- Leveraging cross functional knowledge & collaboration for estimating optimum yet sustainable cost in real time.
- Contribute to competitiveness and profitability of Siemens products and solutions by challenging requirements and related costs.
- It is part of Proposal Team in Sales – Steam Turbine business.
Scope (Dimension) of job role:
- Supporting a range of Industrial Steam Turbines & Heat exchangers: for local & export market keeping the customer at core.
Objective & Responsibilities:
- Product cost estimation – Steam Turbine & Condenser out of Vadodara factory.
- Prepare & maintain logical database of cost elements across product range & against design variants/features.
- Benchmarking of cost inputs like raw material rates, process rates, machining rates/hours, assembly hours against design data.
- Preparing cost catalogues for standard variants and machines.
- Update about: cost positions to sales/proposal & cost optimization measures to sourcing/execution.
- Coordination with stakeholders like sales, proposal, procurement, engineering, order execution, manufacturing, R&D & global network.
- Helping sales to choose & offer right product as well as facilitate cognitive inputs to use in their sales pitch e.g. distinctive features, major cost contributors, etc.
- Strategic support to sourcing decisions.
Essential skills:
- Understanding & basic knowledge of manufacturing processes like casting, forging, rolling, fabrication, machining, coating, packing etc.
- Interpret engineering drawings and Bill of Materials.
- Good communication skills coupled with Strategic orientation & Data Analytics.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel.
- Agile, Team player, quick learner & result oriented.
Desirable skills:
- Understanding of SAP.
- Having growth mindset.
- Collaborator & proactive.
Qualification & Experience:
- Educational Qualification: B.E. in Mechanical Engineering / Production.
- 4-8 years of experience in manufacturing industry.
- Experience in – Product Costing / Engineering / Proposals / Order management / Procurement will be preferred.
- Experience in turbo machinery will be preferred.