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From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.\nYour future role\nTake on a new challenge and apply your costing expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and innovative teammates.\nYou'll play a key role in the development of new interiors components and sub-assemblies, ensuring cost optimization and value creation throughout the development cycle. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (designers, procurement, project managers), evaluate supplier proposals, and drive cost-effective solutions through design-to-cost (DTC) activities, and much more.\nYou’ll specifically take care of analyzing costs during tender and project phases, but also contribute to transversal activities such as database creation and cost mindset development within the team.\nWe’ll look to you for:\nPerforming costing to assess impacts on products and improve cost maturity\n\nAnalyzing supplier offers and identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities\n\nParticipating in design reviews and proposing cost optimization strategies\n\nBuilding supplier cost breakdowns and conducting costing simulations\n\nNegotiate supplier proposals together with sourcing/procurement colleagues to optimize overall value\n\nEvaluating cost impacts of modifications and focusing on cost optimization workshops\n\nUse cost breakdown databases for train interiors\n\nContributing to the development of a cost-focused mindset with peers\n\nAll about you\nWe value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:\nEngineering or other related degree combinced with relevant experience\n\n2 to 5 years of pertinent experience.\n\nExcellent Excel skills (Pivot tables, VBA)\n\nFamiliar with CATIA V5\n\nKnowledge of manufacturing processes desirable\n\nProject and risk management knowledge\n\nCosting knowledge (estimation, cost breakdowns, financial analysis, should cost)\n\nFluent in English; French (considered an asset)\n\nStrong analytical skills, organized, rigorous, and proactive\n\nInfluences change management on product and processes \nAbility to facilitate multi-functional teams and effectively challenge others\n\nStrong communicator\nThings you’ll enjoy\nJoin us on a life-long transformative journey - the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. 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