Principal Cost and Sustainability Engineer, Mechanical

Overview

The Principal Cost and Sustainability Engineer, Mechanical works on HARMAN profitability and growth goals with Procurement, Engineering and Suppliers using mechanical engineering, cost analysis and business intelligence capabilities, focusing on metal, plastic and speaker components.

What you'll do

• Analyze cost breakdowns from supplier quotes.
• Define new RFQ and sourcing cost targets with Engineering and Sourcing teams.
• Lead the HARMAN best-practice cost reference for HARMAN Automotive products to a component level.
• Review, improve and develop cost model inputs and logic for additional saving opportunities.
• Understand key cost drivers of gaps to should cost and provide intelligence on how to reach targets.
• Continuously improve cost transparency of the supply base.
• Seek and represent additional cost intelligence solutions to reach HARMAN’s targets.
• Lead technical relationships with suppliers to identify best-cost, design and process solutions through internal and supplier workshops.
• Develop suppliers’ cost performance during onsite visits.
• Drive cost-based negotiation events with should costing.
• Identify category strategy activities to meet should-cost targets, based on new supplier scouting, benchmarking and purchased-part relocation.
• Define category strategy plans, including roadmaps, and align with cross-functional teams.
• Represent supply-chain market overviews covering material, technology and economy.
• Lead Best Cost Design initiatives to improve HARMAN’s current design processes.
• Review and recommend design optimization opportunities.
• Define cost-saving measures within the category from technical and commercial opportunities.
• Optimize data management processes from a digitalization perspective.
• Continuously improve existing cost-model data management through automation, intelligence and quality.
• Benchmark the market and implement state-of-the-art data-management solutions.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Minimum 10 years’ work experience in cost engineering of electrical or mechanical components and systems.
• Minimum 10 years’ work experience in VA/VE of electrical or mechanical components and systems.
• Minimum 10 years’ work experience engineering automotive electrical or mechanical components.
• Minimum 10 years’ work experience in automotive procurement.
• Minimum 10 years’ work experience in advanced manufacturing engineering.
• Experience with factors impacting design for CO2e improvement.
• Experience with complex components, modules and assemblies.
• Proven technical leadership with demonstrated ability to lead and review the work of other cost engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical topics through structured solutions.
• Ability to influence others to drive alignment on proposed technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to break down component costs into constituent costs.
• Excellent presentation skills and demonstrated ability to effectively present complex technical topics.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, highly measured, results-focused environment.
• Proven team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who can effectively work with all levels of a global organization.
• Leading role and behavior in cross-functional teams to achieve financial and/or transformational targets.
• Fluency in English.

Details

• Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• Hybrid work environment with most office-based roles onsite three days a week.
• Willingness to work from the office.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%, including domestic and international travel.