AdresReq ID 65748 | OSS Washington, United States
Come and join our Cost Engineering Department for one of the biggest Passive Safety Systems Suppliers in the world. Our mission is to achieve best-in-class cost leadership. This is key to future success in becoming the #1 market leader.
Product Cost Engineer
Profile
- Lead, coordinate and report Target Costing and Target Cost Achievement for mandated projects.
- Support Sales with Cost Disclosure incl. Cost Breakdowns in front of the ZF customers.
- Proactive responsible for Design-to-Cost-, Cost-Down-Initiatives (e.g. workshop moderation), and commercial evaluation of technical concepts/designs.
- Provide Cost transparency on Project/Product level by monitoring, reporting, and forecasting for Design-to-Cost/Target Cost Achievements
- Support Benchmarking support tear-down workshops with commercial evaluations.
- Create, check, and provide Product (and component) Cost calculations on Best Practice level.
- First Cost Engineering contact for consulting support, and interface/sparring partner of internal stakeholders (Sales, Finance, Operations, Purchasing & Engineering).
- Develop best practice procedures and creation of knowledge database.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing/Engineering/Business Engineering/Industrial Engineering
- 3 years plus of experience in similar roles.
- Distinct cost awareness and good knowledge of a variety of manufacturing processes and components.
- Project Management experience with a holistic process understanding and a structured way of working.
- Strong communicator, flexible, self-motivated and with an ability to work collaboratively with others on own initiatives.
- Fluent in English. Additional languages preferred
Be part of our ZF team as Product Cost Engineer - multiple locations and apply now!
DIVERSITY COMMITMENT:
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are more than just words for us. They are at the core of the ZF Way that propels our team members towards their utmost success. We strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a natural reflex. We actively seek ways to remove barriers so that every member of ZF can rise to their full potential. We aim to embed this in our legacy through how we operate and build our products as we shape next generation mobility, safety, sustainability and social justice.
With four generations across 118 nationalities in 41 countries, ZF combines a unique variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas. Together, we solve problems, drive innovation and shape next generation mobility.
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