Solution Line Costing Leader (mwd)

Job Description SummaryUnderstand business and market dynamics targeted tenders/projects. Support the tendering team in the bid process. Provide leadership during the deal reviews and tender review process by addressing any concern and by elaborating solutions.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide and bundle the cost estimates working with the Commodity Management.
• Ensure robust estimates are provided (including the CPA/Firming) that align to the scope of the application and deliver the risks and opportunities including any necessary analysis and mitigation actions.
• Monitor and review costing data to detect and assess problems and make recommendations to resolve issues.
• Ensure strong coordination between all roles involved for timely preparation of a good quality technical offer and costing.
• Monitor Costs and assessed against baseline reference solution target cost. Properly benchmark and challenge any cost which does not compare with target cost to avoid both over and under estimation.
• Monitor and report cost progress throughout the tender process. Provide reports on actual costs versus the reference costs and identify underlying reasons for any variance and proposed resolutions.
• Create / Manage / Maintain the costing tool within ITOC and all associated inputs and outputs.
• Close alignment with Engineering and associated Solidity.
• Close alignment with the Commodity Management) to drive competitiveness and participate to the right Commodity strategy.
• Agree manufacturing schedule and costs and ensure that the product can be delivered in line with project schedule.
• Own the costing process.
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice cost estimating vision strategy policies processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance in costing.
• Contribute to the digitalization of the costing tool into ITOC.
• Ensure a robust cost estimating process in place to meet production/project requirements and in line with quality standards.
• Ensure consistent cost management processes are applied in the business working closely with Engineering sourcing manufacturing NPI Solution Owner and procurement.
• Ensure that the project if awarded will be executable without time nor cost slippage.
• Work closely with Engineering to support continuous improvement through cost engineering techniques and processes identifying inefficiencies and cost optimisation opportunities.
• Establish the sourcing strategy in collaboration with technical and commercial teams. Coordinate with Sourcing to ensure purchasing terms and conditions as well as contract conditions are applied and suppliers pre-qualified. Review total cost of ownership firming provisions and assumptions and supplier selection.
• Hand over won deals to OTR stakeholders.
• Captures return of experience in execution and feedback into tendering activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience in sourcing and international costing
• Bachelors degree in supply chain or equivalent from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma) or equivalent experience
• Excellent analytical skills
• Proficient skills in PC Microsoft Office Excel Access
• Fluency in English
• Autonomous in daily operations team worker and independent decision taker

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1