Manager, Cost Engineering/DTV

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Job Function

• Procurement
• Strategic Sourcing
• People Leader

Job Locations

• Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium
• Dublin, Ireland
• Latina, Italy
• Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Job Description

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We are searching for the best talent for a Manager, Cost Engineering/DTV to join our Team This is an onsite/hybrid role.

Position Overview

The Manager, Procurement Cost Engineering/Design to Value (DTV), leads a team of engineers responsible for developing robust cost-engineering benchmarks, delivering detailed supplier price and cost analytics, and enabling fact-based negotiation strategies across Supply Chain Procurement. The role focuses on precision plastics, including drug-delivery systems and single-use technologies, and/or packaging.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Supply Chain Procurement leadership to build, prioritize, and maintain the cost-modeling pipeline, ensuring alignment with business needs and category strategies.
• Leading a team of engineers (internal and/or contract) to on-board, train, manage priorities, and ensure continuous alignment to standard methods.
• Collaborate with technical partners, including MSAT and PES, to obtain the material and process specifications required for should-cost modeling.
• Translate these inputs into clear requirements for cost-modeling engineers, then review and present completed cost-model reports to Supply Chain category and technical teams.
• Develop cost-gap analyses comparing should-cost models with supplier cost transparency to identify negotiation opportunities and prioritize continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Supporting Supplier Relationship Managers through ad hoc analysis of price increase requests and contract terms.
• Support market-engagement events by designing supplier questionnaires and cost-transparency templates and by conducting detailed bid analyses to inform sourcing decisions.
• Develop and refine material and product cost structures to support market-movement forecasting, budgeting, and supply-disruption analysis.
• Equip Procurement category teams with fact-based negotiation strategies, cost insights, and supporting analysis for supplier discussions.
• Build cost-engineering capability across Supply Chain Procurement and business partners by delivering training on should-cost principles, supplier cost transparency, supplier financial analysis, and related negotiation applications.
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.

Qualifications Required

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in engineering, manufacturing, procurement, cost engineering, or a related technical field is required, including demonstrated experience leading technical teams or complex cross-functional programs.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological sciences, or a related technical discipline is required; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Extensive and varied experience in manufacturing precision plastics and/or packaging, preferably in a pharmaceutical or medical device environment: Detailed understanding of manufacturing process flows, cycle times, and yields.
• Experience specifying, purchasing, validating/commissioning, and supporting manufacturing equipment and process lines.
• Knowledge of clean room operations.
• Knowledge of utility systems in support of manufacturing.
• Experience with material types such as precision plastics; elastomers; laminates; glass; and polymer-, foil