Cost estimation of Garrett purchased components
Job Responsibilities:- Define and update Should Cost models for existing products and New Growth Vectors
- Validate new Should Cost models for existing products and NGV
- Define and report cost drivers for existing and new components
- Update Should Cost database with market information.
- Support development of different costing tools (bottom-up, historical, comparison, etc …)
- Map competitiveness reports for his/her family of components by Suppliers / Regions / Process Technology.
- Map Actual sourcing price versus plan of competitiveness.
- Project target prices of his / her family of components on Strap period in accordance with Commodity Strategy.
- Update Cost Plan for his/her family of components for.
- Define standard costs for baseline components
- Support trade –off curves performance/costs NGV (Motor-Gearbox)
- Guide engineering on cost levels for different designs / processes. Supports engineering workshops as delegate ShC member.
- Propose target price for components during PQF (bottom-up and historical prices)
- Set should cost sourcing target
- Support negotiation to reduce gap between supplier quotation and Should Cost
- Support VE initiative by running Should Cost analysis on the components
- Bachelor and/or Master Degree in electrical/electronic engineering or mechanical engineering
- Knowledge of project management tools and techniques
- Familiar with automotive costing tools: Easykost, Siemens PLM software, Apriori etc.
- Minim 3 years’ experience in a similar role
- Familiar with the key processes of automotive electronics production, proficient in the characteristics and manufacturing process of automotive power electronic components (active/passive components, PCB, PCBA etc.)
- Proficient in high-speed motor processing technology and key manufacturing equipment, including winding, insulation treatment, envelopes, dipping, potting, dynamic balancing etc.
- Proficient in casting, welding, stamping, turning and milling, wire cutting, CNC and other conventional machining processes or supplier quality management,
- Able to work in a cross functional team and multicultural environment
- Understand and communicate high-level project status, while resolving low-level detail issues
- Integrate diverse project activities, understanding the inter-relationships between tasks and ensuring consistency and alignment
- Integrative thinker
- Global mindset
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical, electronic, or mechanical engineering
- Knowledge of project management tools and techniques
- Familiarity with automotive costing tools including EasyKost, Siemens PLM, or Apriori
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of automotive electronics production processes and automotive power electronic components, including active/passive components, PCB, and PCBA
- Proficiency in high-speed motor processing technologies and equipment, including winding, insulation treatment, enameling, dipping, potting, and dynamic balancing
- Proficiency in casting, welding, stamping, turning, milling, wire cutting, CNC, and other conventional machining processes, or supplier quality management
- Ability to work in cross-functional and multicultural teams
- Ability to communicate high-level project status while resolving detailed issues
- Ability to integrate diverse project activities and understand task interrelationships
- Integrative thinking
- Global mindset
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is a standard element of the U.S. package and is consistently referenced. This provides a conventional foundation for retirement savings within the total rewards mix.
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