Associate Manager - IReC Costing

faurecia S.A.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Faurecia S.A. is seeking an Associate Manager for Internal Costing in Pune, India. The role focuses on technical and economic valuation of automotive interior components, including instrument panels and door panels. Responsibilities include supporting RFQ analyses, validating feasibility, and communicating costing results across functions.

The ideal candidate must possess a Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, with a minimum of 6-12 years in industry, and demonstrate strong analytical and communication skills. Proficiency in English and ideally German is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-12 years in an industrial environment including a first technical experience.
• Technical products oriented.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for technical and economic valuation of automotive interior concepts.
• Support analysis of RFQs and calculation requests.
• Validation of technical and economic feasibility.

Skills

Technical communication

Analytical skills

Synthesis skills

Automotive production knowledge

Fluent in English

German language proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Engineering or Diploma, specialization in Automotive Production

Job description

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

The Associate Manager for Internal Costing within GCOE is responsible for technical and economic valuation of concepts and engineering changes of automotive interior, especially instrument panels, door panels, and center consoles, including latest technologies and materials.

• The IReC Associate Manager is responsible for settling all the work packages of the function according to the current version of the program management system (PMS). Among the tasks mentioned in PMS, the Cost Analyst has the following main tasks and responsibilities:
  • Support analysis of RFQs and calculation requests
  • Reading and interpretation of engineering drawings
  • Validation of technical and economic feasibility
  • Analyzing of industrial flowchart proposed by Industrial Strategy in consideration of PMS
  • Preparation of industrial flowcharts followed by validation with Industrial Strategy
  • Valuation of production costs for manufacturing based on production volume and assembly following Faurecia Interior Systems principles.
  • Elaboration of costing files for determination of cost and support to Sales department
  • Support the elaboration of pricing files in the relevant OEM template
  • Verification of offers / purchase prices for Bought out Parts (BoP), their valuation of manufacturing and assembly for determination of Target Cost
  • Integration of asset investment, logistic and tooling costs in the costing file
  • Communication of costing results to interface functions (Controlling, Program Manager, Purchasing, Sales)
  • Valuation of ECR (Engineering Change Requests) and integration in costing files
  • Regular actualisation of costing files
  • Tracking and illustration of costing results development
  • Elaboration of cost comparisons for preparation of Make or Buy decisions
  • Conditioning of costing results for management presentations
  • Respect the delivery and Quality commitments for the output of work packages
  • Foster & develop a strong network with the CBUs across the Globe to improve collaboration and communication
• Other responsibilities:
  • Coordinate and challenge the assumptions of all relevant and necessary experts and interface functions to define the piece costs
  • Collaborate with Tool Cost Analysts, and Faurecia Reference Cost Analysts
  • Benchmarking of competitor products
  • Product knowledge for Interior parts like Instrument panel, Door panel & Center console assembly.
  • Valuation of alternative production processes and providing recommendation
  • Maintenance of existing databases
  • Support development of costing basic principles and software tools
  • Support program manager and sales department for preparing customer negotiations
  • Support purchasing department for preparing supplier negotiations
  • Regular data collection of process parameters within the plants serial manufacturing

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Engineering or Diploma, with a specialization in Automotive Production
• Minimum 6-12 years in an industrial environment including a first technical experience (production, manufacturing engineering,…)
• Technical products oriented
• Demonstrated strong communication, analytical and synthesis skills
• Fluent in 2 languages including English
• German language proficiency preferred