Cost Estimator

Company: Husco
Location: Waukesha
Posted on: February 21, 2021

Job Description:

This position is located in Waukesha, WI.Husco provides individuals the opportunity to pursue a career within a fast-paced, industry leading and entrepreneurial organization.--The role of the Product Cost Estimator will be to develop product costs, primarily for new applications and will interface with virtually all departments of the Automotive division.--They will also review and make recommendations for contract negotiations. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES* Develop cost models. This person will interface with engineering, advanced manufacturing, purchasing, finance and management.--Effective interpersonal skills, combined with a strong sense of urgency, will be required gather information from these departments and manage the assembly of costs.--The end product will be an accurate cost model based on input from each discipline that can be presented to management for review.* Review commercial agreements. With every customer and every program, there are extensive commercial terms and agreements.--The person in this role should have good business to business acumen to review these agreements and make recommendations to management. This will require interfacing with legal council as well as drafting up proposals to be reviewed by management and ultimately provided to customers. * General product understanding. While this person is not required to have a technical background, they will either need to have, or be able to learn, generalities of our product which includes basic function, general applications, design concepts and manufacturing processes of subsuppliers and Husco's final assembly & test. Having or learning general product and process knowledge will be essential for communication with other departments within Husco.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS* Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business.* Experience working in a Manufacturing environment.* Cost accounting experience.* Exceptionally good communication skills.* Ability to understand engineering drawings.* Accurate and detail oriented.* Computer skills, strong in Excel.* Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.* Ability to interact with people at all levels of responsibility and departments.

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