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Description

Summary: Seeking a process-oriented leader with strong analytical skills and business acumen to lead a diverse team in cost estimating, focusing on welded and final assembly processes for future programs. Highlights: 1. Lead a skilled diverse team in cost estimating 2. Evaluate design for cost coaching and efficient manufacturing 3. High integrity, leadership behavior, and ownership critical **Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree (preferred in Science, Engineering, or business) with significant manufacturing experience in Welded Assemblies and Final Assembly processes * Prior cost estimating experience and physical based costing is required * Ability to lead a skilled diverse team, be flexible, support customers’ requests for engineering packages costing on all future programs * Ability to evaluate design and provide cost coaching related to best practices and most efficient manufacturing process * Ability to evaluate supplier quotes compared to Cost Estimating and provide your view by leading discussions and defending positions * High integrity, leadership behavior, take initiatives and ownership are critical * Process oriented leader with analytical skills and a high degree of business acumen. A bility to understand complex problems and designs, translate design BoM into manufacturing point of view for best\-in\-class approach operational and strategic business issues. * Ability to construct and analyze manufacturing costs of components by reviewing drawings, engineering specifications, and functional requirements. * Demonstrate a proven understanding of business concepts as well as quantitative and critical thinking skills. * Ability to assess cost benefit analysis of different supplier manufacturing methods. * Ability to maintain data integrity and accuracy and use data to identify and solve problems * Ability to lead a group of technical estimators and create transformative approach to developing the team * Working Knowledge of commodities which requires an extensive understanding of manufacturing cost structure and supply base capability, prefer stamping and welded assemblies' commodities * Support forward and current model programs and participate in negotiations with To4 and suppliers * Support teardowns, benchmark standard methodologies, and identify material cost reduction opportunities * Strong leadership * Ability to work on multiple projects and programs * Leader with integrity, ownership, pro\-active, solution\-oriented leader * Leader that is willing to present facts and analysis even when not supported by others * Skills in putting presentations and ability to communicate in effective manner * Experience in costing and manufacturing processes\- preferred Stamping and Welding assemblies * Ability to understand complex design and develop manufacturing value for the design at hand * Lead group of technical estimators to drive lower costs and improved quality of estimates * Participate in management reviews and present cost estimating perspective supported by data and analysis * Develop team's skills and work developing talent gap and roadmaps to improve the team * Visit suppliers to benchmark manufacturing processes and improve quality of estimates