Cost and Value Engineer

• Drive the integration of state-of-the art Cost and Value Engineering in the business processes
• Fosters cross-functional mindset change towards cost and value awareness
• Establish transparency in cost and value of products, systems and solutions and contribute improvement proposals to support PLM in Target Costing, R&D/Engineering in Design to Value, SCM in Supply Chain Productivity Improvement, Procurement in negotiations along the PLM / PM process
• Contribute to the competitiveness and profitability of products and solutions through the application of Cost and Value Engineering levers and methods
• Support the setting of competitive and at the same time achievable targets based on the assessment of customer requirements, competitors products, and solutions and on a clear judgment on our own and our suppliers capabilities
• Support definition and optimization of product architecture and component specifications to ensure an adequate product and solution design
• Support building the appropriate supply chain by making the right supplier selections, offshoring or onshoring decisions, respectively, and applying make or buy appropriately
• Support achieving optimal commercial conditions by feeding our negotiations with precise information on our suppliers actual and expected costs
• Foster a CVE network and company-wide knowledge exchange and contribute expertise to the network.

We dont need superheroes, just super minds:

• Excellent communication and social skills to collaborate effectively with internal customers and suppliers
• Strong analytical skills to identify key cost drivers.
• Significant experience in should costing tools and methods
• Experience in optimization of cost and value improvement opportunities
• Experience in heavy industrial manufacturing processes.Strong preference for experience in modeling and analyzing costs of machined parts, large steel fabrications and acoustics.
• Strong in Microsoft Excel and proficiency in Microsoft Office software
• Flexibility to travel to external suppliers and factory locations
• Working experience with multi-cultural professionals and teams
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience within a global company, including 5+ years in Engineering
• Proficient command of English language in writing and speaking
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering