Senior Manager, Design-to-Cost

Dyson; Singapore; On-site; SGD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transport allowance

Medical care & insurance

Job summary

Dyson in Singapore is seeking a Senior Manager and Team Leader for Cost Engineering to collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Finance to ensure cost competitiveness and drive Design-to-Cost initiatives.

You will lead teardowns, establish Cost & Value Engineering methods, plan resources, and guide negotiations to optimize Should Cost analyses and manufacturing processes across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required.
• Team leadership experience required.
• Proven cost engineering expertise required.
• Understanding cost structures of purchased and in-house parts desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enable the Singapore team to drive teardowns and Design-to-Cost activities.
• Establish and govern Cost & Value Engineering methods and processes.
• Plan and allocate resources for teardowns/benchmarks.
• Plan, prepare, and lead Design-to-Cost workshops.
• Guide Should-Cost analyses and negotiations.
• Manage Cost Engineering processes and methods including digitalization.
• Support strategic and operative planning for Cost Management.

Skills

Team leadership

Cost Engineering expertise

Manufacturing technologies knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

About Us

Dyson's cross functional Cost Management team is responsible for cost reductions throughout the entire product lifecycle. With our holistic cost management, we safeguard full cost transparency to make the right decisions. A fact-based approach helps us to identify saving opportunities and drive their implementation. For existing and for future Dyson products.

The team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager and Team Leader for our Cost Engineering team in Singapore to work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Finance teams to ensure our cost competitiveness. As the Senior Manager Cost Engineering within Group Finance team, you will have a significant contribution to the profitability of our inventions and innovations. Your work will have a direct impact on our product cost, our product designs, and our manufacturing processes.

About The Role

• Lead and enable our team in Singapore to drive competitor teardowns and Design-to-Cost activities.
• Establish and govern state of the art Cost & Value Engineering methods and processes.
• Plan and assign resources for competitor teardown/benchmarks.
• Plan, prepare, and lead Design-to-Cost workshops.
• Lead and guide the Design-to-Cost team to support Should Cost analyses and negotiations.
• Manage Cost Engineering processes and methods including digitalization.
• Support strategic and operative planning for Cost Management.

About you

• A degree in Engineering with experiences in process and part optimization (electronics and/or mechanics).
• Team leadership experiences.
• In-depth knowledge and proven track record in Cost Engineering.
• In-depth knowledge on manufacturing technologies – understanding of cost structure and margin structure of purchased and in-house manufactured parts.

Benefits

Dyson monitors the market to ensure competitive salaries and bonuses. Beyond that, you'll enjoy a transport allowance and comprehensive medical care and insurance. But financial benefits are just the start of a Dyson career. Professional growth, leadership development and new opportunities abound, driven by regular reviews and dynamic workshops. And with a vibrant culture, the latest devices and a relaxed dress code reflecting our engineering spirit, it's an exciting team environment geared to fuelling and realising ambition.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don't think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.