Mgr - Cost Management

Oshkosh Corporation•Appleton, WI

About The Position

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions. Manager - Cost Management R43694 The Mgr - Cost Management will lead a team of cost management professionals in developing target costs, identifying cost drivers, and realizing identified savings. The role will work side-by-side with engineers, sourcing and suppliers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with seven (7) or more years of experience within Engineering, Manufacturing, Cost Estimating, or a related field.
Experience with Computer Aided Cost Estimation (CACE) tools
Ability to travel 10%.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on mechanical aptitude
Supply chain or Engineering experience within the manufacturing industry.
Experience in cost-walks and negotiations.
Working knowledge of Cost Accounting.
Ability to read Engineering drawings and interpret GD&T.
Experience working with and visiting suppliers globally.

Responsibilities

Plan and prioritize workloads.
Work with suppliers, Global Procurement & Supply Chain (GPSC), Operations, Finance, and Engineering to identify cost-related opportunities.
Facilitate analysis of internal and external data to identify cost reduction opportunities.
Participate on councils to share project results, present ideas, and solicit feedback to help support individual or team project assignments.
Facilitate training on cost tools.
Lead estimating support for proposal development, current production cost reductions, and new product development design to cost initiatives.
Identify and build cost model drivers to assist in design and purchasing activities.
Analyze supplier quotations and identify cost drivers (materials, labor, overheads, tooling, logistics, profit margins).
Participate in cost negotiation process to influence cost reduction and cost avoidance.
Consult with and advise product development engineers on economic alternatives for their design and suggest trade-offs.
Interface directly with supplier engineers to develop mutually agreed upon should cost models to understand cost drivers for use in pricing negotiations and ongoing cost reduction activities.
Present ideas and solicit feedback to help support individual or team project assignments.