Sr. Cost Engineer (m/f/d)

Why should you join:

Responsible for providing financial support and performance analysis to the global/regional operations and plant management teams. The role requires an exceptional business partner to drive organizational success through the development and execution of financial strategies. Key responsibilities include managing a team of operational financial analysts/plant controllers, consolidation and analysis of actual results/forecasts/budgets, conducting monthly plant reviews, product/conversion/material productivity analysis, driving freight/inventory reductions, and supporting capital investments. The position also requires coordination with the regional/global BU supply chain team.

Your main tasks:

• Calculation of production alternatives in terms of design, method and production location for EMIA Automotive product projects
• Cost calculation in the early phase of new RFQ's with a Should Costing approach through appropriate input from Operations and Purchasing, as well as in all further phases according to the product development process (Concept, Design, Industrialization)
• Performing capital analysis for the projects in terms of ROI, Payback, Operating Income and Break Even Point (Full Product P&L)
• Support in the calculation of lifetime costs during all project phases; optimization of cost cycles in cooperation with key business partners such as Sales, Product Engineering, Product
• Management, Purchasing, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations-, Plant Controlling
• Support/introduction of new cross-location cost methods for new product families and technologies in the individual production locations as part of target cost activities
• Carrying out continuous cost and value driver analyses and implementing target costing
• Proactive participation in interdisciplinary functional/core teams

Your ideal background:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in industrial engineering or business administration
• Relevant work experience in finance and production in the automotive industry Good understanding of the impact of process changes on financial performance (7 years+)
• Ideally knowledge of thermoplastic injection molding, stamping, assembly processes, as well as machined parts & electronics
• High level of experience in the supply process Tier1 business and direct OEM business
• Broad understanding of manufacturing technologies to arrive at fast bid calculations with appropriate costing models
• Confident appearance and persuasiveness
• High affinity for value driver analysis
• Many years of experience in costing for customer RRQ (quotation calculation)
• Tier 1 experience towards OEM's an advantage
• Patience, perseverance and passion for cost reduction
• Experienced with SAP & FACTON, good MS Excel skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - verbal & written - in German and English

Competencies