Cost Estimator

3 days ago

Chennai Tamil Nadu, India Ford Motor Company Full time

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**Educational Qualification**
- B.E/B.Tech (Full Time)

**Professional Exposure**
- 3-5 years of overall experience in Automobile OEM / Ancillaries with minimum 1 year of PD/Manufacturing experience in Interior System.
- Practical Experience/ Good understanding of Textiles/Felt/Fabrics/ Leather/ Soft Trim Materials and related manufacturing processes is preferable. Experience in Seat System manufacturing is also preferable.
- Technical knowledge of Tooling and Die manufacturing Processes, ED&T and Capex will be an added advantage.

**Key roles &responsibilities**
- Develop Physical based Cost Estimates by reviewing drawings/CAD /Bill of Material/ physical parts & their functional information.
- Support Program Target Setting of Interior System commodities including but not limited to Seat Systems, Trims & IP.
- Develop Cost Gap Analysis and support Cross Functional Teams during supplier negotiations and cost workshops.
- Support Should Cost (Part/Tooling) for Cost Design Review (CDR) and Engineering Change Control Process.
- To do the Competitive Benchmarking Analysis of the Commodities and support line walk/Idea Generation Events.
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of business concept and critical thinking skills.
- Financial Analysis (Payback, Business Case etc) of the proposed localization / cost reduction actions & recommendation on the financial viability of the proposals.
- Maintain data integrity, accuracy, and use data to generate material cost reduction opportunities.
- Undertake domestic and international travel as and when required.
- Initiate cost saving measures through alternate sourcing, negotiation (re-negotiation) and value engineering.

**Desired abilities**
- Ability to logically arrive at unit cost breakdown of different products and services
- Ability to conduct mathematical analyses of data and extract valuable metrics
- Ability to work in a stressful commercial environment to tight schedules.
- Ability to handle uncertainty, fragmented data.
- Experience in commercial and contractual terms.

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