Senior Manager, Design-to-Cost
Core
Lead Design-to-Cost activities, competitor teardowns, and cost/value engineering to ensure product cost competitiveness and profitability.
Role type
Senior Manager, Cost Engineering (Design-to-Cost)
Builds
Cost-optimized product designs and manufacturing processes
Domain
Consumer electronics manufacturing and cost engineering
Required skills
Cost Engineering, competitor teardown analysis, Design-to-Cost methodology, manufacturing technology knowledge, process and part optimization, team leadership, Should Cost analysis, cost structure analysis
Preferred skills
Digitalization of cost engineering processes, strategic planning
Technologies
Cost engineering software, digitalization tools
Responsibilities
Lead and enable the team in driving competitor teardowns and Design-to-Cost activities; Establish and govern state-of-the-art Cost & Value Engineering methods; Plan and assign resources for competitor teardowns; Lead Design-to-Cost workshops; Guide the team in supporting Should Cost analyses and negotiations; Manage Cost Engineering processes including digitalization; Support strategic and operative planning for Cost Management.