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Cost Engineer
General Motors
Warren, Michigan, United States of America; GM Global Technical Center - Cole Engineering Center Tower
Source: General Motors careers · View original posting
- Employment
- full time
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Job Description
DUTIES: Develop, grow, and continuously improve cost knowledge and cost modeling tools to enable confident and consistent ground up should cost estimating of materials, vendor tooling and ED&D for assigned components and sub-systems. Understand the range of GM and competitor design solutions for assigned components to understand options and cost implications.Leverage expertise of manufacturing processes, cost knowledge, and cost model tools to develop timely estimates and compelling cost insights to support new vehicle program teams
in developing business cases, establishing targeted costs, and improving profitability. Evaluate supplier quotes vs. estimated costs (sourcings, engineering changes, etc.), to extract pertinentinsights on gaps and support Purchasing to drive data driven negotiations with suppliers to close gaps and achieve best costs. Identify, advocate, and support pursuit of savings opportunities both designing out cost/VAVE and addressing commercial gaps (current and future business).