Junior Design to Cost Project Manager / Graduate and Early Career Starter (hybrid)

Franke; Säckingen; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join a forward-thinking company as a part of their Graduate and Early Career Program, where you'll engage in impactful projects from day one. This role focuses on cost optimization through analysis and collaboration with various teams, providing you with the opportunity to influence stakeholders and develop your professional skills. With access to extensive training and mentorship, you'll grow in a dynamic environment, tackling challenges that shape the future of the industry. If you're eager to learn and ready to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Leistungen

Access to FRANKE ACADEMY for training

Individual coaching

Mentoring from senior leaders

Shadowing opportunities

Support from GEC community

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in Electronic, Industrial, Mechanical, or Management Engineering preferred.
• Maximum 2 years of experience in cost analysis or procurement.

Aufgaben

• Generate and implement cost reduction activities, monitoring their effectiveness.
• Organize workshops with cross-functional teams for idea generation.

Kenntnisse

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Goal-Oriented Mindset

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Engineering or Economics

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP

SharePoint

Jobbeschreibung

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

About the job

You will support cost optimization activities through cost engineering analysis, supplier scouting, and cost reduction project management, including benchmarking activities and statistical analysis. You will belong to our global centralized Procurement team and collaborate with R&D, Operations, and Quality teams to develop efficient and scalable solutions. You will report to the Design to Cost Project Manager, located in Fabriano, Italy.

The ideal candidate must be proactive, goal-oriented, and have a proven track record that reflects a structured mindset. You should be adaptable, able to engage with stakeholders at all levels, and comfortable shifting between deep technical discussions and commercial conversations.

You will be part of our Graduate and Early Career Program (GEC) of 18 months, which enables you to:

• Deliver meaningful projects with impact on our local and global business – from the very beginning.
• Own responsibilities and challenging projects for you to accelerate your professional development and personal growth.
• Enjoy the opportunity to influence stakeholders, bringing strategic thinking and creativity into play to challenge the status quo, with exposure to senior leadership.
• Take on more responsibility after successful completion of the program, either in your current team, or in a different function/division/location based on your performance and available opportunities.

Your tasks

• Generate cost reduction activities and oversee their implementation, monitoring their effectiveness and financial impact.
• Organize cost reduction workshops with cross-functional teams, contributing to idea generation and business case development.
• Support cost analysis of components and products, identifying optimization opportunities in materials, manufacturing processes, redesign, standardization, integration, and industrialization.
• Collaborate with the Procurement team to negotiate with suppliers and assess more efficient alternatives.
• Analyze cost data using tools such as Power BI, Excel, and SharePoint, creating reports and dashboards to monitor savings KPIs.
• Support the identification of new technologies to optimize the supply chain.
• Contribute to the digitalization of processes and the standardization of governance for D2C projects.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Electronic (considered a plus), Industrial, Mechanical, or Management Engineering, or Economics.
• Maximum 2 years of experience in cost analysis, procurement, supply chain, or manufacturing (preferred).
• Languages: Fluent in English, both written and verbal; Italian (considered a plus).
• Strong knowledge of Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas) and Power BI.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Basic knowledge of SAP.
• Basic knowledge of cost engineering and cost reduction methodologies.
• Goal-oriented mindset and ability to interact with various stakeholders.
• Demonstrate genuine interest in our business and eagerness to discover and learn about different functions and roles within Franke.
• Possess strong interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Team player and agile learner.
• Willingness to push yourself out of your comfort zone.
• Openness to travel to various Franke locations.

What we offer you

• A set of challenging projects to lead with continuous exposure to senior leaders.
• Access to the FRANKE ACADEMY with a broad range of trainings to improve technical as well as soft skills and general knowledge of the company and products.
• Individual coaching from our coaching partner.
• Individual mentoring from a senior leader.
• Shadowing a senior leader.
• Support from a growing international GEC community.