Product Cost Engineer (m/f/d).

Req ID Ponte de Lima, Portugal We are looking for a new colleague to strengthen our Cost Engineering Team in Ponte de Lima, Portugal Main accountabilities, responsabilities and deliverables: Lead, coordinate Target Costing and Target Cost Achievement for mandated projects; Support Sales with Cost Disclosure incl. Cost Breakdowns in front of the ZF customers; Proactive responsible for Design-to-Cost-, Cost-Down-Initiatives (e.g. workshop moderation), and commercial evaluation of technical concepts/designs; Provide Cost transparency on Product level, monitoring, reporting, and forecasting for Design-to-Cost/Target Cost Achievements; Support Benchmarking and tear down workshops with commercial evaluations; Create, check, and provide Product (and component) Cost calculations on Best Practice level; First contact person for consulting support, and interface/sparring partner for internal stakeholders (Sales, Finance, Operations, Purchasing & Engineering); Develop best practice procedures, and creation of knowledge data base. Required skills and experience / main competences: Degree in Manufacturing/Engineering/MBA/Business Engineering/Industrial Engineering (Bachelor, Master, Diploma); 3 years plus of experience in similar roles; Distinct cost awareness and good knowledge of a variety of manufacturing processes and components; Project Management experience with a holistic process understanding and a structured way of working; Strong communicator, flexible, self-motivated and with an ability to work collaboratively with others on own initiatives; Fluent in Portuguese and English. Additional languages preferred. Why you should join ZF LIFETEC You will work in a varied, innovative work environment, in an International team; Full of challenges and high-level professional activities; Competitive compensation and benefits; Continuous learning opportunities; Discounts for employees with several partners; Flexible working hours.