COST ESTIMATOR

MISSION

- Develop accurate, data-driven cost assessments that strengthen sourcing decisions, improve negotiation leverage, and ensure competitive total cost of ownership for the organization. This position serves as a technical and financial bridge between suppliers, engineering, program teams and commodity buyers

- Create and implement benchmark strategies for the region

- Develop in depth knowledge of their commodity’s market and cost structure

- Negotiate & establish long-term contracts with suppliers

- Support Sales and project teams to have most cost-effective solutions to gain business

- Deliver yearly objectives within given timeline

- Support Cross functional teams (Supply chain, Program buyer, Supplier quality, Project, finance)

- Strength our savings tracking database using existing and new tools

- Improve and promote the use of the cost estimation tool

RESPONSABILITIES

Build and Maintain Robust Cost Models

- Develop, validate, and continuously update cost models for purchased components — including materials, process parameters, cycle times, labor, overheads, and SG&A; — to ensure transparent and fact-based cost structures.

Analyze Supplier Cost Breakdowns

- Evaluate supplier cost breakdowns to confirm alignment with market benchmarks, identify discrepancies, and detect opportunities for cost improvement or risk exposure.

- Ensure that contractual conditions and group procedures are well applied and respected by suppliers as well by project teams

- Support group objectives in terms of savings and cash flow improvement

Support Negotiations With Fact-Based Insights

- Provide commodity buyers with precise cost-gap analyses and “should-cost” references to strengthen negotiation strategies, enable cost avoidance, and secure savings

- Collaboration with other BG’s





Supplier management

- Performance and scorecard follow up with suppliers (including action plan management)

- Supplier requests for change management

- Support project buyers to obtain best economic conditions

- Problem solving and looking for alternative solutions

- Supplier Sustainibility tracking

Conduct Supplier Capability & Process Assessments :

- Participate in supplier on-site evaluations with engineering and quality teams to validate assumptions related to process flow, cycle time, labor utilization, and manufacturing feasibility

- Identify cost‑reduction opportunities (VAVE, material alternatives, process optimizations, localization opportunities) and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement them.

Financial Management

- Deliver financial objectives given (Savings, Payment terms, capex amortization)

- Negotiate supplier claims and better financial terms for OPmobiity

PROFILE

Personal Background

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Purchasing, or any related Engineering field.

- +3 years’ experience in a similar position in the automotive sector or electronic & electrical components.

- English proficiency mandatory

Job Technical skill

- Having adaptability on multicultural and cross-departmental relations and team spirits

- Strong negotiator

- Strong organizational skills and prioritize tasks to meet department objectives with timely manner

- Good Understanding of financial KPIs

- Understand products development (project/program) process

- Application of Quality Standards: respect internal processes & controlled documents

- Knowledge and respect of internal deliverables for his/her function and customer specific requirements

- Understand of his activity impact on quality (components & services), and understand the risks linked to non-conformity of PO delivered components

📌 Senior Cost Estimator (León)
🏢 Opmobility
📍 León