Director Cost Engineering
Core
Lead enterprise-wide should-costing, cost transparency, and value engineering capabilities to improve commercial outcomes, supplier negotiations, and product affordability.
Role type
Director, Cost Engineering
Builds
Automated dashboards linked to cost driver models, category capabilities, and digital costing platforms
Domain
Global Procurement / Manufacturing Cost Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Strategic cost leadership, should-cost methodology, supplier negotiation, market forecasting, lean manufacturing, change management, cross-functional leadership, AI/data-enabled costing, project cost management
Preferred skills
AI/Agent based costing methods, leading enterprise-wide global transformation
Technologies
Digital costing platforms, analytics tools, automated dashboards
Responsibilities
Define and execute global Cost Engineering strategy, establish long-term capability roadmap for tools and talent, embed cost transparency into sourcing processes, support strategic sourcing and supplier cost challenge activities, liaise with external experts to develop AI-enabled capabilities, run ongoing market monitoring process, drive operational efficiency in suppliers
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & team management