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Lead - Product Costing New Programs

ConfidentialBengaluru / Bangalore

30+ days ago

Job description

What youll do at Ather :

Lead New Program Costing and Budgeting Activities
Identify cost reduction / optimization opportunities across all cost drivers that add to the gross margin (part cost, assembly cost, logistics cost, packaging cost and so on)
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, Product , Finance) to integrate cost considerations into the product development lifecycle.
Perform detailed cost analysis on new designs, identifying key cost drivers while maintaining a Design to Cost approach and facilitate trade-off decisions to optimize product cost.
Assess and influence design decisions across teams to optimize the bill of materials (BOM) cost for new, redesigned, or conceptual parts and assemblies.
Develop and implement cost targets for new programs.
Prepare budgets for NPD program costs (Capex,Opex)
Monitor and track product costs throughout the development process and report on variances.
Apply first principles thinking in all cross-functional financial decisions and activities

Heres what we are looking for :

BE Mechanical / Electrical / Mechatronics with 10-15 years of experience in product companies and adept in agile way of working.

Good understanding of manufacturing processes like casting, machining, forging, injection moulding, sheet metal operations, fabrication, compression moulding, coating, welding etc

Basic understanding of electronics and electrical systems and their functions

Exposure to PCBA and wire harness manufacturing process and should costing is a plus

Well versed with product development process / lifecycle in a hardware company and involvement of commercial decision-making in every step

Adept at should costing / zero based costing - ability to prepare detailed costing for a part / assembly

BOM preparation and understanding of EBOM or MBOM

Ability to financially assess projects and activities in swim lanes (cross functions) and be the Finance vertical representative in swim lanes

Experience in zero based budgeting for NPD program costs (Capex,Opex)

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work in an agile environment.

Skills Required

Opex, Capex, Product Costing, Bom Preparation, MBOM

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