Specialist Production Cost Management (m / f / d) - REF3415T

Job Description

• Define, standardize, and continuously optimize global structures, processes, tools, and methods in Strategic Cost Management across all Business Areas (BAs).
• Develop and implement an end-to-end Value & Cost Management approach from innovation phase to EOP, including methodology, templates, and system logic.
• Support the strategy development and roadmap planning of the Strategic Value Management (SVM) department.
• Monitor and analyze market and technology trends and derive recommendations to further enhance global cost management.
• Design and improve key costing and evaluation processes (e.g. quotation calculation, target definition, sourcing).
• Develop and harmonize a global evaluation and costing standard for production costs, including automated GAP analysis and tracking mechanisms.
• Develop and maintain a unified production cost / content library with relevant target KPIs for core technologies (e.g. SMD, Molding, Assembly) and generic products based on standardized evaluation approaches.
• Define basic calculation methodologies for production-related KPIs (e.g. cycle times, fixed costs, investment calculations) and for standard technologies.
• Establish a single source of truth for production-related base data with standardized parameters at plant level.
• Develop an operations catalogue for future product cost calculation to enable fast and reliable production concept planning.
• Support strategic and operational projects in Cost Targeting and Cost Reduction (Design-to-Cost, Cost Reduction Program, Re-DtC).
• Identify cost reduction potentials, derive cost targets, and support target achievement.
• Collaborate closely with Central Business Controlling, Target Costing, Purchasing and Operations to harmonize evaluation approaches.
• Conduct internal and external benchmarks and derive optimization measures; drive implementation across all BAs.
• Develop and execute a global footprint planning methodology in cooperation with BAs and Operations to optimize production setups.
• Lead international working groups, task forces, and interface projects over all hierarchical levels
• Ensure global governance regarding evaluation standards, production costs, and operational KPIs.
• Align evaluation approaches at top management level and coordinate global target KPIs with BA TC, BA Operations, and Central OPS.
• Develop and conduct global training programs and workshops on production and cost-related topics
• Create internal / external publications and training materials.
• Development, roll-out and support execution of global Lean Cost Audits and promote a challenger mindset to strengthen continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain tools for cost tracking and cost analysis in production environments.
• Performance-Review of production KPIs (availability, scrap, utilization, indirect structure, idle times) in close cooperation with central Operations and BA´s incl. target setting for future calculation basics.
• Ensure transparent and neutral target setting at project and plant level.
• Contribute to the development of global operations strategies to ensure long-term competitiveness.

Qualifications

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Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.

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