Cost Estimator- Advanced Cost Estimating
Volvo Car Group / Inköpar- och marknadsjobb / Göteborg
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At Purchasing, you are part of a global team with the mission to develop and maintain a world-class supplier base. Ensuring the supply of materials and services - at the right cost, quality and technology - is essential for the success of Volvo Car Group. Ultimately, it's all about cooperating with people inside and outside the company to create a superior experience for the people who buy and drive a Volvo.
The Cost Estimating department is a strategic function within purchasing; it consists of approximately 40 experts with extensive experience and skills within all different types of production methods used by our suppliers of parts for Volvo Cars. The department uses state-of-the-art calculation software for both parts and tools. The department consist of different teams and we are now looking for a person to the advanced team that is slightly different from the other teams that focus on their respective material area. The advanced team focus on early phases, supports car programs with affordable target breakdown on part price. We also support R&D with early cost estimations and benchmark activities where we look at competitor cars and their solutions. Cost Estimating in general serves to provide the Volvo Cars Purchasing with specialist competence regarding fact based cost analysis on purchased parts and tooling.
As Cost Estimator, you will use your extensive engineering/product development knowledge and/or production/material knowledge to estimate cost on early concepts, on benchmark competitors and for purchased parts and tools. With input from supplier manufacturing processes and the experience from your working life, you will challenge our suppliers to reach state of the art production processes for parts and tools produced for Volvo Car Group. The job includes international travelling to suppliers' manufacturing sites to review the production processes from a cost perspective. Do you have a background from product development, manufacturing engineering, process engineering or tool making? Then you are the person we are looking for.
Main responsibilities
• Affordable piece price target breakdown in car programs
• Early strategic affordable piece price cost frame allocation
• Cost estimations on early technical concepts
• Competitor benchmark both on system level and complete car level
• Ensuring that Volvo Car Group always gets value for money when purchasing parts, by delivering cost estimates and arguments as a base for a fact based negotiation
• Estimating the cost for production of parts
• Estimating the tooling investments for all Volvo Car Group unique parts
Required qualifications
• Technical university degree or equal relevant working experience
• At least 5-10 years of working experience from similar tasks
• Proven knowledge from product development, manufacturing, tooling, machine or equipment industry within one or several areas, preferable electrical and/or metal
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written
• Experience in cost calculations is preferable
Personal qualities
• Outgoing personality and good communication skills
• Open minded and flexible in a changing work environment
• Strong business orientation
• Good cooperation and teamwork skills
• Analytical ability
• Skilled in negotiations
About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.
Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Linda Anstrin at +46 729 88 94 34 or by e-mail
linda.anstrin@randstad.se . Note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than March 16th, 2016.
Varaktighet, arbetstid
Heltid Permanent
Publiceringsdatum2016-02-23ErsättningNot Specified
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2016-03-15
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: BBBH1120
Klicka på denna länk för att göra din ansökanKontaktLinda Anstrin
linda.anstrin@randstad.seFöretagVolvo Car Group
AdressVolvo Car Group
40531
40531 1480
KontorsadressAssar Gabrielsssons väg
Jobbnummer 2687079
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