Design to Value (DTV)/Cost Engineering Consultant

Outsized; Maharashtra; Vor Ort; INR 1.800.000 - 2.500.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Outsized is seeking a seasoned Cost Engineer to lead Design to Value initiatives across consumer durables. The role focuses on teardowns, BOM costing, and should-cost modelling to drive margins while preserving quality and compliance.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in product design or cost engineering in consumer appliances, with strong Excel modelling skills and hands-on experience in manufacturing or R&D settings. On-site in Mumbai with plant visits.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical, electrical or electronics engineering required.
• 5–8 years in product design, R&D, VAVE or cost engineering in consumer durables.
• Experience with fans, water heaters, lighting, appliances preferred.
• Strong Excel-based cost modelling and BOM costing.

Aufgaben

• Conduct product teardowns and develop BOMs and cost benchmarks.
• Build should-cost models for motors, blades, castings, PCBs, LED drivers, packaging.
• Identify DTV opportunities via material substitution and packaging optimization.
• Collaborate with R&D, quality, sourcing to assess feasibility and regulatory requirements.
• Support supplier discussions, prototypes, manufacturing trials, track savings.
• Work hands-on with plant teams and R&D labs, maintain cost models and tracker.

Kenntnisse

BOM costing

Cost modelling

Teardowns

Cross-functional collaboration

Plant/workshop experience

Ausbildung

Mechanical/Electrical Eng

Jobbeschreibung

A leading global consulting firm is supporting a consumer electricals manufacturer on a margin improvement programme spanning direct materials, manufacturing and indirect costs. The client manufactures and sources fans, water heaters, lighting and other household appliances, working with both in-house facilities and contract manufacturers.

As part of the Design to Value (DTV) workstream, the consultant will identify and implement product-level cost optimisation opportunities across priority SKUs. Working closely with R&D, quality, sourcing and manufacturing teams, the consultant will translate teardown insights and cost benchmarks into practical engineering changes that improve margins without compromising product performance, quality or regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct product teardowns of client and competitor SKUs alongside the teardown partner, developing component-level Bills of Materials (BOMs), specifications and cost benchmarks.
• Build should-cost models for key components, including motors, blades, castings, sheet metal, PCBs, LED drivers, moulded plastics and packaging.
• Identify and evaluate DTV opportunities through material substitution, specification rationalisation, component and platform standardisation, and packaging optimisation.
• Collaborate with R&D, quality and sourcing teams to assess feasibility and ensure proposed changes meet BEE, BIS and product reliability requirements.
• Support supplier discussions, prototype samples and manufacturing trials, tracking initiatives from validation and sign-off through implementation.
• Work hands-on with plant teams and R&D labs, maintaining cost models and tracking realised savings through the programme value tracker.

Your Background

• Experience: 5–8 years in product design, R&D, value engineering (VAVE) or cost engineering within consumer durables, FMEG or appliance OEM/ODM environments.
• Industry exposure: Hands-on experience with fans, water heaters, lighting, kitchen appliances, air coolers or related consumer electrical products; experience with leading consumer durables companies is preferred.
• Technical expertise: Practical knowledge of motors, sheet metal fabrication, die-casting, injection moulding and power electronics, including LED drivers and BLDC controllers.
• Core skills: Demonstrated experience in product teardowns, BOM costing, should-cost modelling and identifying product cost reduction opportunities.
• Implementation experience: A track record of taking DTV/VAVE initiatives beyond ideation through validation and implementation.
• Tools and qualifications: Strong Excel-based cost modelling skills, with the ability to read engineering drawings preferred. A bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical, electrical or electronics engineering is required.
• Working style: Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally and working hands-on in manufacturing plants and R&D environments.

Other Info

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, with visits to nearby client manufacturing plants as required

Work arrangement: On-site and hands-on, with regular plant and R&D lab visits