Should Cost Manager
Pubblicato il 05-10-2026 - Te Connectivity in Italia
At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Description:
Job Overview
The Should Cost Manager's primary responsibility is to develop a robust costing methodology based on should costing principles tailored to ICT business requirements.
Enabling realistic and achievable cost estimations while highlighting areas for improvement through cross-functional teamwork.
Actively contributing to implementation and continual improvement on organization of should-cost strategy.
Collaborating across different departments, consolidating cost and process information, ensuring compliance, and provides insights for increase profitability.
Your Main Tasks
1. Should Cost Model development and implementation:
Implementation and organization of should-cost model/ target cost activities with external partners for the continuous improvement of the price level and standards
Estimate costs based on defined product basis (BOM), utilizing should cost calculation system and database.
Maintain consistency between costing, product process definition, and support functions' inputs.
Provide real-time updates, gap analysis, and directional cost assessments to internal customers.
2. Cost Information Analysis:
Analyse and challenge provided cost information.
Gather and consolidate part prices, investments, and costing data for defined products and potential industrial paths.
Provide cost information status and ongoing monitoring with detailed follow-up and traceability.
3. Key function for Engineering, PM, PjM, Procurement and Plant Finance
Work closely with product engineering during the product development phase and support analysis of component cost to help drive margin improvement.
Participate in technical choices and hypotheses during the sourcing phase together with acquisition team.
Support sales and purchasing in customer and external supplier negotiations (CBDs).
Support PjM/PM in preparing CER financials, including risk and opportunity TPA estimates.
Work with Plant finance for forward costing opportunities and make vs buy.
4. Team Management and Continuous Improvement:
Enhance and utilize existing software to support these processes (tSet)
Ensure templates are up-to- and extend them for project finance activities.
Manage and coach should cost engineers.
Support continuous improvement processes related to tools and methodologies.
Your Ideal Background
Master's degree in engineering with a specialization in Production and Finance
Minimum 5 to 8 years of experience in an industrial environment, including technical experience in production or manufacturing engineering // Automotive industry experience is preferred.
Technical knowledge in products and manufacturing processes
Ability to provide qualitative and reliable information
Strong communication skills and autonomy.
Fluent communication in English.
Competencies
SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)
ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future.
As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.
WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!
Competitive Salary Package
Performance-Based Premio Plans
Health and Wellness Incentives
Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
Employee Resource Group
Job Locations:
Posting City: Tangier
Job Country: Morocco
Travel Required: Less than 10%
Requisition ID:
Workplace Type: Onsite
External Careers Page: Finance & Accounting
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