Senior Cost Estimator

COST ESTIMATOR

MISSION

• Develop accurate, data-driven cost assessments that strengthen sourcing decisions, improve negotiation leverage, and ensure competitive total cost of ownership for the organization. This position serves as a technical and financial bridge between suppliers, engineering, program teams and commodity buyers
• Create and implement benchmark strategies for the region
• Develop in depth knowledge of their commodity’s market and cost structure
• Negotiate & establish long-term contracts with suppliers
• Support Sales and project teams to have most cost-effective solutions to gain business
• Deliver yearly objectives within given timeline
• Support Cross functional teams (Supply chain, Program buyer, Supplier quality, Project, finance)
• Strength our savings tracking database using existing and new tools
• Improve and promote the use of the cost estimation tool

RESPONSABILITIES

Build and Maintain Robust Cost Models

• Develop, validate, and continuously update cost models for purchased components — including materials, process parameters, cycle times, labor, overheads, and SG&A — to ensure transparent and fact-based cost structures.

Analyze Supplier Cost Breakdowns

• Evaluate supplier cost breakdowns to confirm alignment with market benchmarks, identify discrepancies, and detect opportunities for cost improvement or risk exposure.
• Ensure that contractual conditions and group procedures are well applied and respected by suppliers as well by project teams
• Support group objectives in terms of savings and cash flow improvement

Support Negotiations With Fact-Based Insights

• Provide commodity buyers with precise cost-gap analyses and “should-cost” references to strengthen negotiation strategies, enable cost avoidance, and secure savings
• Collaboration with other BG’s

Supplier management :

• Performance and scorecard follow up with suppliers (including action plan management)
• Supplier requests for change management
• Support project buyers to obtain best economic conditions
• Problem solving and looking for alternative solutions
• Supplier Sustainibility tracking

Conduct Supplier Capability & Process Assessments :

• Participate in supplier on-site evaluations with engineering and quality teams to validate assumptions related to process flow, cycle time, labor utilization, and manufacturing feasibility
• Identify cost‑reduction opportunities (VAVE, material alternatives, process optimizations, localization opportunities) and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement them.

Financial Management:

• Deliver financial objectives given (Savings, Payment terms, capex amortization)
• Negotiate supplier claims and better financial terms for OPmobiity

PROFILE

Personal Background

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Purchasing, or any related Engineering field.
• +3 years’ experience in a similar position in the automotive sector or electronic & electrical components.
• English proficiency mandatory

Job Technical skill

• Having adaptability on multicultural and cross-departmental relations and team spirits
• Strong negotiator
• Strong organizational skills and prioritize tasks to meet department objectives with timely manner
• Good Understanding of financial KPIs
• Understand products development (project/program) process
• Application of Quality Standards: respect internal processes & controlled documents
• Knowledge and respect of internal deliverables for his/her function and customer specific requirements
• Understand of his activity impact on quality (components & services), and understand the risks linked to non-conformity of PO delivered components