Description

As a Cost Value Engineering Manager, you will lead projects to analyze supplier costs and identify savings opportunities. This role involves conducting audits, facilitating workshops, and supporting strategic sourcing decisions to enhance product value.

Requirements

• •Academic degree in Engineering, Mechanics, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, or similar
• •Professional work experience in costing or costing related functions
• •Multiple years of professional experience within automotive industry, ideally in quality and engineering, advanced purchasing, category purchasing, tool management, cost management, and/or manufacturing planning
• •Deep understanding of product cost structures, manufacturing technologies, and value chains
• •Proven expertise in Target Costing, Design-to-Cost, Design-to-Value, Benchmarking, and Cost Auditing
• •Strong skills in cost calculation methodologies, cost modeling, and market analysis
• •Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management abilities between Engineering, Purchasing, and Finance
• •Experience in method development, process optimization, and change management in cost and value management contexts
• •Profound project management experience
• •Business fluent German and English language skills (both written and spoken)
• •Highly analytical skills with strong communication, moderation, and presentation skills
• •Very good negotiation skills required (for negotiations with suppliers and customers)
• •Intercultural competence

Tasks

• •Execute Supplier Cost Audits with Category Management
• •Confront suppliers with calculated costs for price negotiations
• •Discuss cost reduction potentials with top management
• •Conduct cost structure and value stream analyses
• •Validate market prices
• •Plan and moderate cross-functional workshops for cost optimization
• •Support make-or-buy decisions with detailed cost evaluations
• •Provide recommendations to management on sourcing strategies
• •Participate in global cost reduction projects for supplier components
• •Assist Category Purchasing with annual price negotiations
• •Identify key projects and potential suppliers
• •Improve manufacturing processes at supplier locations
• •Follow up on cost reduction potential until implementation