Job Description

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred in Science, Engineering, or business) with significant manufacturing experience in Welded Assemblies and Final Assembly processes

• Prior cost estimating experience and physical based costing is required

• Ability to lead a skilled diverse team, be flexible, support customers’ requests for engineering packages costing on all future programs

• Ability to evaluate design and provide cost coaching related to best practices and most efficient manufacturing process

• Ability to evaluate supplier quotes compared to Cost Estimating and provide your view by leading discussions and defending positions

• High integrity, leadership behavior, take initiatives and ownership are critical

• Process oriented leader with analytical skills and a high degree of business acumen.
  
  A bility to understand complex problems and designs, translate design BoM into manufacturing point of view for best-in-class approach operational and strategic business issues.

• Ability to construct and analyze manufacturing costs of components by reviewing drawings, engineering specifications, and functional requirements.

• Demonstrate a proven understanding of business concepts as well as quantitative and critical thinking skills.

• Ability to assess cost benefit analysis of different supplier manufacturing methods.

• Ability to maintain data integrity and accuracy and use data to identify and solve problems

• Ability to lead a group of technical estimators and create transformative approach to developing the team

• Working Knowledge of commodities which requires an extensive understanding of manufacturing cost structure and supply base capability, prefer stamping and welded assemblies' commodities

• Support forward and current model programs and participate in negotiations with To4 and suppliers

• Support teardowns, benchmark standard methodologies, and identify material cost reduction opportunities
  

• Lead group of technical estimators to drive lower costs and improved quality of estimates
• Participate in management reviews and present cost estimating perspective supported by data and analysis
• Develop team's skills and work developing talent gap and roadmaps to improve the team
• Visit suppliers to benchmark manufacturing processes and improve quality of estimates
  

• Strong leadership
• Ability to work on multiple projects and programs
• Leader with integrity, ownership, pro-active, solution-oriented leader
• Leader that is willing to present facts and analysis even when not supported by others
• Skills in putting presentations and ability to communicate in effective manner
• Experience in costing and manufacturing processes- preferred Stamping and Welding assemblies
• Ability to understand complex design and develop manufacturing value for the design at hand