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Cost Engineering Specialist
3560 Lummen
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Universitair / Master
40 u/week
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Cost Engineering Specialist – Lummen Region
For a fast-growing international manufacturing company in the Lummen region, we are looking for a Cost Engineering Specialist.
Your responsibilities
- Prepare product cost calculations and sales pricing based on customer requirements, commercial agreements, and market conditions.
- Maintain and update costing models and pricing data to ensure accuracy and competitiveness.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities, improve margins, and support pricing strategies with data-driven analyses.
- Collaborate with commercial and supply chain teams on customer negotiations, supplier pricing, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Drive continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency, accuracy, and process performance.
- Support planning, resource coordination, and the achievement of departmental objectives.
- Contribute to quality management activities, audits, customer claim investigations, and corrective action follow-up.
This role combines cost analysis, pricing strategy, profitability improvement, supplier cost management, continuous improvement, and quality support to drive sustainable business performance.
Profiel
Your Profile:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in:
- Economics
- Finance
- Engineering
- Or a related discipline.
Experience
- Experience in a similar costing, pricing, finance, engineering, or analytical role.
- Experience within an international or multinational environment is a strong asset.
- Understanding of manufacturing processes and production environments.
- Knowledge of supply chain processes and product lifecycle costing.
Technical Skills
- Strong analytical and numerical capabilities.
- Good understanding of:
- Manufacturing processes
- Production equipment
- Cost structures
- Supply chain dynamics
- Product design processes
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly:
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Outlook
- Teams
Languages
- Good spoken and written English.
Personal Competencies
- Analytical and detail-oriented.
- Strong business acumen and commercial awareness.
- Able to understand and influence key profitability drivers.
- Proactive and solution-oriented.
- Comfortable communicating complex information in a clear and straightforward manner.
- Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Committed to quality, continuous improvement, and customer satisfaction.
Aanbod
What We Offer: We offer a supportive and engaging international working environment where your ideas and expertise truly make a difference. Benefits include:
- Hybrid working model with 1 day of remote work per week.
- 17.5 additional ADV leave days on top of your statutory vacation.
- Flexible working hours
- Hospitalization insurance with a minimal employee contribution and coverage options for family members.
- Group insurance fully supported by employer contributions.
- Company laptop.
- Cafeteria plan allowing you to tailor your benefits package, including: Bike leasing Multimedia options, Additional personalized benefits
- Career growth opportunities within an international organization.
- A collaborative environment where innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement are highly valued.
Bedrijfsinfo
place of employment - Lummen