Cost Engineering Specialist
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Company Overview
Our EMEA Headquarters in Lummen plays a central role in managing a regional organization of over 47,000 employees and more than €3 billion in annual sales. From Lummen, we coordinate complex operations across EMEA and ensure that customers receive dependable support, responsiveness, and long‑term value.
About the Role
Cost Engineering Specialist – Join the YEMEA Headquarters in Lummen.
Responsibilities
- Perform manufacturing cost estimation and sales price proposals in accordance with calculation conditions defined by BU and OEM agreed Standard times.
- Calculate costing & pricing for engineering changes (ECRs), cost reduction proposals (VAVEs), new drawings and price walk releases.
- Update offer calculations according to commercial agreements (copper rate, component prices, productivities).
- Track Cost Control Module price follow‑ups and focus on profitability improvement by performing margin improvement on cost reduction or price increase opportunities.
- Track margin improvement progress/achievement.
- Defend prices to customers.
- Manage component prices (purchasing, sales price, gross margin).
- Follow up actions with Supply Management.
- Perform and promote continuous improvement activities, ensuring progress in speed, accuracy and efficiency of department outputs.
- Encourage error registration, follow the PDCA process and promote lessons learned within the team.
- Support activities management, coordinating and planning team workload vs. HC in accordance with department goals and CSC needs.
- Participate in quality management activities and internal audits when requested.
- Report claims received via non‑CRS channels to the Quality Department and its responsible person.
- Participate in customer claim investigation and treatment.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions and confirm B113its efficiency.
- Inform customers on how and where a claim should be filed and keep them informed about ongoing claims.
- Manage all claims according to their urgency and severity, treating customers with courtesy.
- Commit to the organization’s management, quality, and AS&S systems.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance or Engineering.
- Experience performing similar tasks in large multinational companies.
- Product and production process knowledge.
- Understanding of manufacturing process, supply chain, equipment needed, design processes, KSK concept, etc.
- Understanding key business drivers and using this understanding to accomplish own work.
- Ability to fully understand relevance of KPIs and proactively contribute to business profitability.
- Impact quality of own work and that of others on the team, working within guidelines and policies.
- Explain complex information to others in straightforward situations.
- Solve problems in straightforward situations, analyzing possible solutions using technical experience.
- Good spoken and written knowledge of English.
- Good know‑how in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.
Benefits
- 1 day remote working per week.
- 17.5 additional leave days (ADV days).
- Flexible working hours: start between 7:00 – 10:00, finish from 15:00 onward.
- Hospitalization insurance: employee contribution of €2.50 per month, with coverage available for the whole family.
- Cafeteria plan: tailor your benefits (bike lease, multimedia, and many more).
We are looking forward to receiving your application and getting to know you.