Branch Costing Manager

EUROSTYLE SYSTEMS; Palluau-sur-Indre; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurostyle Systems is seeking a seasoned Costing Manager to lead all costing activities for customers from RFQ through production. You will define and implement the branch costing strategy, allocate project budgets, and guide a ~25-person team spread across multiple sites.

Strong leadership and international collaboration are essential, with English fluency required. You will drive cost optimization, support strategic decisions, and coordinate with management to ensure cost efficiency across the

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Corporate Strategy and Finance.
• 7+ years of experience in costing management within the automotive industry.
• Excellent knowledge of costing methods and automotive market trends.
• Fluent level of English.

Responsibilities

• Lead all costing activities for all customers from RFQ to production life cycle.
• Contribute to the definition of the branch costing strategy and ensure its operational implementation.
• Manage budget allocation for projects the company is appointed to.
• Lead and develop teams (approx. 25 people) dedicated to defining technical and economic solutions for customers.
• Distribute customer accounts and workload among teams; define costing operations and procedures.
• Propose cost/quality/time trade-offs and environmental considerations.
• Provide management with visibility on load/capacity of technical centers.
• Participate in Technical Center budgeting and coordination meetings.

Skills

Costing management

Leadership

Negotiation

Budgeting

Team management

Strategic thinking

Education

Master's degree in Corporate Strategy and Finance

Job description

OUR SITE

Our 4 technical centers in France, Romania, Germany, and Slovakia employ 300 people dedicated to research, development, and testings for all units in the plastics and leather division and host support functions for the Branch. As the historical Technical Center of the Group, the Châteauroux site brings together 180 employees and plays a central role in the management and coordination of activities. A hub of technical expertise, it also hosts several support functions serving the entire Branch.

ACTIVITIES

Within a Technical Center and reporting directly to the Technical Director, you lead all costing activities for all customers, from the acquisition phase to the production life phase. You contribute to the definition of the branch costing strategy, ensure its operational implementation, and manage budget allocation for projects on which the company is appointed.

In detail, you are responsible for :

• Managing teams dedicated to costing activities (recruitment, support, skills development, communication, setting goals…)
• Analyzing potential risks (innovation, charge, economic, technical, operational, etc.) in the context of new business
• Formulating technical and economic hypotheses/proposals based on the industrial model
• Distributing customer accounts and workload among teams
• Defining costing operations and procedures
• Managing the costing activity (prioritize, identify opportunities and inconsistencies within the RFQ framework)
• Developing competitive strategies for calls for tender
• Making the necessary trade-offs in terms of cost control and technologies to be mobilized
• Explaining the construction of costings to internal and external customers
• Proposing alternative solutions to improve the quality/cost/time ratio, taking environmental impact into account
• Capitalizing on experience feedback (lesson learn) from departments involved in projects and production
• Providing management and the various departments with visibility on the load/capacity potential of the technical centers
• Leading coordination meetings during the business acquisition phase
• Supporting management and department heads in making organizational decisions (cost impact, resource allocation, etc.)
• Participating in Technical Center budgeting

To achieve your mission, you will manage teams (approximately 25 people) dedicated to defining technical and economic solutions for customers, located. As a manager, you will lead and develop these teams through various processes in the branch (recruitment, skills development, communication, annual appraisal, setting objectives…). Regular travel to our clients and our sites (plants and technical centers) is required.

PROFILE

Holding a master’s degree in Corporate Strategy and Finance, you have at least 7 years of experience in costing management within the automotive industry. You have an excellent knowledge of costing methods and automotive market trends.

Your ability to develop and apply a technical and sales strategy and to negotiate is essential to your frontline managerial role in our technical centers. Your proven leadership enables you to mobilize teams in a demanding and challenging environment.

Your proactive approach, adaptability, and decision-making skills are additional assets that will contribute to your success in this role.

Given the international scope of this position, a fluent level of English is required.