Responsibilities & Key Deliverables
Lead end-to-end Product Cost Management for BIW, Seats, GSM and Hydraulics commodities, ensuring achievement of business case targets, cost competitiveness and value optimization across all vehicle programs. Drive should-costing, value engineering, benchmarking and digitization initiatives while partnering with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing and Suppliers to deliver sustainable cost advantages.
Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
1. Product Cost Management & Business Case Delivery
- Drive achievement of material cost targets for all AD, FD, EV & LMM programs within < 1% deviation from Business Case
- Own Business Case preparation, validation, and convergence with CFT teams
- Ensure timely SBC (Should Be Cost) and ROCM closure at all project stages
- Provide cost visibility, risk assessment, and mitigation for ongoing projects
2. Commodity Ownership – BIW
o BIW Structures, Body Panels, Closures and Assemblies
o Seat Frames, Mechanisms, Foam, Trims and Complete Seating Systems
o GSM Components including Fabricated Parts, Structural Assemblies and Sheet Metal Components
o Hydraulic Pumps, Valves, Cylinders, Hoses and Hydraulic Assemblies
- Develop robust process-based cost models for all commodities.
- Drive Design-to-Cost initiatives by influencing engineering and sourcing decisions.
- Establish commodity-wise cost standards and technical cost drivers.
3. Cost Optimization & Value Engineering
- Identify and deliver cost reduction / avoidance opportunities across lifecycle (target multi-crore savings)
- Drive benchmarking (internal & external) and cost convergence initiatives
- Develop and maintain commodity cost repositories and knowledge databases.
- Support localization and alternate sourcing initiatives to enhance competitiveness.
- Deliver annual savings targets through value engineering and supplier collaboration
4. Cross Functional Leadership
- Collaborate with PD, CDMM, SSU, Logistics, Finance and suppliers for first-time-right costing
- Act as the single-point owner for BIW, Seats, GSM and Hydraulics commodities across vehicle platforms.
- Support sourcing negotiations through analytical costing and fact-based commercial inputs.
- Drive alignment between program targets, sourcing strategy and product engineering requirements
5. Digitization & Capability Building
- Lead digitization initiatives including cost modelling tools, analytics, automation and AI-based costing solutions.
- Develop standard costing methodologies, guidelines and governance frameworks.
- Build commodity cost databases and benchmark repositories.
- Improve team capability through knowledge sharing, standardization and mentoring.
- Drive adoption of digital PCM tools across teams.
6. New Technology & Future Readiness
- Evaluate and enable costing for lightweight BIW solutions, advanced seat technologies, automated fabrication processes and electro-hydraulic systems.
- Benchmark emerging technologies and manufacturing innovations to support future programs.
- Support innovation at the right cost aligned with CPO and Business Case expectations.
- Build future-ready commodity costing capability to support EV and next-generation vehicle platforms.
Preferred Industries
Automobile
Farm Sector
Education Qualification
Bachelor of Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical; Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile; Bachelor of Engineering in Production
General Experience
10 to 14 yrs experience years in Sourcing / CDMM /Product Development / Manufacturing
Critical Experience
Minimum 12+ Years of Experience in Sourcing / CDMM /Product Development / Manufacturing.industry intelligence in own domain and keep up with the technology trends.Knowledge of Cost Reduction and Cost Improvements.Knowledge of Most techniques,Component Cost Benchmarking, VAVE, Target Costing / Business perspective
System Generated Core Skills
Analytical Thinking
Customer Satisfaction
Service Orientation
Customer Sensitivity
Project Planning & Execution
Risk Analysis
Conflict Management
Developing Business Case
Cost Management
Quality Control
Benchmarking
Product Cost Analysis
Material Costing
Continuous Process Improvement
Performance Analysis
Compliance Management
Sourcing
Industry Intelligence
Trend Analysis
Cost Reduction Management
Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VA/VE)
Target Costing
System Generated Secondary Skills
Influencing Skills
Project Management
Relationship Management
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Vendor Management
Job Segment: Hydraulics, Fabrication, Engineer, Engineering, Manufacturing
