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

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