Lead Costing Engineer (Automotive)

Position Title: Costing Lead Engineer

Responsibilities: 

• Manage a team of Cost engineers
• Planning, execution, monitoring and taking corrective actions as when required.
• Review and approve tooling cost and piece cost estimates
• Preparing business proposals and presentations in costing and making presentation

Qualification: 

• Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering and/or MBA from an accredited university
• Total : 10-12 years of OEM/  large tier 1, experienced in manufacturing and costing environment
• Min  7  years of Piece Cost and Tooling cost Estimation Experience of different commodities
• Experienced on manufacturing process like Sheet Metal, Plastics, Casting, Forging, Assembly and machining
• Exposure to NX.
• Excellent relationship building skills.
• Ability to productively manage change
• Excellent communication skills (Oral and Written)
• Excellent MS Office skills (Advance Excel usage) 

Vehicle Costing Engineer

Position Title: Vehicle Cost Engineer  

Responsibilities: 

• Overall vehicle cost tracking and governance throughout the vehicle program life which include:
• Key person to maintain uniformity in the updated cost & continuous monitoring
• Track overall vehicle cost (Tracked Vehicle Reports) & escalate cost variation
• Vehicle Check Book Management
• Support Purchasing in component piece  and Investment target costs
• Update Status, Target cost including Risk & Opportunity in web portal & post verification
• Manage all changes to the component cost & investment by corporate change management process
• Coordinate with Engineering teams regarding roll up of Engineering change cost

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering/Industrial Engineering   from an accredited university
• Min 8 years of automotive experience and a min 3 year  experience in vehicle cost engineering
• Knowledge about vehicle manufacturing process and familiarity of components and their approximate  costs
• Good written and verbal communication skills (Oral & Written)
• Excellent MS Office skills (Excel, Power point is a must)

Preferred Qualifications:

•   10-12 years of Automobile OEM/ Automotive ancillary industry experience
•   Experienced on vehicle manufacturing processes
•    MS Excel  Macros and MS Access

Personal qualities & behavioral traits:

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Precise communication focused on deliverable giving attention to details
• Effective team player giving proper directions while sharing any corporate activity
• Ability to present ideas & concepts to management
• Able to  prepare Business presentation