About us
Dyson’s cross functional Cost Management team is responsible for cost reductions throughout the entire product lifecycle. With our holistic cost management, we safeguard full cost transparency to make the right decisions. A fact-based approach helps us to identify saving opportunities and drive their implementation. For existing and for future Dyson products.
Dyson Cost Management is seeking a highly motivated Expert/Manager for our Cost Engineering team in China to work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Finance teams to ensure our cost competitiveness. As the Cost Engineering Manager within Group Finance team, you will have a significant contribution to the profitability of our inventions and innovations. Your work will have a direct impact on our product cost, our product designs, and our manufacturing processes.
About the role
· Generate bottom up Should Cost / Best Practice product cost calculations.
· Establish state of the art Cost & Value Engineering methods and processes.
· Support target cost setting process.
· Lead competitor teardown/benchmarks.
· Analyse supplier quotes and cost breakdowns of parts and tooling concepts to support procurement team.
· Generate and drive implementation of (Design-to-Cost) cost reduction ideas.
· Manage internal knowledge domain and reference calculation models.
· Enhance total cost management process and digitalization.
About you
· A degree in Engineering with experiences in process and part optimization (electronics and/or mechanics).
· Project leadership experiences.
· In-depth knowledge and proven track record in Cost Engineering.
· In-depth knowledge on manufacturing technologies – understanding of cost structure and margin structure of purchased and in-house manufactured parts.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
Skills Required
- A degree in Engineering
- Experience in process and part optimization (electronics and/or mechanics)
- Project leadership experience
- In-depth knowledge and proven track record in Cost Engineering
- Understanding of cost structure and margin structure of parts
Dyson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Dyson and has not been reviewed or approved by Dyson.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision offerings are broad, paired with company‑paid life and disability coverage, plus EAP, backup care, and wellness incentives. Employer‑funded healthcare dollars and premium‑discount or Lifestyle Spending Account options further enhance coverage value.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is consistently advertised on U.S. postings. This provides predictable retirement support across roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing programs, commuter benefits, and notable product discounts supplement core coverage. Wellness incentives and a Lifestyle Spending Account expand lifestyle support beyond medical plans.
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What We Do
At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs over 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas
