (assembly / tooling (plastic/metal) / electronics) or purchasing
• Finance knowledge will be a plus

• Strong communication skills, leadership skills, efficient, agile & open minded
• Ability to work in English with international people

• Bachelor degree or above in engineering, more than 5 years relative experience in manufacturing industrialization / cost simulation / production purchasing
• Good sense of number

Schedule: Full-time

Req: 009JQL