Strategic Pricing & Market Cost Analyst

GKN Aerospace; Garden Grove (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace is seeking a pricing professional to provide site-wide support for generating cost/price detail, ROMs, and what-if analyses using approved pricing tools and published rates. The role includes audit support, government compliance reviews, and validation of Basis of Estimates for pricing.

You will collaborate with Contracts, Capture/BD, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Legal to align strategy, schedule, and compliance, ensuring competitiveness and compliance across proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Finance Accounting or Engineering.
• 5–10 years of manufacturing environment work experience.
• Experience in proposal pricing, cost estimating, government contracting (FAR).
• Experience with project reporting, contract administration, cost analysis.

Responsibilities

• Prepare proposals for government and prime customers with detailed pricing models.
• Price Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), REAs, and modifications.
• Ensure adherence to FAR, DFARS, and TINA requirements.
• Support Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliance and disclosures.
• Coach contributors on BOE quality, data standards, and estimating best practices.
• Develop and maintain pricing volumes for competitive and sole-source proposals.
• Participate in customer negotiations as pricing lead with cost rationale and risk analysis.
• Support internal and external audits related to pricing and cost compliance.
• Partner with Contracts, Capture/BD, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Legal to align strategy and compliance.
• Evaluate gaps in competitiveness and propose concrete plans to improve offerings.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Independent judgment

Ability to work under tight timelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Engineering

Tools

Pricing tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

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Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

You will be responsible for providing site wide support for the generation of cost/price detail including proposals, Task Plans, ROM's, what-if exercises, etc. through utilization of GKN approved pricing tools and proper application of GKN GG’s published rates and factors. Provide audit support, analysis of cost information in support of customer and GKN management reviews, compliance reviews to ensure GKN is consistent with internal as well as Government regulations, review to ensure adequacy of supporting cost detail (i.e. Basis of Estimates) and required approval of pricing detail.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare proposals for government and prime contractor customers, including detailed pricing models and supporting documentation
• Price Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Requests for Equitable Adjustments (REAs), and modifications
• Ensure adherence to FAR, DFARS, other applicable government regulations, and solicitation instructions, including Truthful Cost or Pricing Data (TINA)
• Support compliance with Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and company Disclosure Statement
• Coach contributors on BOE quality, data standards, and estimating best practices
• Develop and maintain pricing volumes for competitive and sole-source proposals
• Participate in customer negotiations as pricing lead, providing cost rationale and risk analysis
• Support internal and external audits related to pricing and cost compliance
• Partner with Contracts, Capture/BD, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Legal to align strategy, schedule, and compliance
• Evaluate gaps in the competitiveness of our offerings and provide concrete plans to regain best in class offerings to not only close the gaps, but to set new market standards.
• Set strategic pricing for these offerings based on an evaluation of our competitiveness to drive maximum return on our investments.
• Maintain a comprehensive database that benchmarks the competitiveness of our product and service offerings against our current and potential future competitors.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Finance Accounting or Engineering
• 5 - 10 years of manufacturing environment work experience
• Knowledge in one or more of the following areas: proposal pricing, cost estimating, government contracting (FAR), project life cycles, and project milestones
• Experience in a project environment preparing technical proposals.
• Experience with project reporting, contract administration, cost/schedule planning, cost analysis and cost estimating.
• Knowledge of machining methods, production processes and techniques, materials, tools, drawing systems, technical manuals, (military)applicable regulations and the like.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Independent judgment and interpretation of the calculation outcomes and can clearly convey insights of the result and the relevant aspects within the quotation team and to other stakeholders.
• Can handle time constraints and working to tight timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Aerospace industry highly desirable
• Understanding and experience with complex technical and commercial proposal requests from customers (Aerospace OEMs) and able to translate them into manageable work packages.
• Experience running projects involving multi-disciplinary teams under challenging time constraints.
• Knowledge of MS office Suite.

Compensation Data

Salary Range: $117,946.00 - $147,946.00

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We arethe place where human dreams, plus humanendeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.

Nearest Major Market: Orange County
Nearest Secondary Market: Los Angeles