Introduction:

Are you an engineer with broad interest and technical knowledge, who wants to work and challenge highly technical skilled teams and bring insight in cost structures of our products, than Value Engineering might be something for you.

Mission:

The Value Engineering competence provides a structured approach to increase VDB&M Experts’s profitability by improving the Value of our products for our customers and reducing its integral Costs.

The Cost team specifies the total cost of ownership of our machines and creates awareness of the value- and cost drivers in cooperation with the sectors within our organization. This will allow us to steer on margin optimization instead of cost reduction only.

Description:

The Value Engineer will operate from the Value Management team and be present in projects and programs that require an extra focus on cost because of impact or risk. The Value Engineerwill work with product development teams to determine the value- and cost drivers and from there finds improvements to the modules ofthese costs towards the targets. The Value Engineer should act as partner in the Development teams (D&E) / Functional clusters and create an increased cost awareness, sense of urgency and facilitate to drive costs down.

Main Responsibilities:

• Deep dives in technical topics, which results in Cost down opportunities
• Support the D&E functional clusters to manage value/cost in their development roadmap
• Supporting D&E, sourcing and Business Lines in the application of value and cost optimization methods:
  • during the product design phase / during other phases of the product lifecycle
  • in cross-functional workshops including suppliers
• Leading Value Engineering activities for selected key projects until business case approval
• Initiation of Value Engineering workshops and activities, identification of Value – Cost optimization opportunities in cross-functional collaboration with project teams, technical experts, procurement and suppliers via training on Value Engineering methodologies
• Maintain network with internal and external partners
• Support the product cost roadmap together with the Cost Architect

• Master or Bachelor+ in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering or similar.
• Minimum ⚠ years’ experience in Product architecture , Product design or industrialization.
• Experience in product design
• Experience in cost structure analysis, product cost optimization, cost driver analysis and target costing
• Familiar with Value Engineering methods and techniques or eager to learn the VE methods
• Affinity with costs is a Pre

Personal Skills:

• Build relationships
• Drive change
• You dare to challenge
• High analytical skills
• Influencing skills towards cross functional partners as well as suppliers.
• Personal engagement, customer orientation, empathy, excellent communication skills, pioneering spirit and assertiveness.

Behavioral preferences:

• Natural starter
• Creative, Conceptual
• Optimistic

Our Offer:

High quality people are a key asset to our company. To recognize that, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages to attract and retain the very best people and let them share in the success that they build. Our rewards philosophy is to attract and retain specific professional knowledge and competencies within the company by offering a competitive package in local markets where VDB&M Experts is active.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (⚠ C.F.R. § ⚠, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require VDB&M Experts to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

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VDB&M Experts is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that Diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

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Work Experience: ⚠-⚠ years

Travel: ⚠%

Education Level: Bachelor,Master

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Team: Design Engineering and Architecture

Technical Field: System Industrialisation