Senior Costing Engineer Exterior

As Senior Exterior Costing Engineer, you will work in an international environment and support A2MAC1 and its customers by carrying out the costing assignments and studies assigned to you, including cost analysis, value analysis, comparative cost analysis, cost-based design, economic modeling of manufacturing processes.

But in addition to this costing aspect, we also expect real expertise in the value chain: identifying and understanding the cost structures of the various automotive components purchased from external suppliers.

To do this, you'll need to demonstrate costing expertise in the main manufacturing processes and in-depth knowledge of product-specific costs

 Professional Background

· Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering (master's degree is a plus)

· 5+ year minimum experience in a major engineering company, as Exterior cost engineer, or 5+ year minimum experience in a major engineering company, as a systems/technical design/manufacturing engineer.

· Knowledge of industrial manufacturing and assembly processes.

· Experience on Closures (Doors, tailgate, roof, hood) or Body in White (BiW, Vehicle Body or Shell)

· Knowledge and experience on part design and manufacturing for metal stamping, progressive stamping, transfer stamping, welding, metal bending, die casting, and plastic parts.

· Knowledge on Closure and BiW materials

Costing activities:

· Carry out cost studies: analyze input data, identify materials and manufacturing processes, cost them using in-house tools and methodologies,

· Understand and explain product operation (system, subsystem, component, function, etc.),

· Identify and recommend ways to optimize the cost of a system,

· Conduct cost/performance benchmarking and value analysis studies, identify efficiency improvement opportunities for our customers (automotive OEMs, Tier 1), with a focus on reducing production costs (potentially, carry out plant and workshop audits at our customer production sites or at their suppliers’).

· Prepare study reports in accordance with required quality standards,

· Provide team members with specific studies to contribute to project understanding.

Purchasing support activities:

· Support our customers’ purchasing departments in their negotiations by providing fact-based costing data

· Conduct cost benchmarking activities between suppliers/programs to identify gaps and cost reduction opportunities,

· Potentially: train and coach our customers’ suppliers to improve certain aspects of their business performance.

Project Management:

· Support the domain leaders in assessing the workload and the timeline related to the technical perimeter of responsibility, and commit on them,

· Alert project management about any risk on the technical perimeter, the timeline, or the project delivery quality.

Knowledge Improvement:

· Write and update technical content and guidelines,

· Improve internal tools, models and templates,

· Ensure technical watch on your specific competency area,

· Share knowledge and support teammates.

Skills & Abilities

 · Fluent English written & oral (minimum B2).

· Culture of cost, as well as a true spirit of analysis and synthesis,

· Result oriented with operational excellence,

· Works autonomously and as part of a team, acts as a resource for less experienced colleagues,

· Be proactive, polyvalent, well organized, curious and keen to details