Senior Manager - Cost Engineer

Purpose of the Role :

Responsible for developing target costing, should costing, tooling cost estimation, and cost reduction strategies for any one Interior/Exterior Trims, Seating, Electrical, and Electronics components. The role supports Design-to-Cost (DTC) and Source-to-Cost (STC) initiatives through benchmarking, teardown analysis, VAVE, supplier cost analysis, and manufacturing cost optimization.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop detailed should-cost models and target costs for any one i.e Body Trim, Electrical, and Electronics components.
• Prepare tooling cost estimates and support Capex planning.
• Perform supplier quotation analysis and support commercial negotiations.
• Conduct cost driver analysis, benchmarking, competition teardown, and VAVE activities.
• Drive cost reduction and cost avoidance initiatives with Engineering and Purchase teams.
• Develop cost models and technology repositories for component categories.
• Support sourcing decisions through should-cost-based negotiation fact packs.
• Execute annual cost-saving and value-engineering initiatives.

Preferred Commodity Experience :

• Interior & Exterior Plastics
• Automotive Lighting
• Seats & Seat Belts
• Carpet & Insulation
• Sheet Metal Components
• Latches & Glass
• Wiring Harness
• Switches & Controls
• ECU/BCM
• Instrument Cluster
• Infotainment Systems
• Telematics Modules
• Sensors & Electronic Components